International Online Collaboration: Modeling Online Learning and Teaching

Working through an inquiry process within an international online classroom, preservice teachers identified and discussed critical issues embedded in cultural diversity and inclusion and explored how to honour diversity within their pedagogical practices in elementary/primary classrooms within Canadian and Australian contexts. A discussion of the findings based on a qualitative research case study is presented through the lens of an online collaborative framework. The role of teaching presence within the intentional design and throughout the implementation of the online collaborative educational experience is paramount. If the goal is to engage preservice teachers in higher order thinking within online collaborative learning environments, the intentionality of the design of the work and the facilitation of the discourse throughout the work must be modeled and facilitated by educators.

[1]  Karen Swan.  A CONSTRUCTIVIST MODEL FOR THINKING ABOUT LEARNING ONLINE , 2005 .

[2]  R. Yin.  Case Study Research: Design and Methods , 1984 .

[3]  Hope J. Hartman.  Metacognition in learning and instruction : theory, research and practice , 2001 .

[4]  Sharan B. Merriam,et al.  Case Study Research in Education : A Qualitative Approach , 1991 .

[5]  J. Creswell.  Qualitative inquiry and research design: choosing among five traditions. , 1998 .

[6]  Douglas J. Hacker.  Definitions and Empirical Foundations , 1998 .

[7]  Norman Vaughan,et al.  Investigating how a blended learning approach can support an inquiry process within a faculty learning community , 2004 .

[8]  D. Garrison,et al.  Critical thinking, cognitive presence, and computer conferencing in distance education , 2001 .

[9]  David H. Jonassen,et al.  Learning with Technology: A Constructivist Perspective , 1998 .

[10]  D. Garrison,et al.  Methodological Issues in the Content Analysis of Computer Conference Transcripts , 2007 .

[11]  E. Siegelman.  An Anti-Hero's Journey Mark Haddon .The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, New York, Doubleday, 2004. , 2005 .

[12]  D. Randy Garrison,et al.  Critical Inquiry in a Text-Based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education , 1999, Internet High. Educ..

[13]  D. Michele Jacobsen,et al.  Building Different Bridges: Technology Integration, Engaged Student Learning, and New Approaches to Professional Development , 2001 .

[14]  Judi Harris,et al.  First Steps in Telecollaboration. , 1999 .

[15]  Petrea Redmond,et al.  A flexible framework for online collaborative learning , 2006, Internet High. Educ..

[16]  Judi Harris.  Structuring Internet-Enriched Learning Spaces for Understanding and Action. , 2001 .

[17]  Päivi Tynjälä,et al.  Communication and Collaborative Learning at Work: Views Expressed on a Cross-Cultural E-Learning Course , 2002 .

[18]  Deborah S. Ellis.  Parvana's Journey , 2003 .

[19]  Fred M. Newmann,et al.  Five Standards of Authentic Instruction. , 1993 .

[20]  Terry Anderson,et al.  E-Learning in the 21st Century: A Community of Inquiry Framework for Research and Practice , 2016 .

[21]  Senom T. Yalcin,et al.  Online Learning: Patterns of Engagement and Interaction among In-Service teachers , 2003 .

[22]  Matthew B. Miles,et al.  Qualitative Data Analysis: An Expanded Sourcebook , 1994 .

[23]  Martha Stone Wiske,et al.  Teaching for understanding with technology , 2004 .