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Revisiting the Community of Inquiry Framework: July 9-22, 2012 Facilitators:  Cindy Xin and  Sarah Haavind Since its original publication, Garrison, Anderson and Archer's (2000) "Critical Inquiry in A Text-based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education" has inspired a great many researchers and advanced our understanding of online learning and online education. In recent years, a number of reviews of the Community of Inquiry framework (CoI) have been published, including, Garrison and Arbaugh's (2007), Swan and Ice (2010). Cindy Xin, author of a recently-published critique (Xin, 2012) will be with us to explain her argument and, together with Sarah Haavind, facilitate a discussion reconsidering the CoI and its recent reviews and critiques. By provoking new thoughts and possibly constructing new theories and methods, we hope to further our understanding of online discussion in particular, and online education in general.

A distributed discussion facilitated by Clint LaLonde and others. This is a good example of SCoPE discussions extending beyond the forums.

This the first in a 2-part webinar series on Digital Badges, facilitated by Peter Rawsthorne as part of a 2-week seminar discussion at SCoPE http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/view.php?id=9010

Representation of a discussion paper by Ted Panitz (1996) distinguishing collaborative from cooperative learning, in which he argues: "Collaboration is a philosophy of interaction and personal lifestyle whereas cooperation is a structure of interaction designed to facilitate the accomplishment of an end product or goal" (para. 2).

An excellent book, blog, collection of resources on planning and facilitating live online events

"Educational Uses of iPads: October 18-29, 2010 Facilitator: Brent LeeBrent Lee In lecture halls and libraries, on the bus or at the beach, what makes the iPad a good fit for teaching and learning? This 2-week discussion will be combined with 2 one-hour sessions in the SCoPE Elluminate room. "

"Motivation and Adult Learning Online: Dec 1-17, 2010 Facilitator: Firat Sarsar What motivates adult learners in online learning environments? What are the barriers? How do we measure motivation? Motivation is both complex and multidimensional and there is a lot to explore during this seminar. We will look at the sources of motivation and what we, as educators, can do to support adults in meeting their learning goals."

2-week seminar at SCoPE "An ePortfolio is an online collection of your work that you choose to represent your skills and interests to diverse audiences." University of British Columbia During this 2-week seminar Catherine and Roselynn will introduce us to UBC's Portfolio Community of Practice. They have invited members of the CoP to share their teaching and course eportfolios and encourage all seminar participants to discuss their experiences with portfolio projects. This seminar will be of interest to those involved in or curious about portfolio projects, as well as to those interested in building and facilitating faculty communities of practice.

"Educators should choose instructional strategies that are most effective for accomplishing a particular educational objective. From this perspective, instructional strategies are tools available to educators for designing and facilitate learning ."

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"Here are a few tools you may want to consider, some of their notable features and the cost for using them" (¶2, 2010.11.24).

Scheduled seminar facilitated by Emma Duke-Williams

"Mind maps or graphic organizers can be invaluable tools for visual thinkers and visual learners. The process of creating a mind map can help students gain an overview perspective on complex, multifaceted concepts. Mind maps can also help students outline an essay or story they're planning to write. The following list contains nine tools that can be used by students to create mind maps independently or collaboratively."

"Here's a collection of terrific social media infographics that might come in handy. As you probably know, infographics are visual representations of information, data, or knowledge. They illustrate information that would be unwieldy in text form and they act as a kind of visual shorthand, making information easy to understand and consume." http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=12021#p51371

"Roles in Groups"