Post on 22-Dec-2015
Jermann & Dillenbourg,Jermann & Dillenbourg, TECFA
Tecfa Virtual CampusTecfa Virtual Campus
Collective Activities inCollective Activities in
TECFA (Educational Technology Lab)School of Education & Psychology, University of Geneva
TECFA (Educational Technology Lab)School of Education & Psychology, University of Geneva
http://tecfa.unige.ch
Jermann & Dillenbourg,Jermann & Dillenbourg, TECFA
1 week @ tecfa
Master degree in Educational Technologies
~ 4 weeks @ home
Jermann & Dillenbourg,Jermann & Dillenbourg, TECFA
What's a virtual campus?
A Web site for university teaching
1
A spatial metaphor
2
Broad curriculum
3
Integrated student
managment
4
Distance + Presence
5
An opportunity to An opportunity to improve educationimprove education
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Jermann & Dillenbourg,Jermann & Dillenbourg, TECFA
Would you take Would you take the plane if the plane if pilots wre pilots wre
trained on the trained on the Web ?Web ?
Jermann & Dillenbourg,Jermann & Dillenbourg, TECFA
• There is no pedagogical innovation in lecturing on the Web: putting notes or slides, videoconferencing, ….
• It is not a matter of pedagogical snobism. It has just been proved that lecturing is not effective.
• E-mail does not make students motivated, clever and available. Why should they communicate.
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Jermann & Dillenbourg,Jermann & Dillenbourg, TECFA
Looking for innovative activities
(1) pseudo-task
differences
(2) debriefing
individual
collaborative
collective
Jermann & Dillenbourg,Jermann & Dillenbourg, TECFA
¨Tecfa Virtual Campus, Village 16, Building1 : « Argue Graph » ¨Tecfa Virtual Campus, Village 16, Building1 : « Argue Graph »
pseudo-task solo
individual differences
debriefing
pseudo-task duo
group differences
Jermann & Dillenbourg,Jermann & Dillenbourg, TECFA
¨Tecfa Virtual Campus, Village 16, Building1 : « Argue Graph » ¨Tecfa Virtual Campus, Village 16, Building1 : « Argue Graph »
pseudo-task solo
individual differences
debriefing
pseudo-task duo
group differences
Jermann & Dillenbourg,Jermann & Dillenbourg, TECFA
Individual differences
¨Tecfa Virtual Campus, Village 16, Building1 : « Argue Graph » ¨Tecfa Virtual Campus, Village 16, Building1 : « Argue Graph »
pseudo-task solo
debriefing
pseudo-task duo
group differences
Jermann & Dillenbourg,Jermann & Dillenbourg, TECFA
¨Tecfa Virtual Campus, Village 16, Building1 : « Argue Graph » ¨Tecfa Virtual Campus, Village 16, Building1 : « Argue Graph »
pseudo-task solo
individual differences
debriefing
pseudo-task duo
group differences
Jermann & Dillenbourg,Jermann & Dillenbourg, TECFA
Design choices
Immediate FB
Delayed FB
Microworld FB
Theories
Behavioursime
Constructivisn
Metacognition
pseudo-task solo
individual differences
debriefing
pseudo-task duo
group differences
¨Tecfa Virtual Campus, Village 16, Building1 : « Argue Graph » ¨Tecfa Virtual Campus, Village 16, Building1 : « Argue Graph »
Jermann & Dillenbourg,Jermann & Dillenbourg, TECFA
¨Tecfa Virtual Campus, Village 16, Building1 : « Argue Graph » ¨Tecfa Virtual Campus, Village 16, Building1 : « Argue Graph »
49%
n=18
Does conflict have an effect on the arguments ?
Jermann & Dillenbourg,Jermann & Dillenbourg, TECFA
¨Tecfa Virtual Campus, Village 16, Building1 : « Argue Graph » ¨Tecfa Virtual Campus, Village 16, Building1 : « Argue Graph »
New Union Victory
6 16 10
14 8 13
Semantic content of arguments
Jermann & Dillenbourg,Jermann & Dillenbourg, TECFA
¨Tecfa Virtual Campus, Village 16, Building1 : « Argue Graph » ¨Tecfa Virtual Campus, Village 16, Building1 : « Argue Graph »
Condition
"We answer 2 if the learner is a child but we answer 3 for adult learners"
"We answer 3 because motivation is important"
Accept
"We choose 3 because 2 does not work"
Discard
1 28 3
11 23 1
Type of arguments
Jermann & Dillenbourg,Jermann & Dillenbourg, TECFA
ConclusionsConclusions
• Less text, more activitiesLess text, more activities
• Structure groupworkStructure groupwork
• Don't expect, analyse.Don't expect, analyse.
• Build on databases.Build on databases.
• Design also for presence . Distance is not Design also for presence . Distance is not the question, the question is learning.the question, the question is learning.
• Less text, more activitiesLess text, more activities
• Structure groupworkStructure groupwork
• Don't expect, analyse.Don't expect, analyse.
• Build on databases.Build on databases.
• Design also for presence . Distance is not Design also for presence . Distance is not the question, the question is learning.the question, the question is learning.
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