Interaction in the Online Classroom
Participation
Online Interaction
• Student/Instructor• Student/Student• Student/Self Reflection• Student/Content
Lynch, M. M. (2002). The Online Educator: A Guide to Creating the Virtual Classroom. New York: RoutledgeFalmer.
Student/Instructor Interaction
• Welcome/greeting• Expectations for participation• Timely feedback• Visibility in the course• Availability for questions and clarification• Expectations for support
Student/Student Interaction• Introducing themselves to their
classmates– Images– Videos
• Negotiating with each other re: the content– Wikis– Blogs
• Completing assignments– Alternate technologies
• Student Lounge– Emphasizing connectedness
Setting Expectations
10 Rules of Netiquette• Rule 1: Remember the Human• Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards
of behavior online that you follow in real life
• Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
• Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
• Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
• Rule 6: Share expert knowledge• Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under co
ntrol• Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy• Rule 9: Don't abuse your power• Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's
mistakes
www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Interaction with Content
Harnessing the learning power of technology
• Database structures• Social Networking• PBL
Discussion Dilemmas
One hazard of online discussion may be that students believe that they are engaged in a presentation of their individual knowledge, rather than in a discussion which will generate concepts for exploration, and which will finally be the representation of content knowledge for the group. (Pawan, Paulus, Yalcin, & Chang, 2003)
• Structured Responses• Blended Narratives• Educative Feedback• Case-based Learning
Instructor Interjection – How much is too much?
• Group formation of concepts (storming and norming)
• Reinforcement• Redirection• Mining for teachable moments• Interjecting relevant information
Student Self-Reflection
• Post objectives prior to each week’s assignment– Journaling/Blogging/
Video Diary – how am I meeting the objectives of the course?
– Summarizing and posting or emailing – how did the group discussion contribute to meeting the objectives of the course?
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