Richard Wilfred Yelle Collaborative Computing in Higher Education: Peer-to-Peer and Beyond Internet2 January 31, 2002 Parsons School of Design at New School University

Case Studies The Antilium Project A Cross Disciplinary Collaboration With University of Michigan College of Engineering Comite Colbert Foundation Project with Columbia Business School Techno Culture: A Liberal Studies Senior Seminar

Teach Others / Immediate Use** Practice by Doing** Discussion Group** Lecture Reading Audio-Visual Demonstration 30% 20% 10% 5% 50% 75% 80% Average Retention Rate Source: NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Sciences ** Areas of Focus for TEAMThink TEAMThink Leverages Online Interaction

P2P Question Development Question authoring –Question, foils, correct answer, and rationale Review and comment on teammate’s questions Revise questions –Based on teammates dialogue A. Each User Authors Questions B. TEAM Review C. Refine Question(s) TEAMThink Server

TEAMThink in Action Used to increase Peer-2-Peer Interaction –to encourage conversation between class sessions –to apply content based on readings and discussion –for students who need time to reflect –for students who prefer written over verbal communication –to show progress during the semester

TEAMThink Tools Real-Time “To Do List” Pedagogy Communication Measurement Faculty Administrative

“Student Homepage” dynamically organizes “To-Do’s” according to instructor defined schedule. Current Project between Parsons & the University of Michigan

Synchronous discussion topics easily entered; click and collaborate.

Learner-Created Questions Students create questions to challenge their peers, including possible answer choices and rationales. Attachments and references can also be added.

Questions are refined by team dialogue. Teammates help sharpen each other’s thinking. System tracks agreement status and promotes constructive improvement.

An Instructor or “Expert” Comment Can Be Added

Instructor Home Page

Instructor Home Page Continued

Measurement Sample of individual performance across “rounds” or course modules.

Quick overview of team’s question activity available from Homepage

Easy instructor access to all questions.

Learning events & schedule selected and set by instructor.

Other Collaboration Tools Web Sites Education Management Software Collaboration Software File Sharing Software Video Conferencing Voice Instant Messenger Conference Calls

Posted questions for synchronous discussion & related hot links or design attachments provided by instructor and/or students.