This presentation takes a looka t online collaboration in education. The benefits and disadvantages and ways to incorporate activities in the classroom.

1. Donna Carroll Online Collaboration In Education

2. Groups Cooperation COLLABORATION Team Work Sharing

3. What is collaboration? Collaboration: Cooperative arrangement in which two or more parties ( which may or may not have any previous relationship) work together towards a common goal.

4. Online Collaboration: Collaboration by means of electronic media and other online tools used by the members to work together without being in the same location.

6. Problems can be shared and ideas for a resolution can be communicated with each other.

7. Large projects can be divided and each person’s progress monitored through online media.

8. Ideas can be shared with one another.

9. Immediate feedback can be given on an individual ‘s or group’s ideas.

11. Wikis

12. Online Discussion Boards

13. E-mail

14. Document Sharing Resources

15. Social Networks

16. Video exchangeshttp://www.4shared.com/

18. Students can blog about the activities in their classroom with a pen pal classroom.

19. Students can work on projects with other students in the same class and communicate with a Wiki page to complete the project.Vogel, C. (2009). A call for collaboration. District Administration, 45(5), 22-25. Retrieved from ERIC database.

21. E-mail pen pals

22. Blog with others students taking some of the same classes.

23. Complete projects with learning teams or communities from home.

24. Access notes from instructors or friends from home or outside computers to complete assignments.

26. Gain a higher knowledge of a topic from a diverse group of people.

27. Blogs

28. Wikis

29. Online Courses

30. Gives the student a chance share ideas with a group of individuals with a common interest.Liu, C., & Burn, J.M. (2007). Improving the performance of online learning teams – a discourse analysis. Journal of Information Systems Education.

32. Prepares them to work with a diverse group of people.

34. Teams need to stay in contact with one another.

35. Teams need to set guidelines and timelines for completing tasks .

36. Every member of the team needs a job or task to complete.

37. Teams should come up with a plan to solve differences.Reilly, R.C. &, McBreaty M. (2007). “Well it’s messy sometimes…” Barriers to building a learning community and dynamic assessment as a system intervention. Journal of Learning Communities Research, 2(1), 21-43.

39. Personality differences

40. Technology issues

41. Communication

42. Leadership Roles

43. Division of tasksDisadvantages: Tu, C., & Corry, M. (2003). Building active online interaction via a collaborative learning. community. Computers in the Schools, 20(3), 51-59. Retrieved from ERIC database

44. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7RPfsxFUYg&feature=related

45. References Liu, C., & Burn, J.M. (2007). Improving the performance of online learning teams – a discourse analysis. Journal of Information Systems Education. Musanti, S., & Pence, L. (2010). Collaboration and Teacher Development: unpacking resistance, constructing knowledge, and navigating identities. Teacher Education Quarterly, 37(1), 73- 89. Retrieved from ERIC database Nielsen, L. (2009). Eight Ways to Use School Wikis. Tech & Learning, 30(1), 32. Retrieved from ERIC database. Palloff, R. M., & Pratt, K. (2005). Collaborating online: Learning together in community. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Palloff, R. M., & Pratt, K. (2007). Building online learning communities: Effective strategies for the virtual classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Reilly, R.C. &, McBreaty M. (2007). “Well it’s messy sometimes…” Barriers to building a learning community and dynamic assessment as a system intervention. Journal of Learning Communities Research, 2(1), 21-43. Tu, C., & Corry, M. (2003). Building active online interaction via a collaborative learning. community. Computers in the Schools, 20(3), 51-59. Retrieved from ERIC database Vogel, C. (2009). A call for collaboration. District Administration, 45(5), 22-25. Retrieved from ERIC database.