TY - GEN
T1 - Bringing back channels up front
T2 - 16th ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work, GROUP'10
AU - Du, Honglu
AU - Rosson, Mary Beth
AU - Carroll, John M.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In many college classrooms, students are passive spectators and the transmittal model of teaching is prevalent in most classes. In contrast, Vygotsky's social-constructivist view emphasizes the importance of making students become active learners. Many active learning techniques have been developed, primarily focused on making students active participants in various kinds of in class activities like discussion, writing and talking. However, there is evidence that the typical university classroom setting presents some obstacles for realizing maximum effectiveness of class wide discussion. These obstacles include the effects of production blocking, the hierarchical power structures within the classroom and the lack of sense of community. Having realized the great potential of Web 2.0 social software in meeting these challenges, the objective in the proposed research is to build an active learning environment by bring backchannel discussion up front using CMC tools. A design based research method will be used to explore effects of using this tool in classes.
AB - In many college classrooms, students are passive spectators and the transmittal model of teaching is prevalent in most classes. In contrast, Vygotsky's social-constructivist view emphasizes the importance of making students become active learners. Many active learning techniques have been developed, primarily focused on making students active participants in various kinds of in class activities like discussion, writing and talking. However, there is evidence that the typical university classroom setting presents some obstacles for realizing maximum effectiveness of class wide discussion. These obstacles include the effects of production blocking, the hierarchical power structures within the classroom and the lack of sense of community. Having realized the great potential of Web 2.0 social software in meeting these challenges, the objective in the proposed research is to build an active learning environment by bring backchannel discussion up front using CMC tools. A design based research method will be used to explore effects of using this tool in classes.
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U2 - 10.1145/1880071.1880137
DO - 10.1145/1880071.1880137
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78751690495
SN - 9781450303873
T3 - Proceedings of the 16th ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work, GROUP'10
SP - 333
EP - 334
BT - Proceedings of the 16th ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work, GROUP'10
Y2 - 7 November 2010 through 10 November 2010
ER -