Presented at IETC, Springfield, IL November 19, 2010

1. Are Your Students REALLY
Collaborating?
Jon Orech
Instructional Technology Coordinator
Cooperative Learning Trainer
South High School,
Downers Grove, IL
jorech@csd99.org

4. Google Moderator
Link for session:
http://tinyurl.com/ietccollab

5. Web Presence
 Email: jorech@csd99.org
 Blog: jonorech.blogspot.com
 Twitter, Delicious, etc, “jorech”
 Delicious tag: “collaboration”
 Digital Storytelling resource:
http://jonorech.wikispaces.com

6. What have you heard here at
IETC that will transform
student learning?

7. How do you make your classroom a
“collaborative learning space”?

8. What about here?

9. Or here?

10. Or
even
here.
Wiki Solution Manual

11. Web 2.0
Are you
over the
Frenzy…

12. and ready to focus
(again)
on learning?
Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning
(Siemens and Titterberger, 2009)
http://tinyurl.com/handbookemerging

13. “Collaboration”
is NOT
the
goal.

15. BLOGS
DISCUSSION
BOARDS
WIKIS
Where do I want
to go?

16. Why Discussion
Boards?
”Anytime, Anywhere”
learning
Increased process
time
Permanence
Empowers “quiet”
students
Deeper meaning,
richer discussions

17. Duration
Assessment
Frequency
Audience
Instructor
involvement

18. A “quality” post looks like…”

21. Discussion boards must lead to
A purpose.

24. Wikis in the Classroom:
Theory…

25. Wikis in the Classroom:
Reality…

26. “Wiki” is a tool
“Collaborative writing” is a process.

30. Positive
Interdependence
• Goal
•Role
•Environment x
•Resource
•Task
•Identity
Individual
Accountability
•Small Groups
•Frequent
Assessment
•Random
questioning
•History
(Careful)

32. Face to Face Interaction
•Preparation
•Revision
Group Processing
•Peer reflection
•Teacher interaction
Social Skills
•Netiquette x
•Negotiate revision
•Recognizing strengths

33. The final
product…
MUST be valuable to others.

43. Research
“Asynchronous writing results in
richer communication” (Mabrito,
2006).
“Online collaborative writing
produces higher quality writing
than face-to-face collaboration”
(Passig and Schwartz, 2007).
Why?

44. Successful teaching today
requires:
Experimentation.
Co-creation of content.
Relinquishing control.
Tolerance [encouragement] of failure.
Siemens and Titterberger