1. Exploring the use of the Chat activity module in Moodle to support and facilitate group work Mary Hoodless Wodonga TAFE © Wodonga TAFE 2012

2. The chat activity module allows participants to have a real-time synchronous discussion in a Moodle course © Wodonga TAFE 2012 1 What is the Chat Module?

3. To develop an instructional design for group work Context BAMS students – mostly managers balancing competing priorities © Wodonga TAFE 2012 2 Objective & Context

4. Where is the Chat activity?

5. Smilies Any smiley faces (emoticons) that you can type elsewhere in Moodle can also be typed in here and they will be displayed correctly. Links Internet addresses will be turned into links automatically. Beeps You can send a sound to other people by hitting the "beep" link next to their name. A useful shortcut to beep all the people in the chat at once is to type "beep all". HTML If you know some HTML code, you can use it in your text to do things like insert images, play sounds or create different coloured and sized text. © Wodonga TAFE 2012 4 Features

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8. Discuss ideas: eg Participants Time Purpose Attendees © Wodonga TAFE 2012 7 Chat 1 Introductions

9. Ideas © Wodonga TAFE 2012 8 Chat 2 Expectations/roles & responsibilities

10. Ideas © Wodonga TAFE 2012 9 Chat 3 Clarify group charter/rules and set topics

11. Standing agenda; © Wodonga TAFE 2012 10 Chat 4 - 7 Topics 1 -4

12. Goals Progress Review Issues Moderator © Wodonga TAFE 2012 11 Chat 5 Reflection - What needs to change?

13. What worked well and how do we know? What can be improved? © Wodonga TAFE 2012 12 Chat 8 Evaluation

14. What will we do next time © Wodonga TAFE 2012 13 Summary