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Overview:
While more institutions are using social networking sites, blogs, and wikis to instruct students, there is a lack of research about how these tools are impacting student learning and engagement. Can these tools be used to design and support learning activities that increase the level of student engagement? By using a community of inquiry approach, Web 2.0 tools can be used to create active and collaborative learning environments.
The Using Community of Inquiry and Web 2.0 to Design Blended Courses on-demand web conferece discusses steps to designing blended courses using the applied principles of COI through the use of Web 2.0 tools.
Target Audience:
Faculty, faculty developers, and instructional designers will develop effective and efficient strategies for utilizing Web 2.0 technologies to foster student engagement and success in blended courses.
Program Agenda:
| ON-DEMAND Presentation |
| Live Session Took Place On March 20, 2009 |
- Community of inquiry framework
- Cognitive presence
- Social presence
- Teaching presence
- Steps to creating & sustaining online learning community
- Web 2.0 tools–overview of eight categories
- What are the opportunities and challenges?
- Principles for applying COI framework through the use of Web 2.0 tools
- Practical inquiry model
- Preparation for the next synchronous session
- Student engagement
- Fostering active & collaborative learning environment
- Enriching educational experiences
- Supportive campus environment
- Student success and satisfaction
- Case study
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Instructor:
Norm Vaughan, Instructor, Faculty of Teaching & Learning, Mount Royal College
An educator and researcher with interests in blended learning and faculty development, Norm's teaching background includes graduate and undergraduate courses in educational technology, K-12 education, technical training, and English as a Second Language. He recently co-authored the book Blended Learning in Higher Education and has published a series of articles on blended learning and faculty development. Norm is currently the research director for the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education and he is on the editorial boards for the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, Learning Communities Journal, and the Journal on Centres for Teaching & Learning.
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