Week 3 readings
If you read one thing this week it should be reading 1 below.
Open readings
Social presence in the Communities of Inquiry model- Salmon's five stages
- Designing peer review (from the REAP project)
- Peeragogy handbook
- Considerations in designing online collaborative tasks
- Pedagogic implications of differences between text-based and f2f discussions
- Group development and team roles
- Belbin's team roles
- Group tasks
- Patterns of online participation
- Getting the most from Groupwork Assessment
Restricted access readings
These readings all require some kind of authentication -- usually via a subscription -- to gain access. If you are in a UK educational institution you may be able to gain access using Athens or Shibboleth.
- Benfield, G. and De Laat, M. (2010). Collaborative knowledge building. Rethinking learning for a digital age. Sharpe, R., Beetham, H. and de Freitas, S. Abingdon, Routledge:184-198.
- Garrison, D. R. (2009). 'Communities of inquiry in online learning: Social, teaching and cognitive presence'. In C. Howard et al. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of distance and online learning (2nd ed., pp. 352-355). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
- Garrison, D. R. (2003). 'Cognitive presence for effective asynchronous online learning: The role of reflective inquiry, self-direction and metacognition'. In J. Bourne and J. C. Moore (eds.) Elements of quality online education: Practice and direction. Newburyport: Sloan-C, Olin College. Vol 4 pp 47–58.
- Hrastinski, S. (2008). 'What is online learner participation? A literature review'. Computers & Education 51(4): 1755-1765
- Johnson, D., Johnson, R. and Smith, K. (2007). "The State of Cooperative Learning in Postsecondary and Professional Settings." Educational Psychology Review 19(1): 15-29.
- Kirkwood, A. and L. Price (2005). "Learners and learning in the twenty-first century: What do we know about students' attitudes towards and experiences of information and communication technologies that will help us design courses?" Studies in Higher Education 30(3): 257-274
MacDonald, J. (2008). Blended Learning and Online Tutoring: Planning Learner Support and Activity Design (Second edition). Aldershot, Gower.Chapters 13 & 14. - Salmon, G. (20011). E-moderating: The Key to Teaching and Learning Online (3rd Edition). Abingdon, Routledge.
