1. Welcome To Online Community Building New Faculty Orientation 2006 Linda Futch

2. Agenda Introductions Why Collaborate? Online Collaboration Tools @ UCF How Faculty Get Accounts Put It Into Practice Questions

3. Why Collaboration? Learners are “involved in constructing knowledge through a process of discussion and interaction with learning peers and experts” Harasim (1989, p. 51)

4. Benefits of Collaborative Learning Improved judgment Increased ability to work in teams Prepared for the global marketplace Cognitive mentoring & telementoring Less grading, less time required

5. Set Protocols Rules of operation of your course Netiquette Expectations When to use what form of communication Help resources

6. Online Collaboration Tools eCommunity Bb/WebCT: –Discussion topics –Course mail –Chat –Whiteboard –Student presentations E-mail: –GroupWise –Pegasus e-mail –Personal e-mail

7. Building a Learning Community Encourage use of discussions, chat, e-mail Students post their bio’s in a discussion topic or on eCommunity Resist temptation to answer all discussion questions – let the students answer the questions when possible Moderate and track discussion use Create private (groups) discussions Encourage use of chat rooms for specific purposes – Moderate rooms Designate group meeting times in chat room Encourage use of student presentations for groups

8. How Faculty Get Accounts eCommunity –Simply login and associate your class sections to yourself –http://ecommunity.ucf.eduhttp://ecommunity.ucf.edu Bb/WebCT –Take Essentials http://reach.ucf.edu/~essentialshttp://reach.ucf.edu/~essentials –Request an account at http://teach.ucf.eduhttp://teach.ucf.edu Groupwise –Go to…..

9. Put It Into Practice eCommunity http://ecommunity.ucf.edu Bb/WebCT Discussions http://ecommunity.ucf.edu

10. Thank you for Coming Questions? coursedev@mail.ucf.edu 407-823-3809