TechTalks Event
Collaboration Technologies and Strategies for Teaching and Learning
with guest experts Julie K. Little and John M. Peters, both of the University of Tennessee�
April 4, 2002
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What do you think about students "chatting" electronically while in a classroom situation? Good or bad? Would you stop them or facilitate them? There's more to teaching and learning then the "sage on the stage" or the "guide on the side." Our guest experts for this Tech Talk are at the forefront of research and application of information technologies to collaborative teaching and learning.
Click here or on the image at right to view a PDF of a slide show called "Three Types of Teaching and Learning," which was shared by John Peters during the event.
Guest Experts
Julie
K. Little is Director of Educational Technologies and the
Innovative Technology
Center at the University of Tennessee. She also serves as adjunct
Assistant Professor in the College of Education and School of Information
Sciences graduate studies program. As Director of Educational Technologies,
she works with a team of professionals assisting faculty integrate
various computer technologies - from basic applications to online
course management systems - into their teaching practice. Julie's
teaching and research interests include facilitating interaction
and development of community in the distance education classroom,
development and delivery of courses for distributed learning environments,
and designing effective uses of instructional technologies in the
teaching practice.
John
Peters is Professor of Educational Psychology and Coordinator
of the Doctoral
Program in Collaborative Learning at the University of Tennessee.
He is coauthor of the forthcoming book on Facilitating Collaborative
Learning (Jossey-Bass) and is author of several articles and
papers on collaborative learning, dialogue and action research.
John has received grants for developing on line teaching modules
in the areas of collaborative learning and action research, and
he developed a course that combines on line and face to face teaching
and learning across three continents. He is in the process of revising
his doctoral program to include on line teaching by "Visiting Virtual
Scholars" from the U.K., Australia, Taiwan and the U.S.
Co-Hosts
Howard Strauss (above, left), Manager of Academic Applications
at Princeton University, is TechTalk's Technology Anchor.
Judith Boettcher is CREN's Executive Director.
Together, Judith and Howard will ask the really tough questions—and
relay the questions you email to them at expert@cren.net.
Background & Resources
Very often the best background to use in preparing for a Tech Talk is the resource provided by what can be found in the Tech Talk Archives about a former, related Tech Talk. In May of 2000, Randy Weimer and Nate Wilken visited us to talk about Designing & Using Collaborative Environments.
Two of the Best! At the top of any list of resources about about collaborative learning and information technology:
- The TLT Group - The TLT Group's mission is to motivate and enable institutions and individuals to improve teaching and learning with technology, while helping them cope with continual change.
- The Technology Source - In addition to its usual excellent online articles, now this Internet journal offers interactive discussion forums.
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And here, shared by Julie, are some hyperlinks to some great resources:
- Collaborative Learning: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography, Kathryn M. Plank, Diane M. Enerson, and R. Neill Johnson, Penn State Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning�
- A
Definition of Collaborative vs Cooperative Learning, 1996,
Ted Panitz�
Collaborative Learning: Some points for discussion 1996, Ted Panitz�
- The Virtual Faculty, 2001, Department of Psychology, Massey University , New Zealand�
- How does Collaborative Learning actually work in a classroom and how do students react to it? A Brief Reflection, 2000, Nico Wiersema�
- Adult Learning In Groups: Practice Application Brief, 1997, Susan Imel�
- Classroom Strategies for Encouraging Collaborative Discussion, Carmen Simich-Dudgeon, Patricia Anne DiCerbo, Editor, Directions in Language and Education, National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, No. 12, Summer 1998�
- Expanding Class Discussion Beyond the Classroom Walls, Susan M. Powers, Karen M. Dutt, Indiana State University
- Directory for Social Issues in the Design of Computing Technologies, 2000, Rajiv Shah
- Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine, (ISSN 1076-027X)
- Practical Strategies for Teaching Computer-Mediated Classes, 2001, Brent Muirhead, Education at a Distance�
- And, of course, the Collaborative Learning Program at the University of Tennessee
