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The questions we always get asked is how do you keep online learners actively engaged?We dived the question in three areas1: Asynchronous meeting (ex forum, e-mail, asynchronous discussions)2: PBL3: synchronous meetingAsynchronous meeting (ex forum, e-mail, asynchronous discussions) Veronica LU, Hanne, is effective causethe students have more time to think around the question or issue and then more time to formulate areflective and detailed answer, helps the students internalize information due to more time, and researchideas and time for contemplation (WorldWideLearn http://www.worldwidelearn.com/education-advisor/questions/synchronous-asynchronous-learning.phpIt provides a high degree of interaction between students who are geographically far away from each other, the student don´t get interrupted from other students so they can formulate answer or thoughts andreflect about the material and respond in a deeper way, bigger classes and more students, easy to archivethe information and material, it´s a World Wide Communication all over the world (Shea, PJ; Pickett, AM;Pelz, WE (2003), \"A follow-up investigation of ‘teaching presence’ in the SUNY Learning Network\", Journalfor Asynchronous Learning Networks 7: 61–80 ., Garrison, DR (2004), \"Student role adjustment in onlinecommunities of inquiry: model and instrument validation\", Journal for Asynchronous Learning Networks 8:61–74 .)(Hanne) Asynchronous meeting are also called“remote teams”, “virtual teams”, “geographically dispersedteams”, or “distributed teams”. http://www.teamreporterapp.com/asynchronous-stand-up-meetings/Asynchronous Class Elements:Virtual Libraries/Repositories of Documents, Presentations, Graphics, Audio Files, and Video: Your onlinecourse will provide you with instructional materials. They could consist of articles (often in pdf format) thatyou download from a virtual library. You may also be asked to download presentations, slides, andillustrative graphics. In addition, you may have instructional materials that consist of video snippets, audiofiles, and even full-length movies such as documentaries. In this case, you’ll often have the option tostream the content rather than having to download an enormous file.

E-Mail: E-mail is a foundational item in all online courses. It's a great tool for asking questions, keeping intouch, and receiving materials, updates, reminders, and even assessments. Some online courses use e-mailas the main way to interact with your instructor and peers.Discussion Boards: The discussion board is another pillar in the online learning structure. It's a great way torespond to questions and to share documents and links. It's also a good place to ask questions and to clearup ambiguities.Social Networking: Many online courses now incorporate social networking in order to enhancecollaboration and learner interaction. In many learning management systems, social networking is built intounits via embedded html scripts. Social networking programs that are often incorporated include blogs,wikis, Facebook, Orkut, Bebo, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, Youstream, and more.Wikis and Collaborative Documents: Collaborative documents allow students to edit each other’s work andto collaborate. You'll enjoy seeing how people contribute, and you'll feel excited about logging in andadding your thoughts and ideas. A \"wiki\" is a place that allows you to build a definition or a series ofexplanations – much in the way that wikipedia works. You can add text as well as graphics.e-Portfolios: Some online courses utilize special software (such as Mahara) that makes it easy for you tocreate an online portfolio. E-Portfolios demonstrate your skills and your knowledge of a special topic. Theyare often assigned as a capstone project in which students combine text, images, presentations, video,audio, links, and a discussion space.DVD/CD-ROM: Some courses provide textbooks that come bundled with DVDs for video and mediacontent. These can be real life-savers where there is slow, limited, or expensive Internet connectivity. Theyare great ways to let students review the materials offline, and then budget their online time effectively.(http://www.elearners.com/online-education-resources/degrees-and-programs/synchronous-vs-asynchronous-classes/#sthash.uz7AXBLI.dpuf)Benefits of Asynchronous meetings: Boost participation rate by making it easier to gather opinions andideas from people any time, anywhere. Sharpen the focus of real-time meetings. Shorten time needed forsynchronous meetings. Enable members to learn about each other in advance. Allow for anonymouscontributions. Summarize team responses so all can review quickly and move on to conversation

PBLNew ways of thinking and using PBL in online learning. How to activate thestudents?(Jessica)PBL or IBL. Inquiry Based Learning. Limit the problem and maybe work more in pairs first and thenin the whole PBL group.Structured design of the PBL work is essential- important with a clear structure of the PBL work and afacilitator who explains the structure.Take time to create authentic assignments and PBL cases.Focus on activities for collaboration, communication and teamwork. How can the group members workwell together without limits in time & place?Scaffolding; give more help in how to work/write together in for example Google Drive.Work more in pairs and then share with the group. For example think pair share pedagogy and jigsawpedagogy to help break down a problemHelp the students to support each other, peer learning. For example some of the suggestions Conole givesin the 7 C:s (Conole, G. 2015).Conole, G. 2015. The 7Cs of Learning Design. Download as PDF (In press).)The 4 C.s Create, communicate, collaborate and consider are important for PBL work to be successful & therole of the facilitator is really important in the beginning of a course.Create: articulate what learning materials and activities need to be created.Communicate: methods to facilitate communication learners/tutor, learners/learners, community-socialmediaCollaborate: fostering mechanism to enable collaboration or group workConsider: which ways in which reflection and demonstration of learning achievements can bepromoted.Veronica GPBL BenefitsLearners have the opportunity to fully examine a problem and using their own knowledge to findsolutions. It’ stimulate teamworking and communication.Merril’s First Principles of Instruction (M. D. Merril, ETR&D, Vol. 50, No. 3, 2002, pp. 43–59 ISSN1042–1629)It’s an instructional theory.

These principles are task/Problem-centered (learners are engaged in solving real-world problems) anddivided in:Activation: existing knowledge is activated as a foundation for new knowledge;Demonstration: new knowledge is demonstrated to the learners;Application: new knowledge is applied by the learners;Integration: new knowledge is integrated into the learner’s world.

Synchronous meeting (ex skype)How can we make synchronous meeting more attractive ?You are a online student sitting and reading for the next assignment, you don't get what they are talkingabout in the book, what will you do.I would like to have a place where you can chat, talk and ad documents to the screen and easy choose Ifyou want your mic on for talking. It would be nice if you will be shown as active only when you really arethere, so you can only talk to active people in the text and voice chat.Many multiplayer games are created like this and there are some 3D worlds to but they all have a highthreshold for beginners, the meaning is to just be able to start just typing the keyboard or use the mic.To sort out teacher and students and student groups it must have some groups that you can belong to.Get direct feedback on problems.Working with a flipped classroom pedagogy. Both students and teacher should be prepared before thesynchronous meetings. In this way the discussions in that are held synchronous will be about discussing aproblem rather than inform about facts.A good example of this pedagogy can be seen in “math coach” where students can line up for teachersupport with a specific math-problem.