A sense of community is created where people have a common goal, such as a project, or can benefit from working together. One of those benefits is social capital, as mentioned above. Another is increased learning.
Members of an online community gain social capital by making thoughtful or helpful contributions.
Members of an online community gain social capital by making thoughtful or helpful contributions. This can be made tangible by a rating system - some forums have thumbs up or down or voting systems for forum posts.
Social capital is a natural and logical consequence/reward of a student's (or anyone's) online behavior and contributions, and as such, it is a powerful tool for educators to include in their online courses to ensure student engagement and retention.
Good points. On Group bookmarks we have votes now. Will be adding more meaningful (ie. taken anti-spam into consideration) contribution attributes to reward user participation!
A sense of community is created where people have a common goal, such as a project, or can benefit from working together. One of those benefits is social capital, as mentioned above. Another is increased learning.
If you want to truly learn something, there is nothing like teaching it, so allowing, in fact encouraging, students to help one another solve problems, to teach each other, increases learning for both the helper and the helped.
A group can gain social capital by being proud of what it creates and getting positive feedback from other groups. A chance for students, whether working as individuals or in collaborative groups, to give feedback to each other is a valuable tool for creating a greater sense of community and engagement toward common goals.
Bookmarking, Sharing, Highlighting, and Annotating Online Resources:Diigo is a great tool for Educators, because you can form a group, and share bookmarks, which each member can highlight and comment on. Diigo is a fantastic tool for sharing resources and collaborating. Now, they have come out with Diigo for Educators, to make it even better!
Web 2.0 & Learning Management Systems: Promoting Community and CollaborationSession 6, Room: D, 3:00p.m. - 3:50p.m.Katherine Hayden, California State University San Marcos Dennis O'Connor , University of Wisconsin-StoutAbstract: Web 2.0 tools combined with learning management systems like WebCT®, Desire2Learn or Moodle®, provide opportunities for information driven collaborative writing and research. We will present a comparison of Diigo and del.icio.us social bookmarking, an overview of Google Docs, and a demonstration of how survey tools build online community.
Web 2.0 & Learning Management Systems: Promoting Community and Collaboration
Session 6, Room: D, 3:00p.m. - 3:50p.m.
Katherine Hayden, California State University San Marcos
Dennis O'Connor , University of Wisconsin-Stout
Abstract: Web 2.0 tools combined with learning management systems like WebCT®, Desire2Learn or Moodle®, provide opportunities for information driven collaborative writing and research. We will present a comparison of Diigo and del.icio.us social bookmarking, an overview of Google Docs, and a demonstration of how survey tools build online community.