Week 4 Overview, Reading and Resources

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Readings (Teamwork)

The facilitation team for this week's topic may choose to substitute an alternate reading for this week

• Glover, N. (2003). Group Projects as a Catalyst for Online Learning Communities. California Virtual Campus.
  Note: While it's a little dated, this reading gives a good overview of Tuckman's five stages of group dynamics, and provides some tips about how to facilitate teams as they move through the stages.
  
  
• Lam, W., Chua, A., Williams, J.B., & Lee, C. (2005). Virtual teams: Surviving or thriving? Proceedings of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia (pp. 357-360).
  Note: This article is written by faculty who have a strong focus on team work that contributes to as much as 50% of student grades. Some good strategy suggestions for helping teams perform well together.
  
  
• RRU - CTET. (2008, Fall). Team Based Learning. Tools for Teaching (T4T) Tipsheet, 1(3), 1-2.
  Note: This tip sheet is a short and sweet strategy document.
  
  
• Dool, R. (2007, February). Best practices: Mitigating Conflict in Online Student Teams. eLearn Magazine, 2007(2), 2.
  Note: This article directly addresses the issue of conflict in teams. It gives effective, solid strategies based on experience.

Readings (Facilitation Techniques & Strategies)

• Review Week 1: Overview, Readings and Resources, pages on Effective Questions Strategies, Presence and Learning (Facilitating Learning Online - April 2015)
  
  
• Vaughan, N.D., Cleveland-Innes, M., & D.R. Garrison, (2013) Chapter 3: Facilitation, Teaching in Blended Learning Environments: Creating and Sustaining Communities of Inquiry, pp45-61, retrieved from http://www.aupress.ca/books/120229/ebook/03_Vaughan_et_al_2013-Teaching_in_Blended_Learning_Environments.pdf (PDF, Chapter 3 only)
  Note: If you don’t have much time, review the ideas for online facilitation in Table 3.2. Facilitating cognitive presence face-to-face and online of the Vaughan, et al chapter.

• Noviki, A. (Dec. 4, 2013 blog post) Using Online Discussions to Encourage Critical Thinking, retrieved from Duke Center for Instructional Technology http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2013/12/using-online-discussions-to-encourage-critical-thinking/  Note:  Novicki blog post contains downloadable documents - tip sheets and rubric
  
  
• University of Waterloo, Centre for Teaching Excellence, Online Discussions: Tips for Instructors (web page), retrieved from https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/developing-assignments/blended-learning/online-discussions-tips-instructors

View  (optional but useful!)

• COFAOnline, Learning to Teach Online, University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts - retrieved from http://online.cofa.unsw.edu.au/learning-to-teach-online/ltto-episodes
  • Conducting effective online discussions, (2011) video 6:42
  • Managing your time when teaching online, (2010) video 4:57
  • Engaging and motivating students, (2011) video 6:04
  • Online teamwork and collaboration, (2011) video 5:40
• Teachtufts Youtube channel, video 3:06 (posted May 7, 2012)
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  Diane McKay Assistant Professor, Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition and Scientist, retrieved from
  
  
  
• TravelinEdMan Youtube channel by Professor Curtis Bonk, Indiana University Bloomington, School of Education, 3. Managing an Online Course: Discussion Forums, video 10:06, retrieved from