COLLABORATE
With both current and emerging technologies, people sometimes collaborate without the intention or knowledge of doing so. Mashups, for instance, require multiple parties to play a role, but only the person who creates the final product really to make it work. Even people who make APIs to enable others to use their tools do not know how they will be used. The makers of Google Maps probably did not pre dict WeatherBonk, a popular mashup that lets people view real-time weather on top of a detailed satellite map. Similarly, wikis require con tributions from several parties to be successful. The strength of Wikipedia is in the number of people who contribute ideas and who police the site. For evidence of the power of collaboration, note the number of Wikipedia references in this collaboratively written book! The future of collaboration involves repurposing the emerging technologies to meet educational goals. In stead of weather map mashups with live webcams, we ill see underground railroad map mashups with links to writings from former slaves and reenactments. Stu dents in certain cities can see if their neighbourhood had any homes that participated in aiding slaves get to the Northern states. Collaboration poses its own challenges. If not facili tated well, it can devolve into anarchy or, at the very least, into the specter of unmet potential. While con structivist theory has become more popular, completely unguided group learning can lead to large groups of people who collaboratively teach each other with misinformation and groupthink. Facilitating educational collaboration requires both structure and flexibility. You can provide structure by defining expectations, writing clear instructions, setting deadlines for each assignment r project component, and being consistent in how y facilitate online collaboration. You can provide flexibil ity by allowing students to take turns moderating online discussions, giving students choices about which project they pick or which group they join and being willing move in new directions that emerge during the collabo rative exchanges Teaching and learning still relies on people expert learners and beginning learners more than technology.
COLLABORATE With both current and emerging technologies, people sometimes collaborate without the intention or knowledge of doing so. Mashups, for instance, require multiple parties to play a role, but only the person who creates the final product really to make it work. Even people who make APIs to enable others to use their tools do not know how they will be used. The makers of Google Maps probably did not pre dict WeatherBonk, a popular mashup that lets people view real-time weather on top of a detailed satellite map. Similarly, wikis require con tributions from several parties to be successful. The strength of Wikipedia is in the number of people who contribute ideas and who police the site. For evidence of the power of collaboration, note the number of Wikipedia references in this collaboratively written book! The future of collaboration involves repurposing the emerging technologies to meet educational goals. In stead of weather map mashups with live webcams, we ill see underground railroad map mashups with links to writings from former slaves and reenactments. Stu dents in certain cities can see if their neighbourhood had any homes that participated in aiding slaves get to the Northern states. Collaboration poses its own challenges. If not facili tated well, it can devolve into anarchy or, at the very least, into the specter of unmet potential. While con structivist theory has become more popular, completely unguided group learning can lead to large groups of people who collaboratively teach each other with misinformation and groupthink. Facilitating educational collaboration requires both structure and flexibility. You can provide structure by defining expectations, writing clear instructions, setting deadlines for each assignment r project component, and being consistent in how y facilitate online collaboration. You can provide flexibil ity by allowing students to take turns moderating online discussions, giving students choices about which project they pick or which group they join and being willing move in new directions that emerge during the collabo rative exchanges Teaching and learning still relies on people expert learners and beginning learners more than technology.
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