Collaborative Open Online Learning

COOL

A webinar for Oxford Brookes University’s Teaching Online Open Course

24 March 2014

Jenny Mackness: http://jennymackness.wordpress.com/about/

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Roles for this session

Question gatherer

Note taker

Link gatherer

Searcher

Chat summarizer

Session blogger Mind Mapper

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COOL: Collaborative open online learning

Jenny Connected: http://jennymackness.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/collaboration-online/

“Many online courses now require students to collaborate, but we know that just putting people together in the same space isn’t enough? What should a tutor do to prepare students for collaborative tasks?”

Collaboration or Cooperation?

Stephen Downes talking and writing about Groups and Networks: http://youtu.be/lciR7wx18V0http://halfanhour.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/collaboration-and-cooperation.html

Collaboration: What does it mean?

A. Exchanging information, altering activities, and sharing resources for mutual benefit to achieve a common purpose.

B. Exchanging information for mutual benefit.

C. Exchanging information, altering activities, sharing resources, and enhancing the capacity of another for mutual benefit and to achieve a common purpose.

D. Exchanging information, altering activities for mutual benefit and to achieve a common purpose.

Source: Himmelman, A.T. (2000) Collaboration for a Change. Retrieved from http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/4achange.pdf

Models for thinking about collaborative learning on and off line

Garrison, Anderson & Archer (2000) https://coi.athabascau.ca/

Palloff & Pratt (2005) http://www.oakland.k12.mi.us/portals/0/learning/04_1127.pdf

Harold Jarche (2011) http://www.jarche.com/2011/06/connecting-with-communities-of-practice/

Wenger, E. (1998) Communities of Practice. Learning, Meaning, and Identity. Cambridge. P.73

Why Collaborate?

‘Collaboration is the joining together of things that do not naturally want to be joined’Stephen Downes – ALT-C 2005 Conference

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Reasons for Collaborating Online

Social presence, connection, interaction and engagement Extending and deepening the learning experience Co-creation of knowledge and meaning Improving critical thinking skills Opportunities for reflection and identity development Increased possibilities for transformative learning Increased opportunities for different learning styles Opportunities for cross cultural engagement

Deeper

Learning

Identity development

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The Long History of Collaboration

“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those

who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have

prevailed." - Charles Darwin

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My online collaborators

Greg Benfield Oxford Brookes University

Karen GuldbergUniversity of Birmingham

Roy WilliamsUniversity of Portsmouth

Sui Fai John MakSydney Institute

Matthias MelcherUniversity of Heidelberg

Carmen TschofenMinneapolis, USA

Jutta PauschenweinUniversity of Applied SciencesGraz, Austria

Simone GumtauUniversity of Portsmouth Regina Karousou

University of Chichester

WikisSkype

Googledocs

Email

Peter JacksonOxford Brookes University

Jenny Mackness Mariana FunesSussex, UK

Supporting online collaboration

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Collaborating Online

• Don’t be shy – step forward• Allow for different time zones and cultures• Leave your ego behind• Trust in the best intentions of your collaborators • Be open and inclusive• State clearly what you can/cannot offer• State clearly when you can/cannot contribute• Be committed to achieving the shared goal

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Final word on collaboration……

…. from Howard Rheingold

“Any virtual community that works,works because people put in some time”

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ReferencesSlide 1 Jenny Mackness blog: http://jennymackness.wordpress.com/Jenny Mackness blog post about collaboration: http://jennymackness.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/collaboration-online

Slide 2: Stephen Downes Groups and Networks: http://youtu.be/lciR7wx18V0Stephen Downes blog http://halfanhour.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/collaboration-and-cooperation.html

Slide 3Himmelman, A.T. (2000). Collaboration for a Change. http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/4achange.pdfCloudhead. http://cloudhead.headmine.net/post/3279118157/cooperation-vs-collaboration

Slide 5Harold Jarche (2011) http://www.jarche.com/2011/06/connecting-with-communities-of-practice/Palloff & Pratt (2005) http://www.oakland.k12.mi.us/portals/0/learning/04_1127.pdfGarrison, Anderson & Archer (2000) https://coi.athabascau.ca/ Wenger, E. (1998) Communities of Practice. Learning, Meaning, and Identity. Cambridge University Press. p.73

Slide 8Howard Rheingold Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/howard_rheingold_on_collaboration

Slide 9Mariana Funes blog (21014) http://mdvfunes.com/2014/02/13/working-virtually-treat-each-thing-as-if-it-were-alive/

Slide 12Howard Rheingold (2002) Smart Mobs. Cambridge MA.: Basic Books.

Thank you Any questions?

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