1. COOPERATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE ONLINE LEARNING Rosseni Din PPA Academic Advancement Course

2. Overview  Quality Education  Meaningful learning  Online collaborative learning for the 20 th century learner  Collaborative & Cooperative Learning  Best practices

3. Quality Education  Creating a learning environment where individuals with a variety of skills can INCREASE knowledge, skills and the abilities to ADAPT to changing environments so that they can act as informed citizens of the world.  Harris-Ransom et al. 2010

4. Quality Education  Rule #1: Know Your Audience Rule #1: Know Your Audience http://rosseni.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/a-vision-of-student-today/

5. Adapt Our Teaching Styles to Learner’s Need  Learner Diversity  Learning Style  Personality  Multiple Intelligences  Immerse ourselves into 20 th century learning environment  Understand important attributes for meaningful learning

6. Quality Education  Rule #2: Changing Educational Paradigms Rule #2: Changing Educational Paradigms http://rosseni.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/changing-education-paradigms/

7. Meaningful Learning for Quality Education

8. Cooperative Collaborative ONLINE Learning Using Web 3.0/2.0

9. Cooperative Collaborative Online Learning: The Hybrid Approach Using Weblog

10.  Combination of online learning in a regular conventional face-to-face learning Course structure/Course Outline or Course HandbookCourse Handbook Text BookBook Other complementary instructional media – CD-ROMsCD-ROMs A course blog i.e the Computer Education BlogComputer Education Blog  Tutorials  More and different opportunities to present materials  Opportunity to improve learning via reflections and interpersonal communication  Frequent feedbacks Designing Effective Online Assigments and Assessment RubricOnline AssigmentsAssessment Rubric

11. Hybrid/Blended Learning: Handbook

12. Hybrid/Blended Learning: Text Book

13. Hybrid/Blended Learning: CD-Based Media

14. Hybrid/Blended Learning: Blog

15. Practical Issues  Class Participation  Question: How do you encourage students to participate in a cooperative group project?  Question: How do you encourage students to participate in a collaborative online classroom?  Question: How does this differ from the traditional classroom?

16. Cooperative Group Participation  Class Participation  Question: How do you encourage students to participate in a cooperative group project?  Question: How do you encourage students to participate in a collaborative online classroom?  Question: How does this differ from the traditional classroom?

17. Collaborative Online Learning  How to encourage participation? A 10% overall carry marks?  Rubric: Focusing on meaningful participation – not just adding entry http://rosseni.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/assessment-rubric-for-individual-project-1-15.pdf Rubric: http://rosseni.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/assessment-rubric-for-individual-project-1-15.pdf  Frequency: Once a week is practical – in reality more frequent participation would put the student in a much better position to make timely and meaningful contributions?  - at least 3 meaningful post/week or per online lecture/tutorial would be an A, 2 meaningful posts would be a B, and 1 would be a C.  - simply posting a short “me too” comment is not considered a “meaningful” post and will not support a strong grade for the week/lecture/tutorial.

18. Grading for Collaborative Online Participation  Grade A  Posted at least 3 comments  Provides relevant facts thoroughly  Comments or posting demonstrate a comprehensive analysis and/or interpretation of the issue  Support opinions by citing relevant and scholarly sources  Adds some new thought to the discussion critique another person’s point of view

19. Grading for Collaborative Online Participation  Grade B  Posted at least 2 comments  Provides limited facts  Does not clearly state the issue  Provided adequate but not comprehensive analysis of the issue  Sometimes supports key statements with relevant scholarly resources  Student show partial understanding

20. Grading for Collaborative Online Participation  Grade C  Posted at least 1 comments  Comments or posting does not reflect a comprehensive analysis or reading of the issue  Does not clearly state the issue  Analysis is only vaguely supported by scholarly work  Student merely restates what is in the text instead of interpret the issue  Sometimes supports key statements with relevant scholarly resources  Student show partial understanding

21. Conclusion

22. Further Discussion About This Topic  Special Session of the WSEAS Conference on E- Activities In Jakarta, December 2011  For more information browse the special session page at:  E-Activities'11 Special Session on Virtual Learning Environment: Methods and Case Examples in Developmental Research E-Activities'11 Special Session on Virtual Learning Environment: Methods and Case Examples in Developmental Research  http://eactivities2011.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/call-for-special-session-paper-on-virtual-learning-environment-methods-and-case-example-in-developmental-research/ http://eactivities2011.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/call-for-special-session-paper-on-virtual-learning-environment-methods-and-case-example-in-developmental-research/