1. Johns Hopkins University Master of Education in the Health Professions MEHP Collaborative Learning

2. Outline  Strategies for Active Learning & Critical Thinking  Why Collaborate?  Engaged Learning  Problem-Based Learning  Group Dynamics  Tools for Collaboration  WIKIs  Weblogs  Image Repositories  Video Streaming  Reusable Learning Objects  Interactive Web 2.0 Tools  Resources

3. Active Learning & Critical Thinking Active Learning:  Activities promote  Analysis  Synthesis  Evaluation Critical Thinking  Inquisitive  Well-informed  Reasoned  Open-minded  Reflective  Follows sound deductive reasoning

4. Strategies for Active Learning & Critical Thinking Elements: Talking / Listening/ Writing/ Reading/ Reflecting Categories:  Individual activities  Cooperative learning  paired activities  informal small groups  cooperative student projects  Problem-Based Learning Strategies:  Lecture  Case study  Team-based learning  Discussion  Media  Humor  Games

5. Why Collaborate?  Community in the classroom is created through:  Group activities  Collaborative work  Group projects  Creates connections  Increases learning  Accommodates certain learning styles

6. Engaged Learning Interaction is central to Collaborative Learning:  Knowledge / Experience  Personal interpretation of knowledge  Active process / Experience  Multiple perspectives

7.  Engaged learning continuum  Lifelong learning :  intellectual curiosity  confidence  engagement  Based on interaction and meaningful learning Problem-Based Learning

8. Collaboration CPPBLEL Constructivist Principles + Problem-Based Learning = Engaged Learning Environment Engaged Learning Model ( Conrad & Donaldson, 2004, p. 6)

9. Group Dynamics Informal Groups:  Free  Unstructured  Time consuming Formal Groups:  Instructor assigned  Leader as savior of the group  Cooperation of the members  Tolerance of frustration  Focus on the task at hand  Hidden within each group is an irrational group  Size should be limited to no more than 7  Meet often to keep the cohesiveness

10. Collaborative Work Model

11. Web 2.0 Tools for Collaboration Wikis Discussion Boards Weblogs / Blogs Document sharing Image repositories Video sharing Music Sharing Reusable learning objects

12. WIKI What is a WIKI  Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com/ http://www.wikispaces.com/  Twiki: http://twiki.org/ http://twiki.org/  Example of how to use a wiki  Composition builder  Story builder  Collaboration on a science experiment 12

13. Weblog / Blogs  Word Press: http://wordpress.com/http://wordpress.com/  Blogger: http://www.blogger.com/home?pli=1http://www.blogger.com/home?pli=1  Example of how to use a blog.  Journal  Build on a discussion  Get to know each other  Travel log (Internet travel) 13

14. Microblogging  Twitter: http://twitter.com/http://twitter.com/  Examples on use:  Polling  Sharing immediate content  Affecting change  Gathering content  Assessment 14

15. Document & Web Sharing  Del.icio.us: http://www.delicious.comhttp://www.delicious.com  Bookmarking  Tagging  Google document share: https://docs.google.com/?pli=1#homehttps://docs.google.com/?pli=1#home  Sharing files in the cloud  Examples for applications:  Research  Annotations (Zotero)Zotero  Document sharing for group editing 15

16. Tagging  Flickr  YouTube  De.lici.ous  LMS (some)  Examples of use:  Easy retrieval of documents  Information management 16

17. Image Sharing  Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/http://www.flickr.com/  Picasa : https://picasaweb.google.com/homehttps://picasaweb.google.com/home  Create a project  Share images  Create an image log of travel  Create an image log of Internet surfing  Theories and approaches satisfied  Examples from the participants? 17

18. Video Sharing  Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/http://vimeo.com/  YouTube: http://www.youtube.comhttp://www.youtube.com  Share videos with the class  Create a digital story of a project  Create a digital story of your life 18

19. Reusable Learning Objects (RLO)  Interactive visual videos for learning  Why reusable  Sites  http://www.gwumc.edu/healthsci/faculty_resources/health_science _learning_objects.cfm http://www.gwumc.edu/healthsci/faculty_resources/health_science _learning_objects.cfm  http://sonet.nottingham.ac.uk/rlos/ http://sonet.nottingham.ac.uk/rlos/  http://www.khanacademy.org/ http://www.khanacademy.org/  http://www.ted.com/talks/tags/medical+research http://www.ted.com/talks/tags/medical+research  http://www.ted.com/talks/tags/medicine http://www.ted.com/talks/tags/medicine 19

20. Video Conferencing & Communication  Skype  VoiceThread  Adobe Connect  Use to share ideas  Deliver lectures  Synchronous or asynchronous work  Communication  Group activities 20

21. Syndication  iGoogle: http://www.google.com/ighttp://www.google.com/ig  My Yahoo: http://cm.my.yahoo.com/?rd=nuxhttp://cm.my.yahoo.com/?rd=nux  Examples of applications:  Gather needed sites and links in one spot  Easy access to all the tools in the cloud  Course materials repository  Students research results 21

22. Virtual Worlds  Second Life: Free http://secondlife.com/http://secondlife.com/  Activeworlds: Fee required http://www.activeworlds.com/tour.asp#http://www.activeworlds.com/tour.asp#  Intended application  Effectiveness  Where are we heading  Theories and approaches satisfied 22