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ALISE Webinar | Accompaniment Pedagogy: Improving Online Small Group Collaboration
Wednesday, November 07, 2018, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
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(ALISE Webinars typically run for an hour, which consists of 45-50 minutes of presentation, and 10 minutes Q&A)

Accompaniment Pedagogy: Improving Online Small Group Collaboration

Presented by: Anthony Bernier, Professor at San Jose State University

Presenter Bio

Dr. BernierAnthony Bernier is Professor, School of Information, at San Jose State University where he has been awarded several IMLS and ALA research grants, served a term on ALA’s Committee on Accreditation (COA), and has chaired national committees and task forces. He currently serves on the Executive Board of ALA’s Library History Round Table and the Editorial Board of Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) where he publishes the regular “YA Strike Zone” column. He also recently completed editing the second edition of Transforming Young Adult Services for ALA Editions.

 

 

Presentation Description: 

How can instructors improve student experience and performance in small online collaborative groups? On the one hand, instructors (and employers) acknowledge the value of small group collaboration skills; students, on the other hand, continually prefer to work independently. Neither group, however, demonstrates the capacity to improve or reconcile better solutions. Recent research trumpets the promise of online tools yet small group collaborations continue to produce outcomes with less-than-satisfying skill acquisition. Literature inquires about small group effectiveness within the context of specific classrooms, narrow content, or using specific digital resources. Most research concentrates on undergraduate experience and relies on student self-reports. Identifying generalizable data-driven instructional interventions and practices, however, remains oddly untreated. This workshop employs instructional treatments on working in small online groups prior to engaging project content. Online instructors, in many fields, require more systematic pedagogical approaches to improve student experience and increase student capacity for producing higher quality learning outcomes than from individual work. Additional concerns include defining and assessing small group “success” and, more importantly, identifying generalizable instructional techniques.

Webinar:  Wednesday, November 7th, 12:00 - 1:00 pm EST