2.1 Video ~5 mins
PURPOSE OF THE TASK: Through this task you will gain a better understanding of what it means to build and contribute to an online community.
TECHNOLOGY: By clicking on the video link below you will be brought to YouTube.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Watch this video entitled “Create an Online Community” to familiarize yourself with elements of building an online community.
TEACHING INTENTIONS:
As a teacher, it is sound practice to “use a range of media and tools to address the range of user preferences and learning styles” (Baehr, 2012, p. 181). Further, video has the ability to “show the relationship between concrete examples and abstract principles” (Tony Bates, 2015).
References
Baehr, C. (2012). Incorporating user appropriation, media richness, and collaborative knowledge sharing into blended e-learning training tutorial, in IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 55(2), pp. 175-184. doi: 10.1109/TPC.2012.2190346
Contact North. (2018, June 4). Create an online learning community. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_cospd1PFs
