Though poles apart, we became very good friends and often partnered for collaborative assignments throughout our three glorious Kew years.
The online educational environment with collaborative assignments and interactive content was a novel experience.
Design collaborative assignments.
A qualitative study was conducted, with data obtained from open-ended interviews, along with relevant posts on chat rooms and online bulletin boards in relation to an assessable collaborative online assignment.
These drawings morphed into a regular collaborative drawing assignment called the 7x7s (read more here).
Participants in the study voluntarily enrolled in a 10-day intensive (9 am–5 pm) teacher PD program in New Jersey (8 days involved interactive instruction, and 2 days involved collaborative project and assignment work).
Specifically, this paper proposes that high-levels of cognitive presence can be facilitated in online courses, based on the community of inquiry model, by building upon existing research in i) self-regulated learning through externally-facilitated regulation scaffolding and ii) computer-supported collaborative learning through role assignment.
We asked the epidemiologists about four topics: Research context: aim, persons who give the assignment, financiers, collaborative partners, research method; Main outcomes of the research, considered important by epidemiologists; Follow up given to the results; Explanation of this follows up.
Currently, the startup's platform includes video lectures with interactive quizzes, mastery-building interactive assignments, and collaborative community forums that encourage students to participate actively with classmates from across the globe.
Assignments in TEL environment: conceptual questions, simulations, numerical exercises, short problems, and reflective assignments that support collaborative inquiry-based learning.
