Online teamwork and collaboration - PDF support document

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This case study examines how the use of a wiki can help a teacher effectively facilitate student collaboration with on-campus or distance students.  It discusses the importance of providing technical support for both staff and students, planning clearly defined collaborative learning activities, and designing relevant assessment strategies to help support students develop effective teamwork skills.

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In this case study, Mark Schulz from the University of Queensland examines the concept of using the Internet to remotely access laboratory equipment to conduct experiments in science or engineering. In particular, it demonstrates one of several experiments that can be conducted online using the iLabCentral website developed by Northwestern University. It explores benefits and opportunities for student learning offered by iLabs, by demonstrating how online learning materials in the iLabCentral website utilise remotely access specialist laboratory equipment made available by the Centre for Educational Innovation and Technology (CEIT) at the University of Queensland, in Brisbane Australia.

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The Learning to Teach Online project is a free professional development resource designed by COFA Online at the University of New South Wales, in association with the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) to help teachers from any discipline, whether experienced in online teaching or not, gain a working understanding of successful online teaching pedagogies that they can apply in their own unique teaching situations. This episode gives an overview of the aims of the project, and describes how teachers can get the most out of Learning to Teach Online.

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While developing effective teamwork and collaboration skills are considered important to the learning process, many students find group work challenging and difficult. In this episode we explore how Internet technologies can improve the collaborative process within online teamwork, and offer some useful strategies for facilitation and assessment.

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Web 2.0 tools can be useful for any situation where discussion and content sharing is desired, and where accessing current information in certain topic areas can be advantageous for learning. This case study examines how and why Lubna Alam from the University of Canberra used the Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) as a central hub that both provided her students with easy access to the class blogs, wiki and Twitter, and a place where information from the different technologies was amalgamated. The integration of web 2.0 technologies into the learning process is examined, highlighting how this can improve student engagement, communication and collaboration. 

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So many resources are now being freely shared online that it can be advantageous for teachers and students to develop an understanding of appropriate and legal use. This episode identifies different types of online resources including scholarly material available online through libraries, and highlights copyright considerations for using existing material from the Internet in your teaching. It also discusses the benefits of Open Educational Resources (OER), where teachers can freely access and contribute to a wide range of learning and teaching resources from institutions around the world. 

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Take a tour of the iLabCentral website in this Technical Glossary video. This website has been developed by Northwestern University as a creative commons resource for all science students and teachers around the world. Find out how to give your students access to a range of lesson plans, class workbooks and experiments - each controlling real laboratory equipment in labs around the world. Please also visit the Learning to Teach Online project website to watch the related case study called iLabs: Online access to remote laboratories.

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This Technical Glossary video aims to give you an understanding of the social media platform Twitter http://twitter.com. The concept of tweets is discussed, and the video also demonstrates how to set up an account, how to find and follow other Twitter users, tweet and send direct messages to users, and how to use hash tags in teaching contexts. 

Please also watch the related case study called Teaching with web 2.0 technologies: Twitter, wikis & blogs - Case study.

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This PDF file contains detailed information related to the Learning to Teach Online video called "Learning management system or the open web?". Please ensure you watch this video in conjunction with reading this document.

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The award winning Learning to Teach Online project has been redeveloped into an innovative MOOC, free and open to all educators. This 8 week course is designed to help you develop a working understanding of successful online teaching strategies that you can apply in your own practice. It offers you a flexible, reflective and personal learning experience - enabling you to tailor your learning based upon your own goals, requirements and level of commitment. We hope to see you there!