2. The Pedagogy of Collaboration An Investigative Project For Academic Technology Quinnipiac University 4/14/08

5. A Few Collaborative Activities Writing process Peer review Peer editing Problem solving Project completion Presentations Discussion Pair and share Interview Performance Production Evaluation Teaching Learning Inquiry Community building Investigation Making knowledge

6. Performan ce Discussi on

7. The Collaborative Disposition

9. Hospitality Participation Mindfulness Humility Mutuality Deliberation Appreciation Hope Autonomy

10. Hospitality

11. Hospitality Brookfield and Preskill: Implies mutual receptivity (with the grain) Implies willingness to question (against the grain) Does not make learning easier or less burdensome Makes learning essentials possible exposing ignorance testing tentative hypotheses challenging false or partial information mutual criticism of thought (Palmer, 1993, 74) Means balancing seriousness of purpose with lightness of tone employing self-deprecating humor to alleviate tension (8-9)

12. Participation

13. Mindfulness

14. How Do We Foster Mindfulness?

15. Humility

17. Mutuality “No welding, brazing or other "glue" holds the pieces together, just the springiness of the steel. The assembly's coherence relies on the mutual support of the parts.” George Hart, sculptor www.georgehart.com/sculpture/mutual-support.htmlwww.georgehart.com/sculpture/mutual-support.html

18. Deliberation

19. Appreciation

20. H o p e

21. Autonomy AutonomyAutonomy ymonotuA Autonomy A u t o n o m y A u t o n o m y A u t o n o m y

22. PRIORITIES What Comes First? Or is it who?

23. 1. PEDAGOGY It doesn’t rhyme with bogey.

24. Desired Outcomes Cognitive Outcomes –What do I want student to know/understand at the end of the course? Affective Outcomes –What habits/attitudes do I want students to have at the end of the course?

25. Compare This is now! –What I do now, how I do it, why I do it this way Advantages to current method in terms of outcomes Disadvantages to current method Wish list –What would address the disadvantages above? Advantages to change Disadvantages to change

26. In “Content Management Briefing” at www.steptwo.com.au, James Robertson writes: www.steptwo.com.au “There is no one-size-fits-all solution for collaboration needs within an organization. Individual teams … will have very different behaviors and requirements, and this must be reflected in the collaboration tools that are put in place. “To fully meet an organisation’s collaboration needs, a ‘portfolio’ approach, should be taken. This involves providing a range of supported tools and allowing each area to pick the functionality that they require.”

27. Various Models

28. The Money Que$tion Have I exploited available collaborative opportunitie$ to the be$t advantage?

29. ?????????????????????????????? I don’t know whether or not I have exploited available options or not. –Tools in Blackboard –Tools in Office –Other tools

30. 2.Technology a)While pedagogy comes first, sometimes a tool is useful as in the case of Blackboard to research a pedagogy and examine the practicality of expanding the size of a group between classes and to assess the advantages and disadvantages of the technology we already have in place. i.We already own Blackboard. ii.It has been tested in terms of what it can do. It protects document integrity and allows exchange of files and collaboration on documents. iii.We will find out whether it will be useful for large numbers of students and faculty in a common Blackboard project.

31. Collaboration Tools in Blackboard First it is important to decide what kind of collaboration tool you have in place and the limitations of that tool in support of your pedagogy. Blackboard has several possibilities: –Groups –Blogs –Wikis –Discussion Board

32. Groups Groups afford a space where a select number of students can exchange files, email each other, discuss a topic. This tool is useful for: –Small group discussions –Peer editing –Document collaboration –Collaborative study space –Group assignment work –Student presentation planning

33. Group Structures Groups can be any size –The purpose of the group can determine its size –Smaller groups great to start, larger groups for later

34. Blogs Blogs afford a space where a select number of students can exchange files, edit their documents, comment on each other’s posts, and thereby discuss a topic. This tool is useful for: –Discussion especially in an F2F environment –Feedback/Peer review –Creating habits transferrable to F2F discussion –Problem solving/posing

35. Wikis Wikis afford a collaborative space where a select number of students can create Web pages related to a single site, edit their documents, comment on each other’s posts. This tool is useful for: –Creating a space where each student has his/her own space that is related to other spaces within a common theme. –Developing multimedia presentation projects –Collaborating on themed projects

36. Discussion Board