Web-supported communications: journals and discussions

Table of Contents

Web-supported communications: journals and discussions

Agenda

Key Issues& Critical Factors

Types of Communication

Intended Consequences

Aspects and Attributes of Discussions

Effective Innovation depends on:

F2F vs. Online

Transparency

Talk Topics

Facilitative Structures

Environmental

Social

Motivational

Expectations

Pedagogical Constructs

Pedagogical Constructs

Focus on Language and Learning

Vygotsky and Constructivism

Text Mediation - Wertsch & Bivens (1992)

Instructional Conversations - Tharp & Gallimore (1988)

“Community” defined: (Dewey)

Public vs. Private (Dewey)

Levels of Discourse

Distinctive Peer

Immediate Peer

Distributed Peer

Associative Actor

Conclusion

Examples

Thanks

Web-supported communications: journals and discussions

Email: bronack@virginia.edu

Other information:
This presentation is a work-in-progress, first shared with a group of folks at the Virginia Society for Technology in Education Telecommunications SIG - 11/01/97