Choosingtechpart Stlc
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The document discusses various methods for communicating with students in online courses. It suggests using tools that students are familiar with and can integrate with each other to enable student engagement and contributions. Some synchronous communication methods mentioned include video conferencing platforms for guest speakers or live office hours. Asynchronous methods include course blogs for sharing content and course wikis for less structured discussions. Embedded chat within existing course sites is also suggested for real-time question and answer sessions.
Choosingtechpart Stlc
- 1. Communication Between you and your students
- 2. How do you communicate? Go to the #1 Communication page and answer the question What methods do you use to communicate with your students? Does synchronous (real-time) or asynchronous (not real-time) matter?
- 3. Staying in Touch: Basic Premise Use tools and resources that Students are familiar with May be integrated with each other Enable engagement and contributions by students Communication occurs between You and your students Among your students External people (e.g. guests) and your students
- 4. Communicating Expertise Guest speaker or live office hours: Video conferencing (e.g. Vyew , Dimdim ) Presenter on video, can share slides or applications, sees whos online Online participants can be given the microphone, can engage in chats among themselves, raise questions or comments or Instructor can project the online classroom Some online, real-time classroom management and experimentation needed *Also useful for collaboration
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- 7. Mini-Activity: 5 minutes Explore a live Vyew session as a guest: http://vyew.com/room#/info/overvyew Does it have potential?
- 8. Sharing Resources & Content Course Blog (web log) Postings in chronological order Good for content (text, images, video) Useful if you have regular updates or announcements Students can use an RSS reader to get your information (without having to go to your site) Wide range of free tools to create blogs now (see resources) Can enable comments Example: http://www.therockblog.com/ Course Wiki See our site as an example
- 9. Less Structured Discussions Useful for office hours, real-time Q&A, brainstorming, feedback Not for in-depth discussions or those requiring a record Instant Messaging (IM) : Messenger, AIM, AOL, Yahoo, Google, etc. Not really suitable for instruction, may be used by students amongst themselves Difficulties for instructor to bring everyone together with one tool/in one environment due to different accounts
- 10. Less Structured Discussions Embedded chat Within an existing environment (Blackboard, course website) People who are present can engage in dialogue Separate account not needed Mini-activity: In the chat box located in our workshop site, engage in a text-based Q&A about the topic of communication and tool use (no talking please)