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Teaching and Learning in a

Teaching and Learning in a. Collaborative Electronic Environment. Joy McGregor & Lyn Hay Associate Professor Lecturer in Teacher Librarianship School of Library & Information Studies School of Information Studies

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Teaching and Learning in a

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  1. Teaching andLearningin a Collaborative Electronic Environment Joy McGregor & Lyn Hay Associate Professor Lecturer in Teacher Librarianship School of Library & Information Studies School of Information Studies Texas Woman's University, Denton Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga Texas, USA NSW Australia

  2. Growing up digital Growing up is about learning. The Net Generation are beginning to process information and learn differently than the baby boomers…. The destination is different and so is the route kids must take. Don Tapscott (1996)

  3. Learning digital • As teachers we need to: • rethink our educational delivery • aware of new learning technologies • evaluate the digital landscape • test application of new tools • work with colleagues to streamline IT integration • professionally network beyond local

  4. What is a collaborative electronic environment? • a site that integrates collaborative activities for workgroups, or learning groups • place for teachers & students to meet and share ideas and resources • a mix of email, listservs, web forums, web resources, electronic meeting software (NetMeeting), IRC and MOOs

  5. Collaborative electronic environments (CEEs) • providing pathways to digital learning • direct impact on student learning • harnessing the available technologies • digital information management • entertainment and education merge • students collaborate in real-time • virtual classrooms created by staff & students

  6. Challenge of online teaching …is to find a way to communicate that the learners understand, actively engage in, and gradually find as a flexible, user-centred style of learning. The success of collaborative electronic environments (CEEs) seems to depend on building the social learning environment provided by real time contact with other students, teachers and a sense of "place" where the learning happens. Many of the principles of effective teaching practice are carried over to the new environment and you become enriched as you discover and share new teaching and learning experiences with your students. (Eustace 1999:2)

  7. Enter…Synchronous learning environments • multi-object oriented programming (MOO) • real-time collaboration • sharing ‘physical’ space • experiencing a ‘state of presence’ • reflects ‘real’ classroom • wonderful worlds of words • power of the imagination

  8. Cognitive Demands on Users • MOO is more than dialogue • requires interaction with environment, people & things Students involved in: • engagement • immersion • construction • synthesis, analysis, evaluation

  9. Learning Opportunities in MOOs • real-time interaction for education across distance and time zones • global student collaborative projects • ideal for group brainstorming, information sharing and decision making sessions, eg. literature circles, debates and mock trials • excellent PD facility for teachers and administrators eg. online conferencing

  10. A virtual world at LC_MOO • a range of virtual places to meet • access via raw telnet or MOO client • Pueblo <http://www.chaco.com/pueblo> • connect to Learning Communities MOO via telnet address: ispg.riv.csu.edu.au 8762

  11. Basic MOO commands Communication commands: Type: ”[text] eg; "Hi You say, "Hi" :[text] :jumps Joy jumps `[name] `Lyn Hi Joy [to Lyn]: Hi -[name][text] -Lyn Hi pages Lyn with a private message from any room

  12. Movement Commands: lily Goes in the exit named ‘lily’ @join Lyn Teleports you to Lyn's location @go room # or name Teleports you to a room, if you can enter. eg. @go #157 or @go LilyPond

  13. Other Commands: who Gives a listing of who is connected. look here Shows the description of where you are. look Lyn Shows Lyn's description. @quit Exits LC_MOO.

  14. Customising virtual classroom environments • Factors to consider: • audience • types of activities, forums, etc • teaching styles • learning styles • presentation styles • interactivity with environment, objects, etc

  15. Jasper Park Lodge • an informal classroom area and small group meeting rooms • 1 large, comfortable ‘lodge’ area for large group discussions - Jasper Park Lodge • 6 more traditional small group meeting rooms surrounding the lodge area - Maligne, Alberta, Pyramid, Skyline, Cavell, Miette • a patio for relaxation (with a pool!)

  16. Shearwater Shack & ThinkTank • 2 classrooms for MLS students • 1 informal workshop area - Shearwater Shack - relaxing, fun environment for PM discussion - 1 to 1 consultation • 1 formal panel discussion area - ThinkTank - brainstorming, decisionmaking

  17. Casuarina Conference Resort • formal conferencing centre • simulates ‘real’ conference centre environment • public lobby areas • large auditorium for 1 to many style presentations • breakout meeting rooms for workshops • social meeting areas, eg. verandah, café, bar

  18. The LilyPond World • classrooms for K-9 literature circles groups • central launching or meeting point • experience a learning journey • 4 paths from LilyPond to meeting rooms • 4 paths from meeting rooms to Departure Lounge • Last Minute Chat Room & Souvenir Shop • plus children’s author rooms, eg. Andy Griffiths

  19. Jennie Bales 1999

  20. This kind of environmental interaction provided my students with precisely the kind of surroundings that foster learning and metacognition naturally… English, JA. (1997). Actualizing the environment: a study of student MOO activity. <http://leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu/org/tcc_conf97/pres/english.html>.

  21. Plato and his students wandered around Athens arguing their way to understanding. While my cyber-students… learn also from the collaborative efforts of online debates, conferences and papers. They will think about what they have to say, and they will come to class each week amazingly prepared to argue and type their way toward insight. Phillips, V. (1998). Education in the ether. Salon Magazine, 20 Jan. (online). Available <http://salon magazine.com/21st/feature/1998/01/20feature.html>

  22. Other CEEs • LinguaMOO: supports a writing and rhetoric program. http://lingua.utdallas.edu • AtheMOO: for people interested in theatre. http://moo.hawaii.edu/athemoo/ • Tapped In: PD for K-16 teachers, staff, researchers. http://tappedin.sri.com

  23. Potential CEE Activities • Playground: from simple play (e.g. swing on a swing) to complex problem-solving (e.g. puzzles, mazes, obstacle courses) • Building worlds reflecting fiction and non-fiction: (e.g. The Little Prince, a gold mine) • Author visits, ask-an-expert forums

  24. From real to virtual classroom • An effective classroom provides: • tools that learners use at the point of need • an environment conducive to learning • opportunities for teachers & students share information & exchange ideas • freedom to experiment and take risks • mechanisms for evaluating performance • safe haven for learning to take place (Porter 1997:24)

  25. Teaching a virtual class • Establishing a “time window”, eg. Friday 11am 1. Convene a meeting via e-mail 2. Set an agenda & prep on a webpage 3. Send MOO transcripts to ALL students 4. Survey and evaluate sessions • E-mail, WWW and MOO as CEE

  26. Don’t reinvent the wheel • adapt teaching strategies, eg. online roll call, pointing to students, taking/holding the floor..., group work, student leaders • develop new strategies, eg. electronic preparation, logging session transcripts, synchronise time zones, open classroom management, MOO client troubleshooting, MOO netiquette

  27. ‘Doing time’ • on your L-Plates • familiarity with CEE management • ‘clock up’ online hours in MOO, eg. 12 hrs • informal MOO conferencing with experts • ‘skill up’ with MOO teaching colleagues • trial ‘classroom management’ strategies with small groups of students

  28. Position vacant: MOO mentor Alliance with MOO expert essential... • software support, eg. downloading MOO client, getting connected • MOO commands, eg. @join, @page • custom build virtual classroom • presence while ‘prac teaching’

  29. Teaching andLearningin a Collaborative Electronic Environment http://golum.riv.csu.edu.au/~lhay/aasl/cee.html Joy McGregor & Lyn Hay Assistant Professor Lecturer in Teacher Librarianship School of Library & Information Studies School of Information Studies Texas Woman's University, Denton Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga Texas, USA NSW Australia

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