== Online Collaboration (Phase 4 student managed / open projects) ==

'''Examples'''

Group presentation, group project, role-play, Web-Quest, sharing knowledge, collective decision making, forming learning communities

'''Best Practice Model for Online Collaboration'''
||Engagement Phase||
||Exploration Phase||
||Transformation Phase||
||Presentation Phase||
||Reflection Phase||
(Reid, Forrestal, Cook, see http://crusldi1.staffs.ac.uk/moodle/mod/resource/view.php?id=1155) 

'''Student Activities'''
 * Engages in dialogue with other students, externals and tutor
 * Relates task to own interest/work
 * Identifies appropriate support required
 * Completes task but plans own activities

'''Tutor Activities'''
 * Facilitates range of dialogues
 * Enables authentic activity
 * Facilitates support
 * Determines general goals

'''Further Guidance'''
Best Practice Models, case studies, how-to tutorials and online forums about the use of online collaborations are all available in the Best Practice Models for E-learning Community at http://crusldi1.staffs.ac.uk/moodle/course/view.php?id=9&topic=4  


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