Share Paper: Group Work, Publicly Posted Instructor Commentary, and Self-Assessment: A Motivating Combination in the Online Environment

  1. Smith Grinell, San Jose State University, United States
  2. Colette Rabin, San Jose State University, United States
Friday, March 6 11:30-11:50 AM Amazon J

Abstract: As novices at online instruction, we faced several challenges when planning to offer an online version of Health Education for the Classroom Teacher in a K-8 teaching credential program. Our main pedagogical concern was whether we would be able to engage our students in successful collaborative group work. We found that helping our students view interacting with classmates as integral to their individual experience in the course, sharing decision-making about assignment details with students to ensure that group work was perceived as meaningful, fair, and relevant to their interests, sharing the majority of our commentary on work submitted by the ...