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Blogtracks 2006 Emerging Trends in the Research on Online Learning Environments. Blog: Presence & Connections. Janette R. Hill Instructional Technology. Image from: myvie.ws/ archive/12/2002-11. What I Knew about Blogs…. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Blogtracks 2006Emerging Trends in the Research on Online Learning
Environments
Blog: Presence & Connections
Janette R. Hill
Instructional Technology
Image from: myvie.ws/ archive/12/2002-11
What I Knew about Blogs…
• Blog (weB LOG): A blog is basically a journal, updated on a regular basis and arranged in chronological order
• Used before…– Information seeking– Class
• Eager to explore how to use for other forms of info sharing and connecting
Adapted from Matisse Enzer's Glossary of Internet Terms : http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html
Image from:http://www.lyptonvillage.org/shutterfly/writing%20copy.jpg
Presence & Connections
• Why this topic? – Long standing interesting in HCI
• Considerable research is out there….
- Short, William and Christie (1976)- Gunawardena (1995+), U New
Mexico- Picciano (2002), Hunter C. NY- Tu (many studies), George Wash.- Biocca et al. (M.I.N.D. labs), global- International Society for Presence Re
search
• Many sessions here at AECT that you can explore…
Presence & Connections
• What did I learn? – It’s harder than it appears!– Can be very lonely
• My insights on making it work….– Frequent and consistent posting– Blend of opinion and “fact”– Reading and connecting with others
Denise Domizi: Informal Learning
Audio presentation
Michael Barbour: Virtual Schools
Online Learning at Work
Frankie S. Jones, PhD
• Blog Discussion– Very little rigorous research exists on the effectiveness of
online learning at work– Online learning is a significant portion of training, but it
needs to be interactive and well-designed– Instructional designers should design courses that are
appealing to learners in order to increase the likelihood that workers will apply what they’ve learned
• Future Blogtrack Presentations– Motivation– Public participation
Rick West: Trends in the DL Literature
Cognitive Dimensions of TEDLEs
Course Management Systems
History of Distance Learning
Metacognition in TEDLEs
The use of hyperlinking and repetition that is common in these environments provides cognitive cueing and supports metacognitive awareness
• BUT nonlinear environments require more cognitive load to mentally organize material, reducing metacognition.
• SO, metacognitive prompting is a helpful strategy.
• FUTURE QUESTIONS?: Whether, and in what ways, students are more or less prone to use metacognitive strategies in an information-overload, nonlinear Internet
Intrinsic Cognitive Load in TEDLEs
Not very much done!
• We could learn from information literacy research.
• Example: Jones, Ravid, and Rafaeli (2004) reported a trend towards high intrinsic load in informal online spaces, causing less participation.
• FUTURE QUESTIONS?
• Is ICL a predictor of attrition in DE?
• Can design compensate for high ICL in DE?
• How can you measure the ICL?
• Can a strong online community keep participation high in
subjects with high ICL?
Extraneous Cognitive Load in TEDLEs• Limited prior knowledge of the technology used
to facilitate the distance learning environment could lead to increased extrinsic load
• Web-based hyperlinking, in the absence of organizational guides, increased extraneous cognitive load associated with learning.
• FUTURE QUESTIONS?
• More replication of studies to verify results
• How can design improve material organization and lower ECL?
• How can we ease ECL with new technologies?
Germane Cognitive Load in TEDLEs• Not very much done in online environments, although
heavily researched by many IT and DL folks!
• We could learn from communications research on navigation and surfing patterns.
• Example: Eveland et al. (2004) reported participants learned factual information best from linear websites, but nonlinear sites improved knowledge structure density.
• NOW WHAT?
• How do you use standard GCL-building methods online?
• How are mental models constructed online?
• How do you measure GCL online??
Course Management Systems• Literature audit found 70+ research articles
• Most of these were one-shot, convenience studies
• Less than 10 were studies of more generalizable impacts
• But 95% of colleges and universities use CMS tools!
• Discussion Questions:
• Why isn’t more research conducted about CMS technologies?
• What kind of research should we be conducting about CMSs? What outcomes? What measures?
• Have we missed the opportunity to really see what happens from implementing a CMS because the tools are now ubiquitous?
Generations of Distance Education• First Generation: CBI/CAI
• Second Generation: Distance transmission
• Third Generation: Distance interaction
• Fourth Generation: CMS tools
• Fifth Generation: Mobile learning
• Sixth Generation: Read/Write Internet
Other Topics I’m Discussing …• What can we learn from popular social networking sites?
• Are we different personalities online?
• Social Network Analysis and DE
• Can “cool” be created?
• The Creative Digital Divide
• Educating a global economy
•No family left behind
• Digital natives
• Sexy research
Making a Successful BlogTracksHave defined goals that are discussion-based.Define your boundaries.Engage nontraditional conference participants.
Come join the chatter!Michael Barbour, University of Georgia (Virtual Schooling)
* http://mkbvs.edublogs.org/Denise Domizi, University of Georgia (Informal Learning)
* http://denisedomizi.edublogs.org/Janette Hill, University of Georgia (Trends and Issues)
* http://janettehill.edublogs.org/Frankie S. Jones, University of Georgia (Corporate Settings)
* http://frankiejones.blogspot.com/Rick West, University of Georgia (Research History)
* http://rickwest.edublogs.org/