Collaboration Works: Using Teams to Produce Knowledge

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Collaboration Works: Using Teams to Produce Knowledge

Collaboration Works - Jul 2012

Track:

Design and Delivery

Sloan-C Certificate Program Eligibility:

This online workshop can be counted toward the Sloan-C Certificate.

Workshop Description

Introduction:

Formerly titled: Collaboration and Group Work: Using Teams Effectively

Collaborative learning is based on the constructivist theory that knowledge is socially produced by communities of people. In the online learning environment, group work allows students to fine-tune listening skills, learn how to respect multiple opinions, and become a productive within the community. Collaborative learning in this context includes participation, socialization, discussion, reflection, and self-development.

Resources Provided:

Presentations, readings, web links, discussion threads and other materials, viewable online for 1 year
1-Hour Live Workshop Orientation - Learn about Moodle 2.2 and BlackBoard Collaborate. Navigate the workshop space
1-Hour Live Panel Discussion - Participation in Live Q&A
Viewing of Live Sessions available for 1 year

Learning Objectives:

Learn how to effectively facilitate group work by developing a group work plan and exploring tool options
Be introduced to samples of self- and peer assessment tools as well as general notes and ideas about assessing group work
Learn strategies for problem resolution, behavioral guidelines, and factors affecting work group interaction

Facilitators

Facilitator(s):

Kathleen Ives, The Sloan Consortium
Kathleen S. Ives, D.M. has worked in online technology for over 20 years and serves as The Sloan Consortium's Associate Executive Director where she oversees the organization's operations as well as facilitates workshops in higher education online best practices. Formerly, Dr. Ives oversaw all forms of alternative instruction at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, MA (distance learning, accelerated programming). She teaches in on-ground, online, and blended modalities for University of Phoenix and Bay State College in Boston, MA. Additionally, she serves on the Massachusetts Department of Education Distance Learning Advisory Board.
Dr. Ives began her career at CBS and helped to develop the service that evolved into Prodigy. She then spent fourteen years designing and implementing consumer online information services, first at AT&T and then at Verizon where she spearheaded the development of the nation's first online Yellow Pages product, now called superpages.com. Dr. Ives has degrees in communication, communication management, and organizational leadership from the University of California at Davis, the University of Southern California, Annenberg School of Communication, and the University of Phoenix-Online, respectively.

Sandra Coswatte, The Sloan Consortium
Sandra Coswatte has worked with the Sloan Consortium as a consultant since 2008. She works as an events producer for workshops and webinars. In addition, she also works on Sloan-C social networking. Outside of Sloan-C, Sandra serves as Adjunct Faculty at the University of Phoenix and South University. She has been teaching online and in person at the Boston and Pittsburgh campuses with the University of Phoenix and Axia College since 2003. Sandra has also taught for 3 years at West Virginia University in the Freshman Year Experience program. Sandra has a B.A. in psychology and a M.S. in Community Agency Counseling from California University of PA as well as a M.A. in Higher Education Leadership and Administration from West Virginia University.

Pricing and Cancellation Policy

Price: $345 Each
Sloan-C Member price: $195 w/coupon code* (you will enter the coupon code on the payment page of your shopping cart process)
College Pass Member Pricing: No Cost w/coupon code* (you will enter the coupon code on the payment page of your shopping cart process)
*Members receive unlimited discounts with membership and College Pass holders receive 100 (50 or 25) "free" seats in the entire Sloan-C Workshop series.

Cancellation Policy:

If you register and pay for a Sloan-C workshop and are unable to attend or if Sloan-C reschedules/cancels a workshop, we will be happy to apply your payment to another Sloan-C workshop/seminar at your request. However, no refunds will be given. This offer is good for one year.

Technical Requirements/Minimum System Requirements

Combining the capabilities of industry leaders Wimba and Elluminate, Blackboard Collaborate provides a comprehensive learning platform designed specifically for education. It is helping thousands of higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government organizations worldwide deliver a more effective learning experience through online, blended, and mobile learning.

System Requirements:

Click here to check the system requirements and support browsers for using Elluminate
Click here to find out if your computer has the right Operating System and Java version installed to run Elluminate and to configure your system.

Moodle: Sloan-C uses an open-source LMS called Moodle for the asynchronous component of workshops. Moodle provides a flexible and user-friendly set of asynchronous collaboration and learning tools. As with most open-source technologies, the Moodle software is free, making it a very cost-effective software package for any institution or company, without sacrificing quality. Moodle is a robust environment that is dynamic, interactive, and provides cross-platform learner access through a standard web browser.

System Requirements

Moodle will work in any modern web browser, however, moodle works best in a range of specific browser types (see below). Your browser should also have both cookies and javascript enabled. These are typically enabled by default, but if you think these settings might need enabling, check the documentation for your particular browser for how to do these.

To make best use of what moodle has to offer, it is recommended that users choose a browser that supports moodle's in-line HTML editor. This is a WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) editor with an interface much like you would see in most word processing packages.

This in-line HTML editor will only appear if you use one of a specific range of browser types that knows how to start the editor. If you do not use one of these browser types, you can still use moodle just fine, but without the luxury of a WYSIWYG editor. Luckily, there is a supported browser that will work on all major operating system types. The list of supported and not supported browsers is shown below:

Browsers that support the HTML editor	Browsers that do not support the HTML editor
Recent versions of: Internet Explorer (v5.5 or later) Firefox (all versions) Mozilla (v1.7 or later) SeaMonkey (all versions) Netscape (v7 or later)	Any versions of: Opera Safari Camino

Collaboration Works - Jul 2012

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