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Engaging online learners 1

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It relates to critical writing on wikis, but it can be applied to just about any collaborative online learning space: There is a spectrum of wiki activities that can be used to encourage critical thinking in writing. 1995) Social presence theory and implications for interaction and collaborative learning in computer conferences.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: I Heart My Wiki

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Friday, July 06, 2007 I Heart My Wiki I have finally thrown myself into the wiki waters. The kickoff meeting agenda and notes went in the wiki. Interview transcripts go in the wiki. Notes from conversations with staff members go in the wiki. Notes from conversations with staff members go in the wiki.

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Engaging online learners 3

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I developed a 5 step model based on the work of Lani Gunawardena (1995) which I used to promote deeper and more critical engagement for online learners working in wikis. 1995) Social presence theory and implications for interaction and collaborative learning in computer conferences. Unported License.

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Engaging online learners 2

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I wrote back in 2009 about how I had used the model to frame my own efforts to engage online learners, in wikis - collaborative web pages. Here's how I created engaging activities: The first simple activity has been used both as a warm-ip activity for new groups and as a means of familiarising students with the topography of the wiki space.

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An audience with.

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These are theories that guide many educators today. Mindful of these theories, I have recently been working alongside students to encourage them to write for an audience. I did some early studies into the effects of this when I implemented a programme wide use of wikis in 2006. Nothing new in that, you may think.

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Botanical metaphors and learning

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Canadian teacher Dave Cormier borrowed from the earlier post-modernist work of Deleuze and Guattari to create his rhizomatic learning theory. The subject of my video was wikis in education - another one in my ''3 Things'' series. botanical metaphor education learning rhizomatic learning Sydney Botanical Gardens Technology wikis'

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Work in progress

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The division of labour required to engage an entire community of learners in these activities is often uneven and can be explained within the activity theory framework proposed by Engeström (1993). 2006) Blogs, wikis, podcasts and other powerful web tools for classrooms. Sociocultural theory and second language acquisition.

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