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TechEd 2007
ID: 157
Title: Book Clubs: A Strategy for Creating a Community of Learners in the Online Learning Environment
Presenter: Bonnie Piller Room #: 107A
Date: 3/26/2007 @ 8:00:00 AM - 9:00:00 AM
Category: Concurrent
Theme: Interactive & Collaborative Learning Communities
Sub Theme: ELearning
Ed Level: COMMUNITY AND TWO-YEAR COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES
Tech. Prof.: ALL TECHNOLOGY LEVELS
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Organization: California State University, San Bernardino
Description: Lack of social interactions in online courses is reported as a major student problem. Participants will learn how Book Clubs promote student interaction, about setup procedures and lessons learned.
Abstract: Title: Book Clubs: A Strategy for creating a Community of Learners in the Online Learning Environment Abstract: Content: Provide research findings and/or other documentation that supports your presentation. During online courses students face many social interaction difficulties. The opportunities for interaction during online learning are scarce even though their importance has been highlighted (Barnes & Lowery, 1998). Taylor & Burnkrant (1998), after surveying students in twenty three online courses, found students’ reported lack of interaction with peers to be a major problem. This lack of social interaction creates important challenges for the development of online courses. Finding ways to alleviate the feelings of isolation felt by students is vital. (Eastmond, 1995, Hara & King, 1999). Explain your methodology for integrating new media/technology into the presentation. Book Clubs are one way to create social interaction in the online environment. Defined as a collection of readers who participate in the regular discussion of a selected book, traditionally, a book club consists of several members who meet in person on a regular basis to talk about a specific work. Margaret Atwood in the foreword of the latest edition of The Book Group Book: A Thoughtful Guide to Forming and Enjoying a Stimulating Book Discussion Group (Slezak, 2000) wrote that Book Clubs are “the graduate seminar, the encounter group, and the good old-fashioned village-pump gossip session, all rolled up into one†Even if online Book Clubs do not reach this Book Club fervor, the focused conversations resulting from sharing ideas and thoughts after reading the same book provide purposeful social interaction. Activities: Describe your presentation plan (ie. handouts, activities, visuals, etc.). A power point presentation will show five ways Book Clubs can be successfully integrated into online courses and consider why this teaching strategy is effective in promoting student learning. By demonstrating the use of tools and protocols from the Blackboard online academic system, participants will see step-by-step setup procedures for Book Clubs. During the session, small groups will be structured so participants can simulate the experience of a very brief Book Club meeting. Participants will share insights for meeting the challenges of increasing social interaction in online courses. Anticipated outcomes. Participants will • Understand the potential use of Book Clubs in online courses • Know how the Blackboard online academic system tools of Collaboration, Discussion Board, and email can be used for Book Clubs • See activities, assignments and protocols for online Book Clubs • Participate in a brief simulated online Book Clubs References Barnes, F.M. and Lowery, B.R. (1998). Sustaining two-way interaction and communication in distance learning. Technology Horizons in Education Journal 25, 65–67. Eastmond, D. (1995). Alone but together: adult distance study through computer conferencing. Hampton Press, Creskill, NJ Har, N. and Kling, R. (1999). Students' frustrations with a web-based distance education course. First Monday 4(12). Available: http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_12/hara/index.html Slezak, E. ed. (2000). The Book Group Book: A Thoughtful Guide to Forming and Enjoying a Stimulating Book Discussion Group. Chicago Review Press. Taylor, C. D., and Burnkrant, S. R. (1999). Virginia Tech Spring 1999: Online Courses. Assessment Report to the Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning. Virginia Tech University.
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