STORY BOARD HEATHER ROGERS

EDUC 7102

Collaboration in Distance Education

Collaboration : History

Visual : Pictures of

collaboration through out history

Voice Over: Throughout history,

development and even survival, have depended on collaboration.  

When environmental conditions, opposition, or economic circumstances have made life complex or resources limited, great communities have been developed by people uniting together for a common purpose.

Definition

Visual Collaborate (v.)-

1: to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor

2: to cooperate with or willingly assist an enemy of one's country and especially an occupying force

3: to cooperate with an agency or instrumentality with which one is not immediately connected

Voice Over Definition Collaborate

is not just a verb it is an ongoing action…

Introduction

Visual:

Video of student holding poster containing a goal statement…fade to…

Video of lone student working independently achieve goal…fade to…

Video of student having a “light bulb”

moment… fade to…

Video of student approaching peers to work collaboratively to achieve goal.

Final video of students high fiving to represent accomplishment.

Voice Over:

Visual Text: “work smarter

not harder”

Visual: Voice Over Collaboration in

today's education, both in the traditional setting and the online setting, has become the norm.

If implemented successfully, it can be the cornerstone in many student’s educational experiences (Palloff & Pratt, 2005).

Visual: Video clips of people

sharing thoughts on collaboration.

Voice Over: Question asked: What

does collaboration in education mean to you?

Visual Voice Over: Collaboration does not stop

at face-to-face interactions.

In today's society, technology advances have given people the opportunity to collaborate despite their geographic location.

Education and business ventures have been immensely impacted by collaborative tools.

Collaborative Tools

Visual Voice Over Wikis, Document

Sharing, Blogs, Skype, discussion forums, Social Networks are just some examples of technological tools that can be implemented to promote collaboration.

Visual: World visual …

Voice over In a perfect world, all

students in distance education will work successfully together and participate willingly to achieve a common goal.

However, there are obstacles

Visual: Flash of visuals fade

to…

Voice Over: Both instructors and

students face challenges when it comes to collaboration.

So what are the challenges of collaboration?

Visual Video of people

sharing challenges of collaboration

Voice Over: Question: what are

potential challenges of collaboration?

Visual: Speaker

Voice Over: In his keynote address,

____________, will address aspects of collaboration in distance education along with overcoming probable challenges that many instructors and students may face while participating in a distance education program.

It gives me great pleasure to introduce _________.