Week 5

ETEC 642: Week 5 • Sep 22-29 • Learning paradigms, connectivism, connected learning

The widespread use of Web 2.0 tools for communication and social media enables learners to interact with peers and work collaboratively beyond the classroom. Over the past three years, informatics students from Kansai University in Osaka, Japan successfully collaborated with students from UH-Manoa's ETEC (LTEC) department. We will continue this collaboration with the "ICT for Learning" class being taught this semester at Kansai University.

1. Class meeting 
2. Collaboration
3. Team Assignment: Collaborative video project (CVP)
4. Discussion on Collaborative Learning
5. Weekly reflection blog post

ITEMS DUE
See course calendar and individual weekly web pages for other relevant dates.
Mon Sep 22 - Multitasking group discussion synopsis (SM4Ed group)
Mon Sep 22 - Weekly reflection blog post (Week 4)
Mon Sep 22 - Comments on personal blogs
Mon Sep 29 - Discussion post on collaborative learning (Google+ community)
Mon Sep 29 - Weekly reflection blog post (Week 5)

CLASS MEETING
We will meet on Monday, Sep 22, 6-8 pm. Mary Kimura will describe various factors involved with intercultural collaboration based on past experiences with the Kansai-Hawaii collaborative video project (CVP).

To view recordings of previous meetings, locate the appropriate session from this list:

http://bit.ly/bert-voffice-recordings

COLLABORATION
Review the document "Collaboration & Team Building" and read the references provided.

http://ltec642.blogspot.com/p/collaboration.html

TEAM ASSIGNMENT: COLLABORATIVE VIDEO PROJECT
Over the next eight weeks, we will engage Japanese university students to work collaboratively in assigned teams to produce a short video. For details about this team assignment, the first of three for this class, see:

http://ltec642.blogspot.com/p/cvp.html

DISCUSSION: COLLABORATIVE-LEARNING
After participating in our class meeting and reading the references listed below, reflect on the following questions about the upcoming collaborative video project:

1. What other experiences have you had working with second language learners? If none, consider other situations where you worked collaboratively with others (in class, or at work).
2. What was the biggest challenge?
3. What worked relatively smoothly, without too much difficulty?
4. What skills or knowledge did you gain from this experience?
5. What issues or situations will you need to anticipate in this team assignment, and how can you help to overcome them.

Write a summary statement about your personal thoughts related to this assignment. Post it to the Google+ Kansai-Hawaii Collaborative Video Project Fall 2014 community in the category "Discussion:"

https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/103610573059784860090

NOTE: Please copy and paste your text into the entry box. DO NOT upload a document. Add blank line spaces if needed. Use the header: "Personal thoughts about the CVP."

WEEK 5 BLOG POST
Write a blog post that reflects upon your learning for this week and how the class is progressing for you. Do not duplicate your Google+ community post for this purpose.

READINGS
Kimura, B., Kimura, M., Ho, C., & Kubota, K. (in press). ICT and collaborative learning. Retrieved from https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3573563/etec/Kansai-ICT-Collaborative-Learning-Report-2014.pdf

Aoki, K., & Molnar, P. (2012). Cross-cultural project-based learning using social media: Lessons learned from the four-year experience of international joint class between Hungarian and Japanese students, INTED2012 Proceedings, 1983-1988. Retrieved from https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3573563/etec/Aoki-Molnar-INTED2012.pdf

Henderson, M., Snyder, I. & Beale, D. (2013). Social media for collaborative learning: A review of school literature. Australian Educational Computing, 28(2). Retrieved from http://journal.acce.edu.au/index.php/AEC/article/view/18

Ito, M., Gutiérrez, K., Livingstone, S., Penuel, B., Rhodes, J., Salen, K., Schor, J.,  Sefton-Green, J., & Watkins, S. C. (2013). Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design. Irvine, CA: Digital Media and Learning Research Hub. Retrieved from http://www.dmlhub.net/publications

Anderson, T., & Dron, J. (2010). Three generations of distance education pedagogy. The International Review Of Research In Open And Distance Learning, 12(3), 80-97. Retrieved from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/890

Tracey, R. (17 March 2009). Instructivism, constructivism or connectivism? [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/instructivism-constructivism-or-connectivism/

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