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About the Online Collaborative Learning SIG

The Online Collaborative Learning Special Interest Group is a sub-group of Technology Demonstrators at UniSQ. It is led by interests of the group and aims to explore the affordances of online collaborative learning in various learning and teaching contexts.

The essential aim of the SIG is to break down silos at UniSQ and foster conversation, resource development and action aligned with learning and teaching and the contextual relevance of educational technology for online and collaborative learning.

What's New

The next SIG meeting is on Thursday October 26, 2-3pm 2023 in Engageli.

The theme:

Steps for writing and assessing a digitally infused collaborative task

Contact Us

Dr Julie Lindsay – Senior Education Technology Advisor and SIG Convenor

Email: julie.lindsay@usq.edu.au
Phone: +617 4631 2890

Complete this EOI to join and get updates

SIG Highlights

Engageli pilot continues in 2023

Engageli is an online learning environment that aligns with virtual campus objectives. It supports synchronous, asynchronous and hybrid modes. Interested academics are invited to pilot approaches to using Engageli in courses for a range of learning needs and contexts.

READ more and join the pilot
Browse the Engageli Pilot Padlet

FeedbackFruits pilot July-November, 2023

OCL SIG members make sure you investigate the affordances of FeedbackFruits – especially the Group Member Evaluation tool to support peer interaction when completing group activities and assessments.

READ more about the FBF pilot
Complete an EOI to join the pilot

Meeting Notes

July 2023 Meeting

We continued to explore contextual definitions of online collaborative learning and the role of the teacher – related to formative and summative assessment. We featured the tool Voicethread and how it can be efficiently designed for online collaborative student learning, engagement and empowerment. Thanks to Lisa for sharing her Voicethread knowledge and application within courses and academic PD today. Please reach out to her if you want to learn more! Don’t forget we have a dedicated VoiceThread page full of resources, including recordings of the workshops Lisa ran for UniSQ recently.

RESOURCES: Session slides; session recording (in Engageli Playback); interactive Voicethread from the session (with links to collaborative Google docs) – jump in and share your ideas!

April 2023 Meeting

On April 20 our guest was Eugenie Hsueh, Australian Pilot and Partner Success Manager for Feedback Fruits who introduced us to the FeedbackFruits Group Member Evaluation tool and other resources. Watch the meeting recording.

November 2022 Meeting

On November 8 we met using the Engageli learning environment for a discussion around the ‘wiki’ as a collaborative learning environment. You can find all notes and ideas on this document, which shares: the start of a Wiki FAQ guide, Options for possible (FREE) wiki platforms, and alternative platforms for collaboration that may be ‘wiki-like’. We also discussed FeedbackFruits – a platform we are considering piloting next year.

August 2022 Meeting

On August 11 we met using the Engageli learning environment and explored Pedagogical design for collaborative learning. Notes on this doc. Your contributions are encouraged.

April 2022 Meeting

On April 12 we met using the Engageli learning environment and explored how to DEFINE online collaborative learning. Notes are on this doc. We watched John Spencer’s video ‘Cooperation vs Collaboration: When to use each approach‘.

March 2022 Meeting

Participants shared approaches to collaborative learning using Voicethread, Padlet, and Moodle as well as how to design an online international collaborative workshop

Resources

Online Collaborative Learning Padlet – Great resources to explore!

Videos

Click on the links below to check out recent videos. You can also access archived videos via the Online Collaborative Learning Playlist.

FeedbackFruits share Group Memvber Evaluation Tool, April 2023

Group work and authentic assessment – Rod Huggett – March 2022

Voicethread and group work – Jess Carniel, March 2022

Padlet for collaborative learning – March 2022

Read the Blog

Click on the posts below to read the most recent blog posts from Online Collaborative Learning SIG. You can also access join the main Conversation here.