1. Copyright © 2008 Stevens Institute of Technology Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education SAGE: Ways and Means of Collaboration

2. Copyright © 2008 Stevens Institute of Technology Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education CIESE established in 1988 Pioneer in Internet education (1993) Run 10+ collaborative projects for over 10 years Involved over 100,000 students from more than 35 countries Trained over 20,000 educators worldwide

3. Copyright © 2008 Stevens Institute of Technology Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education Students from around the world collaborate to investigate a question or solve a problem Pooled data and information Opportunities for sharing cultural information, experiences, and opinions SAGE  Ground-breaking, 21 st Century collaboration opportunity for students Telecollaborative Projects

4. Copyright © 2008 Stevens Institute of Technology Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education Simple sharing and meaningful interaction among many schools. Partner schools collaborate to design and produce a complete system. Schools collaborate to design and produce one system. Students from different schools work together on teams. Schools collaborate to design and produce one system. Each school designs a specific subsystem. SAGE Collaboration Models

5. Copyright © 2008 Stevens Institute of Technology Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education Students share their experimental findings using an online databaseonline database Students share letters of introduction, hypotheses; discuss findings and conclusions through an online discussion areaonline discussion area

6. Copyright © 2008 Stevens Institute of Technology Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education Lessons Learned Asynchronous means of collaboration is critical Central location for collaboration needed to keep all classes (& project leader) “ in the loop ” Collaboration tools must be available to all participants Class to class collaboration most effective Deadlines for key deliverables Not all schools follow through on projects Password-protected access for project participants Online tools: You get what you pay for

7. Copyright © 2008 Stevens Institute of Technology Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education SAGE: Collaboration Central Central location for asynchronous collaboration Must have record of collaboration to evaluate pilot Each SAGE project will have its own CC Key project deliverables will have separate forums Can experiment with different online tools but must post record of collaboration in CC Can upload a variety of file types to CC CIESE will continue to explore and review online tools

8. Copyright © 2008 Stevens Institute of Technology Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education Collaboration Central Let’s Take a Look…..