Collaborative Software and a Parallel Universe: Technology Facilitated Changes in Teacher-Student Dynamics in Classrooms

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Rhine, S. & Bailey, M. (2008). Collaborative Software and a Parallel Universe: Technology Facilitated Changes in Teacher-Student Dynamics in Classrooms. In J. Luca & E. Weippl (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2008 (pp. 4375-4381). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2008
Vienna, Austria
June 30, 2008
ISBN 1-880094-65-7
  Joseph Luca & Edgar R. Weippl
AACE

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Authors

Steve Rhine, Willamette University, USA; Mark Bailey, Pacific University, USA

Abstract

In search of strategies for increasing their students’ engagement with content, the authors utilized collaborative software during class time. Collaborative software makes it possible for all students to write simultaneously on a single document. The article describes their experience of students negotiating meaning of content in a virtual parallel space simultaneously with whole class lecture and discussion. The authors introduce the concept of “focused distraction”, discuss multi-tasking in the classroom, and explain the potential that collaborative software has for self-differentiated learning. Included in the analysis is students’ experience of the process.

Keywords

• Collaboration
• Students
• Software

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