Increasing Collaboration and Learning in Asynchronous Online Environments
Abstract
This session will give opportunity for participants to delve into the results of a case study that investigated the knowledge construction process of graduate students in an asynchronous online environment when various instructional strategies to foster quality discussion were employed. Online learning has the potential to be highly constructivist and collaborative in nature. In this session, study results will be shared, and members will be asked to reflect upon and discuss varied methods employed to facilitate collaboration and learning in online environments. Also provided will be opportunity to learn how content analysis of online discussions can provide valuable information about learning. Those attending will participate in a mock discussion format in order to practice the types of analysis noted above. This session will provide a forum for reflecting upon, discussing and practicing the development of strategies that facilitate collaboration and learning.
Location
Room 218
Recommended Citation
Gibson, Karen, "Increasing Collaboration and Learning in Asynchronous Online Environments" (2013). SoTL Commons Conference. 84.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2013/84
Increasing Collaboration and Learning in Asynchronous Online Environments
Room 218
This session will give opportunity for participants to delve into the results of a case study that investigated the knowledge construction process of graduate students in an asynchronous online environment when various instructional strategies to foster quality discussion were employed. Online learning has the potential to be highly constructivist and collaborative in nature. In this session, study results will be shared, and members will be asked to reflect upon and discuss varied methods employed to facilitate collaboration and learning in online environments. Also provided will be opportunity to learn how content analysis of online discussions can provide valuable information about learning. Those attending will participate in a mock discussion format in order to practice the types of analysis noted above. This session will provide a forum for reflecting upon, discussing and practicing the development of strategies that facilitate collaboration and learning.
