IV Congresso RIBIE, Brasilia 1998

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1 IV Congro RIBIE, Brailia 1998 Collaboration in Onlin Claroom: Group Tak and Pattrn of Intraction Colaboração m ala d aula onlin: Tarfa d grupo padrõ d intração onlin Lucio Tl, Ph.D., tl@fu.ca LohnLab para o Enino Onlin Univridad d Simon Frar, Columbia Britanica CANADA Abtract Thi papr dicu nw approach to larning via ditributd nvironmnt on th Wb. Thr univrity cour dlivrd onlin, via ditanc ducation, ar invtigatd. Th cour applid principl of collaboration to digning th onlin claroom: tudnt had both individual and group aignmnt. Data analyi how that tudnt had ongoing pr intraction for variou cour tak uch a problm-olving, crating animation, and cla dicuion. Whil thi onlin xchang of mag wa carrid out mainly through mag containing only txt, thr wr many mag that incorporatd hyprlink, and multimdia. Th papr conclud with a ummary of finding on pattrn of collaboration for thr onlin cour. Introduction Onlin claroom ar nvironmnt that upport collaboration and knowldg building (Scardamalia, M. & Britr, C., 1994; Haraim, L., 1997). Th nw nvironmnt ar incraingly bing ud in highr ducation. Educator nd to bttr undrtand th onlin claroom to hap th nvironmnt for improvd larning outcom. Collaborativ larning tratgi ar oftn ud in onlin claroom. Thy wr ud in th dign and implmntation of th thr cour dicud in thi papr. Claroom tak uch a finding a Wb it, crating animation, or participating in cla dicuion ar includd in th dign of th cour and a prcntag of th cour grad i aignd to claroom tak. In thi papr w dicu collaborativ pattrn and uag tatitic information for thr univrity cour. Communication pattrn among tudnt and with th intructor ar invtigatd in rgard to group communication, mag typ, and frquncy: how oftn tudnt communicatd, how oftn thy accd th onlin claroom and thir group tak, what typ of mag thy ud to communicat: txt only, txt plu hyprlink, 1

2 txt plu multimdia, txt plu hyprlink and multimdia. Uag tatitic information wa alo collctd via th log fil to dtrmin frquncy of acc. Th thr univrity cour offrd ntirly onlin lctd for data analyi ar: Buin 362 (Introduction to Information Sytm); Faculty of Art 228 (Danc in Cybrpac), and Infohar (Information Sharing on th Wb), a four wk long Continuing Studi modul. Thr wr 78 tudnt nrolld in th thr cour. Th ytm ud to dign and dlivr th cour wa Virtual-U, a Wb-bad groupwar dignd to upport collaborativ larning. Through analyi of confrnc trancript, uag tatitic and log fil, pattrn of th onlin claroom wr idntifid uch a frquncy of communication among tudnt, how oftn and whn thy acc th onlin claroom, th typ of mag thy u to communicat and th typ of onlin intraction. 2

3 Data analyi Rult for th thr ditanc ducation cour how that tudnt taking onlin cour can b gographically diprd and acc th onlin claroom around th clock vn day a wk. Th mot activ day in th Virtual-U claroom i Monday. Tabl 1: Numbr of Mag by Day of th Wk N u m b r o f m a g Sun Mon Tu W Thu Fri Sat Day of th wk 3

4 Pak tim for onlin claroom, i.. whn mot tudnt ar onlin, ar 11:00 am to 5:00 pm and again from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Tabl2: Numbr of Mag by Hour of th Day M a g Hour 4

5 Studnt and intructor communicat uing not only writtn word but includ hyprlink and to om much mallr xtnt multimdia ffct (pictur, diagram, tc.) in thir mag. Tabl 3: Mag Typ Mag Typ Mag Txt 135 Txt & hyprlink Txt & multimdia Txt, miltimdia & hyprlink Although th numbr of mag uing hyprlink i till vry mall and rprnt l than 5% of th total mag, thi could rfr to a dvloping bhaviour which could incra ovr th nxt yar. Whn th firt ntirly onlin cour wr taught in 1985, hyprlink did not yt xit and computr ntwork wr not connctd to a world wid ntwork uch a th Wb today. With th advnt of Wb th poibility of including multip rfrnc and it into th dicuion bcom poibl. 5

6 Tabl 4: Intraction Pattrn for Nin Confrnc Slctd from Thr Cour Intraction Pattrn NRC (1) FPA229 (2) BUS362 (6) Total Studnt' rpon to th topic Studnt to tudnt rpon Studnt' qution Intructor' rpon to tudnt Intructor' aignmnt/commnt Total Pattrn of onlin intraction wr tudid for a ampl of confrnc trancript and it wa found that mot mag, or 75% of th total mag ar pr-to-pr, and th rmaining 25% ar writtn by th intructor. Concluion Rult how that th onlin aynchronou claroom i accd 24 hour/day, vn day a wk and pak tim ar 11:00 am to 5:00 pm and again from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Studnt ar bginning to u hyprlink and multimdia in thir txt mag. Mot mag in th onlin claroom ar contributd by th tudnt a oppod to th facto-fac claroom whr th intructor lctur and ha mot of th "air tim". Collaborativ pattrn idntifid through contnt analyi how that tudnt gnratd 75% of th mag and intructor gnratd th rmaining 25%. Mor rarch i ndd in th mrgnt pattrn of th onlin claroom and on th implication of th pattrn for taching and knowldg building. Rfrnc Haraim, L., Calvrt, T. and Gronbor, C. (1997). Virtual-U: A Wb Bad Sytm to Support Collaborativ Larning. In B. Khan, Wb-Bad Intruction, Englwood Cliff, NJ, Educational Tchnology Publication. 6

7 Hiltz, R. & Wllman, B. (1997) Th virtual claroom. ACM Journal, Sptmbr Horvath, A. & Tl, L. (1997) Uing th Wb a a Tool to Support Studnt Rarch Tak. Journal of Computr in Education, forthcoming. Scardamalia, M., & Britr, C. (1994). Computr upport for knowldg-building communiti. Journal of th Larning Scinc, 3(3), Tl, L. & Ryland, J. (1998, forthcoming) Th Infohar Modul: Uing Collaborativ Aynchronou Training to Improv Wb Sarch Skill. Journal of Educational Mdia Intrnational, forthcoming. Wang, X. & Tl, L. (1998) Onlin Collaboration and th Rol of th Intructor in Two Univrit Crdit Cour. Papr prntd at th ICCE98 - Intrnational Council for Computr in Education, Bijing, Octobr 14-20,