FYI: Interactivity Online: Shared Environments for Teaching and Learning (fwd)

[Kathy Chung]

For those of you interested in distance learning or would just like to
check out a fairly impressive website <http://node.on.ca> . . .

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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 15:50:46 -0500
From: Liz Avison <avison at VAX.LIBRARY.UTORONTO.CA>
To: "'teachcom at library.utoronto.ca'" <teachcom at library.utoronto.ca>
Subject: FYI: Interactivity Online: Shared Environments for Teaching and  Learning

Forwarded by Liz Avison...

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From:   Darryl Pieber [SMTP:Darryl at courier.ptce.uwo.ca]
Sent:   Thursday, January 15, 1998 2:18 PM
To:     Multiple recipients of list
Subject:        Interactivity Online: Shared Environments for Teaching and
 Learning


The NODE is pleased to announce "Interactivity Online: Shared Environments
for Teaching and Learning", the second online forum in the NODE's
*technologies for learning* series.  Participation and collaboration are
important elements of online teaching and learning; however, the nature of
online interaction is multi-faceted and difficult to define.  We invite you
to share your perspectives on what interactivity means, how it works and
how to achieve it in "Interactivity Online".  This open forum will focus on
identifying key issues and defining frameworks for considering the
development, promotion and sustainability of interactivity in Web-based
courses.  "Interactivity Online" will run from Monday, January 19 through
Friday, February 6, and will be moderated by Tony Di Petta of the Faculty
of Education at Brock University.  Tony brings experience as a distance
course designer, instructor and conference moderator to the forum.
Forum topics will include:
* the processes by which forum participants build interactivity in their
online courses, how these processes work and how they are evaluated;
* the selection, use and evaluation of learning technologies such as
software programs for online conferencing, chat and document sharing;
* the challenge of realizing the full interactive potential of these
technologies in the virtual classroom;
* the extent to which interactive technologies shape the nature of online
interaction: for instance, the differences that occur between interaction
via synchronous chat as opposed to asynchronous computer conferencing;
* the demands placed on teachers and learners to develop the skills
necessary for successful online interaction.

Join the NODE's "Interactivity Online" forum starting Monday, January 19th
at http://node.on.ca/tfl/forums.  We look forward to seeing you there!