Collaborative Open Online Learning COOL A webinar for Oxford Brookes University’s Teaching Online Open Course 24 March 2014 Jenny Mackness: Source of image;

Roles for this session Question gatherer Note taker Link gatherer Searcher Chat summarizer Session blogger Mind Mapper Source:

COOL: Collaborative open online learning Jenny Connected: “Many online courses now require students to collaborate, but we know that just putting people together in the same space isn’t enough? What should a tutor do to prepare students for collaborative tasks?”

Collaboration or Cooperation? Stephen Downes talking and writing about Groups and Networks:

Collaboration: What does it mean? A.Exchanging information, altering activities, and sharing resources for mutual benefit to achieve a common purpose. A.Exchanging information for mutual benefit. A.Exchanging information, altering activities, sharing resources, and enhancing the capacity of another for mutual benefit and to achieve a common purpose. A.Exchanging information, altering activities for mutual benefit and to achieve a common purpose. Source: Himmelman, A.T. (2000) Collaboration for a Change. Retrieved from

Models for thinking about collaborative learning on and off line Garrison, Anderson & Archer (2000) Palloff & Pratt (2005) Harold Jarche (2011) communities-of-practice/ communities-of-practice/ Wenger, E. (1998) Communities of Practice. Learning, Meaning, and Identity. Cambridge. P.73

Why Collaborate? ‘Collaboration is the joining together of things that do not naturally want to be joined’ Stephen Downes – ALT-C 2005 Conference Source of image:

Reasons for Collaborating Online Social presence, connection, interaction and engagement Extending and deepening the learning experience Co-creation of knowledge and meaning Improving critical thinking skills Opportunities for reflection and identity development Increased possibilities for transformative learning Increased opportunities for different learning styles Opportunities for cross cultural engagement Deeper Learning Identity development Source of image:

The Long History of Collaboration “In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed." - Charles Darwin Source of image: edge.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/happy-birthday- darwin.html

My online collaborators Greg Benfield Oxford Brookes University Karen Guldberg University of Birmingham Roy Williams University of Portsmouth Sui Fai John Mak Sydney Institute Matthias Melcher University of Heidelberg Carmen Tschofen Minneapolis, USA Jutta Pauschenwein University of Applied Sciences Graz, Austria Simone Gumtau University of Portsmouth Regina Karousou University of Chichester Wikis Skype Googledocs Peter Jackson Oxford Brookes University Jenny Mackness Mariana Funes Sussex, UK

Supporting online collaboration Source of image -

Collaborating Online Don’t be shy – step forward Allow for different time zones and cultures Leave your ego behind Trust in the best intentions of your collaborators Be open and inclusive State clearly what you can/cannot offer State clearly when you can/cannot contribute Be committed to achieving the shared goal Source:

Final word on collaboration…… …. from Howard Rheingold “Any virtual community that works, works because people put in some time” Source of image:

References Slide 1 Jenny Mackness blog: Jenny Mackness blog post about collaboration: Slide 2: Stephen Downes Groups and Networks: Stephen Downes blog Slide 3 Himmelman, A.T. (2000). Collaboration for a Change. Cloudhead. Slide 5 Harold Jarche (2011) Palloff & Pratt (2005) Garrison, Anderson & Archer (2000) Wenger, E. (1998) Communities of Practice. Learning, Meaning, and Identity. Cambridge University Press. p.73 Slide 8 Howard Rheingold Ted Talk: Slide 9 Mariana Funes blog (21014) Slide 12 Howard Rheingold (2002) Smart Mobs. Cambridge MA.: Basic Books.

Thank you Any questions? Jenny Mackness: Source of image :