Designing a Collaborative Learning Environment -- Effective online Discussion Areas
by Deila Taylor
1. Free-standing
1.1. Boardhost http://www.boardhost.com
1.2. Forumotion http://www.forumotion.com/
1.3. Freeforums.org http://www.freeforums.org/
1.4. Yuku.com http://help.yuku.com/support/home
1.5. Vanilla http://vanillaforums.com/
2. Social networking sites
2.1. Edmodo http://www.edmodo.com/
2.2. Twitter
2.3. Facebook
3. Asynchronous Activities
3.1. Discussion Boards
3.2. Discussion Forums
4. Web 2.0
5. Global Reach
6. How to set-up a Board
6.1. Within VLE (Virtual Learning Environments)
6.1.1. Blackboard http://www.blackboard.com/
6.1.2. Canvas Inststructure http://www.instructure.com/
6.2. Within a Wiki http://www.wikispaces.com/
6.3. Blogs with comments http://e-language.wikispaces.com/blogs
6.4. Vlogs with comments
6.5. Social networking sites
6.6. Free-standing sites
7. Examples
7.1. Ted Conversations http://www.ted.com/conversations
7.2. Solvr http://www.a.freshbrain.com/solvr/
7.3. Web 2.0 Tools for teachers http://padlet.com/wall/teachersweb20
7.4. Qhub http://qhub.com/
7.5. Lino http://en.linoit.com/
7.6. Tok http://www.tokbox.com/platform
7.7. efront Discussion Board http://forum.efrontlearning.net/viewforum.php?f=6
8. Voice Boards
8.1. voxopop http://www.voxopop.com/
9. Plan
9.1. Goals
9.1.1. Communication
9.1.2. Easy to use
9.2. Increase Collaboration
9.3. Rules
9.3.1. Use positive comments
9.3.2. No profanity
9.4. Define Problems
9.5. Prioritize Ideas
9.5.1. Capture Ideas