4.3 Reading Discussion ~1hr
Discuss key components in online courses that impact student learning and perception
PURPOSE OF THE TASK: The assigned reading introduces to you some of the key components that shape the learning experience of your students in online environments. The discussion of the reading will allow you to draw conclusions as to how you can best orientate your diverse learners to the online learning environment and activities.
TECHNOLOGY: For this task you will be using an OER web-annotation tool by the name of Hypothes.is, which allows you to collaboratively annotate freely accessible web-resources like open access articles and websites with other people. The annotations can be made public or in shared in closed groups. We will make closed-group annotations, so you will NOT ONLY need to create an account, but ALSO our annotation group afterwards.
INSTRUCTIONS:
STEP 1: Do the assigned reading (20 mins). Pay special attention to the key components that impact student learning in online environment. START as early as possible as you will need to prepare for the discussion due this Saturday.
Salyers, V., Carter, L., Carter, A., Myers, S., & Barrett, P. (2014). The search for meaningful e-learning at Canadian universities: A multi-institutional research study. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 15(6). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v15i6.1713
STEP 2: Create a Hypothesis Account (3 mins). If you have one already, skip this step and move to step 3. Below you can see a 1-min. silent tutorial video showing the account set up. The website can be accessed here.
STEP 3: Add a Chrome extension or bookmarklet to another browser (2 mins). Then join our Hypothesis Reading Group by clicking on this link. It is recommended that you use the Chrome extension for smooth navigation.
STEP 4: Watch this short silent tutorial video to see how you can annotate the article with the activated web-annotation tool Hypothesis. (2 mins). Please disregard the mistake in reference in the video – the Reading Discussion is indeed the Activity 4.3.
STEP 5: Access the article here and annotate it following the instructions for our collaborative discussion provided to you in our Hypothesis group (30 mins). DUE by SATURDAY, Oct. 26, 2019 before midnight.
TEACHING INTENTIONS:
Open Web annotations (OWA) are an innovative way to discuss content in online environment. They “draw […] upon centuries-old practices of adding marginalia to books and extends this layer as an interactive feature of the Web allowing a reader to comment upon, correct, highlight, and categorize online content” (Kalir, 2019).
Collaboratively annotating an open text with an OER will allow students to practice the the principles of Openness (i.e. commitment to use open-source technology, open data, and transparent scholarly inquiry).
Kalir, J. (2019). Open Web annotation as collaborative learning. First Monday, 24(6). doi: https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v24i6.9318
