1. Breaking the Bonds of Space and Time:
Facilitating Student Collaboration
Campus Technology 2009
Boston, MA
David Gannon
Enoch Park
Bryant University
3. Today’s Students
• Equipped with Technology – Digital Natives
• Changed Lifestyles
• Changed Social Relationship Style
• Changed Learning Styles and Strategies
4. Today’s Students
• Would likely….
• Communicate with other students about school
projects (email, IM or Text)
• Collaborate with others
• Create and contribute new media
• Get help from online tutors
For their learning (Speak Up 2008)
5. Specific Issues
• Group Projects
• File Sharing & Team Document Editing
• Team Review Sessions
• Peer Evaluation
• Guest Speakers
• Community Involvement
6. Specific Obstacles
• Incompatible Schedules
• Commuters
• Athletic Travel Requirements
• Physical Separation of Participants
• Field Interviews
7. Pedagogical Ground
• Active Learning/ Student Ownership of Learning
• Learners are particularly engaged when they
experience feelings of autonomy,
competence, and relatedness. (Hayles, 2008)
• Collaborative Learning & Group Interaction
• Construct of New Knowledge through
Interaction
8. Pedagogical Ground
• Provide “Real World” Experiences Beyond
Classroom
• Offer Hands-on Practices and Models for
Best Practice
• 3 Stages of Development for New technology
(Rosenbloom, 1999)
• Imitation
• Incremental Improvement
• Transformation
• Increase Participation/Avoid Loafing
9. Team Building
• Task:Team Building
• Tools:
• Self Introduction Video (webcam)
• Posted as Team Wiki entry, encourage commenting each other
12. Initial Project Design
•Task: Initial Project Design
•Approach: Wiki for brainstorming
•Tools:
•Teams LX (Learning Objects)
• PBWorks
• MediaWiki
• Outcomes:
•Team project design document
• Establish team responsibilities &
team member accountability
• Establish initial timelines
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14. Team Coordination
•Task: Team Coordination
• Approach: Blog for team project updates
• Tools:
• Journal LX (Learning Objects)
• WordPress, Blogger
• Windows Live Spaces & Groups
•Outcomes:
• Team project blog
• Individual journaling
• New media writing
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16. Updates on Project
•Task: Update on project from participants
• Approach: MicroBlog for team project updates
• Tools:
• Twitter
• Yammer
•Outcomes:
• Frequent updates
• Informal entries encourage participation
• Privacy control
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18. Developing Project Details
•Task: Communicate, Share and
Compare Ideas
• Approach: Desktop Video Conferencing
• Tools:
• ooVoo, SightSpeed, Tokbox, IM, Skype
• Outcomes:
• Online group meetings
• Virtual office hours
• Field interviews
25. Presentation
• Task: Class presentations
• Approach: Live or Virtual
• Tools:
• DyKnow
• Symposium
• Wimba
• DimDim
• Outcomes:
• Class presentations
• Virtual breakout sessions
26. Evaluation
• Task: Peer Assessment of Class Work
• Approach: Peer rating, peer response &
comments
•Tools:
• Bb survey (with secure browser)
• Commenting on Wiki, Blog, Discussion board
• Outcomes:
• Peer evaluation of presentations
• Peer comments and suggestions
• Self-reflection from feedback
27. Expansion
• Business Case Building via Wiki format
• Sophomore International Experience
• Collaboration with community
organizations (Service learning projects)
• International Internship
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30. Challenges
• Bandwidth – Wired vs. Wireless
• Duplicated vs. Consolidated vs.
Synchronized Storage
• User Knowledge Level/Training
Requirements
• Faculty Support
• Infrastructure Requirements
31. Questions?
Enoch Park
epark@bryant.edu
David Gannon
dgannon@bryant.edu
