learning communities in the school of education, national unviversity

Scholarship, Research, & Building Community Through Digital Media

Fall Academic Assembly 2014Scholarship and Research

National University

Cynthia Sistek-Chandler, cchandler@nu.eduKayDee Caywood, kcaywood@nu.edu

Wayne Padover, wpadover@nu.eduPatricia Dickenson, pdickenson@nu.edu

School of Education

The Professional Learning Community

The Professional Learning Community (Dufour and Eaker)Six Characteristics

1. Shared mission, vision, and values 2. Collective inquiry 3. Collaborative teams 4. Action orientation and experimentation 5. Continuous improvement 6. Results orientation

Why a Learning Community?

Digital ConnectionsExamples from the SOE

Special Education Department (SPED) Caywood & Keeler (2012)Case Study using the Faculty Community

NU Faculty Learning Community

TED Learning Community

A Study of an Online Social Learning Platform (Caywood & Sistek-Chandler, 2013)

Survey and IRBPreliminary Results (Caywood & Keeler, 2013)Increased in communication, collaboration and sharing

Digital Media that Engages Faculty in Scholarship and ResearchWayne Padover, Chair of S & R Committee, SOE

Media: Digital Newsletter & WebinarQuarterly Newsletter The Quest

Quest Webinar: Faculty Shares Via Adobe Connect

The Quest Newsletter through Constant Contact

New to NUBook Talks by SOE Faculty

Jo Birdsell and Peter Serdyukov, Discussants

Along with other members of S & R Wayne Padover

Open to All Faculty, Adjunct, Administration, and Staff

Next DatesSeptember 25October 23

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

How Digital Media Builds the Scholarship and Research Community

CommunicationOpportunities for CollaborationConversation Community

References

An, H., Kim, S., & Kim, B. (2008). Teacher Perspectives on Online Collaborative Learning: Factors Perceived as Facilitating and Impeding Successful Online Group Work. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 8(1).

Berry, G. (2008). Asynchronous Discussions: Best Practices. 24th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning. Madison: University of Wisconsin System.

Bettoni, M., Bernhard, W., Eggs, C. and Schiller, G. (2011) Participative faculty development with an online course in eCollaboration. Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Learning. Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.

Bolkan, J (2013). Report: District use of social networks up 44 percent over 2 years. THE Journal, newsletter available at: http://thejournal.com/articles/2013/04/17/report-district-use-of-social-networks-up-44-percent-over-two-years.aspx?admgarea=News1 (last accessed 21 April 2013)

Cann, A., Calvert, J., Masse, K. & Moffat, K. (2006). Assessed Online Discussion Groups in Biology Education. Bioscience Education eJournal, 8(11).

Caspi, A., Gorsky, P. & Chajut, E. (2003). The Influence of Group Size on Non-mandatory Asynchronous Instructional Discussion Groups. The Internet and Higher Education (6) 227-240.

Conrad, R. & Donaldson, J. (2004). Engaging the Online Learner. San Francisco: Wiley & Sons.

References

Dron, J, Anderson, T. and Slemens, G. (2011). Putting things in context – Designing social media for education. Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Learning. Brighton, UK

Forkosh-Baruch, A. and Hershkovitz, A. (2012). A case study of Israeli higher-education institutes sharing scholarly information with the community via social networks. The Internet and Higher Education, vol 15, no 1, pp 58-68.

Garrison, D. R. and W. Archer. A Community of Inquiry Framework for Online Learning. In: M.Moore (Ed.), Handbook of distance education. New York: Erlbaum, 2003.

Garrison, D. (2007). Online Community of Inquiry Review: Social, Cognitive, and Teaching Presence Issues. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 11(1), 61-72.

Garrison, D., Anderson, T., & Archer, W. (2000). Critical Inquiry in a Text-Based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education. The Internet and Higher Education 2(2-3): 87-105.

Gorsky, P., & Blau, I. (2009). Online Teaching Effectiveness: A Tale of Two Instructors. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 10(3).

Kukulska-Hulme, A (2010). Learning cultures on the move: Where are we heading? Educational Technology & Society, vol 13, no 4, pp 4–14.

Vesely, P., Bloom, L., & Sherlock, J. (2007). Key Elements of Building Online Community: Comparing Faculty and Student Perceptions. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 3(3), 234-246.