Online collaboration

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In this weeks resources the impress the importance of online interaction and collaboration the importance these situations have on online assessments. There is also examples of where, when, why and how interaction occurs in the online environment in the activities that are present in collaboration.

For this weeks discussion begin by reviewing information in this week’s Learning Resources related to managing and assessing group interaction and collaboration. Next, consider your own experiences in online discussion groups and collaborative projects. Reflect on the following questions

1.    Using the software tools in available to your, describe specific ways you can promote collaboration and community building activities.

2.    How does Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational objectives influence a group dynamic and online community?

3.    Using Moore’s three types of interaction, how would an instructor best utilize and develop the learner-instructor interaction without influencing, or interfering in the learner-content and learner-learner interactions.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings. As you read their responses, note those to which you would like to respond with advice, questions, comments, and/or encouragement.

Respond to two or more of your colleagues’ postings in any of the following ways:

• Build on something your colleague said.
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• Explain why and how you see things differently.
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• Ask a probing or clarifying question.
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• Share an insight from having read your colleague's posting.
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• Offer and support an opinion.
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• Validate an idea with your own experience.
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• Expand on your colleague's posting.
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• Ask for evidence that supports the posting.

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Reflect on what you learned in this activity and/or insights you gained this week.

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