May 22, 2007
Room 26-152
Panelists:
Prof. Donald Lessard, Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management, Sloan School dlessard@MIT.EDU
Dr. Amanda Graham, Laboratory for Energy and the Environment agraham@MIT.EDU
Jennifer Craig, Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics jcraig@mit.edu
Dr. Natalie Kuldell, Department of Biological Engineering nkuldell@mit.edu
Abstract:
The proliferation of network-based collaboration and social networking tools brings new challenges and opportunities for teaching. Wikis provide flexible, easily edited, web-based platforms for collaboration that can be used for any number of pedagogical tasks, from class projects to lab how-tos to course design. Blogs can provide a more individualized platform for student reflection. The collaborative environment of the classroom itself can be technologically altered through the use of classroom response systems and related tools.
What structure or set of practices makes for an effective teaching wiki? How can a professor efficiently and effectively negotiate a classes' worth of student blog posts? In this seminar we will hear from instructors who are currently using collaboration technologies in their classes. After some short presentations, we'll have further discussion of collaboration tools in general. This seminar will serve as the introduction to OEIT's new Collaboration Tools Program Area, and we very much want to solicit your ideas to help guide us as we move forward.Collaboration Tool Ideas
Prof Lessard (key points):
Dr. Graham:
Jennifer Craig:
Dr. Kuldell
What should an initiative to make collaboration tools more useful, widely accessible, and better support learning include? More ....
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