Sequence: Planning collaboration using the "Paired Annotations" method within LAMS

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Sequence: Planning collaboration using the "Paired Annotations" method within LAMS
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The aim of this context free design is to support teachers in their attempts for collaborative learning designs by providing them with well known  methods implemented within LAMS.

Keywords:Collaboration, Learning Design, Paired Annotations

Subject:Planning Collaboration using the "Paired Annotations" method within LAMS

Audience:Teachers, Researchers

Goals: 1) to enable students to identify key points, 2) to develop literature review skills, 3) to encourage students to make connections between new and existing bodies of language, 4) to promote cooperative learning through accountability and positive interdependence.

Process: 1) Sharing of the educational material, 2) Grouping in pairs, 3) Discussion about key points, 4) Grouping in teams of 4 members, 5) Further discussion within the bigger groups about the key points, 6) Collaborative writing of summary of the learning material.

Remarks on Design: Stop gates were not used for design simplicity

Support files: 1)Documentation 2)The asynchronous version of the "Paired Annotations" implementation.

References

Falchikov, N. (2001). Learning together. Peer tutoring in higher education, London & New York: Routledge

Kordaki, M., Siempos, H. and Daradoumis, T. (2009, submitted). Collaborative learning design within open source e-learning systems: lessons learned from an empirical study. In G. Magoulas (Ed), E-Infrastructures and Technologies for Lifelong Learning: Next Generation Environments. IDEA-Group Publishing.

Millis, B.J. & Cottell, P.G. Jnr (1998) Cooperative Learning for Higher Education Faculty, American Council on Education, Series on Higher Education, Oryx Press

Authors: Maria Kordaki, Haris Siempos
Contact:kordaki@cti.gr,hsiempos@hotmail.com

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Language: English
LAMS Version: 2.3.0.
License: Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
Support Files:
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Paired_Annotations.pdf 45772 07/17/09 03:58 PM
paired_annotations_asynchronous.zip 6766 07/17/09 03:58 PM
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Authored By:   Maria Kordaki
Date: 17 July 2009 03:58 PM
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