Reflection 6
My engagement
When we first started out I wasn’t sure what to do. I read
that we needed to right blog entries each week and comment on others blogs and
as I had never written a blog before I was a bit nervous. But after being
contacted by Anne, Marissa, Brett and Jessica about starting a collaboration
group and some help from Wendy on how to actually create and write a blog it
became a lot less intimidating. Rather than trying to follow everyone’s blog it
was good to have a small group that I could easily follow and engage with. Positive
feedback from the group really encouraged me to post on the group members blogs
as we roughly had the same idea about the topic but each of us saw some things
a little differently. From then on I attempted to give encouraging feedback on
blog postings, highlighting points that were made that really made me think. Since
then I have taken into account what others have posted on my blog and what I
have read on others blogs as it has really made me aware of how digital
technologies can be used to enhance the outcomes of student learning and
because of this I will continue to use online collaboration as I believe it
benefits all that use it.
Learning Advantages for Students
Online collaboration can open up a number of learning
experiences for students. Online collaboration allows students the opportunity to
communicate with a variety of different people from all different parts of the
world. This allows students to gaining new perspectives and learning
opportunities that can open their eyes to new ways of approaching class topics.
This can be done by students giving and receiving positive feedback on the
ideas of others as well as their own. Online collaboration challenges students
to develop their learning styles to effectively incorporate online discussion
into how they learn as well as developing their Interpersonal skills to allow
them to effectively communicate through all platforms of online collaboration
as these skills differ from face to face communication.
Learning Advantages for Teachers
Online collaboration can be a very useful tool that teachers
can incorporate into their work. Teachers can not only use online collaboration
to assist in student learning, but it is also a useful tool for teachers to use
in developing their teaching practice, especially for new graduate teachers
that are just starting out. Teachers can use online collaboration to enhance
their knowledge and skills as an educator. Teachers cannot be everywhere at
once, so using an online collaboration space where they can talk about teaching
practices, difficulties they are having or anything else can be a big advantage
for teachers rather them trying to find time when they are all free to get
together which can be hard for some people. But having an online area in which
teachers can follow along and give positive/encouraging feedback on teacher
postings can be really helpful to teachers as it allows them to grow and
learning in educating students effectively.
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