Article:
Crook, C. (2012). The 'digital native' in
context: tensions associated with importing Web 2.0 practices into the
school setting. Oxford Review of Education, 38(1), 63-80. doi:10.1080/03054985.2011.577946
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Collaboration and Communication
A lot of people cringe when they think about doing group assignments/projects, myself included. I was reading an article called "The 'digital native' in context: tensions associated with importing Web 2.0 practices into the school setting" and saw a section about collaborative work. Some students mentioned using social media sites to communicate each other school assignments and it made me wonder why we don't have that feature on our Blackboard site. We have discussion boards and whatnot, but not many go on that part of Bb because we often don't realize that someone posted something there or we just don't utilize the resource. I think chat would be an interesting feature to add to school and although (like the article mentioned) some people might be inappropriate, but I think being in college and having a level of maturity, we wouldn't abuse the chat features
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A chat feature would be awesome, particularly when a new assignment is launched. Students could pick each other's brains about topic ideas and questions, rather than relying on the more formal and asynchronous discussion board.
ReplyDeleteI agree! I've used the BB wiki space before (not very helpful) but a chat feature would be a nice addition. It's always nice to find a space that has both collaboration and communication tools all in one. Google Docs for example. Working on a document at the same time AND having the ability to chat within the same frame is very useful!
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