Thursday, February 17, 2011

Icebreakers as an Effective Way to Build Community


Breaking the ice is the most important part of the course and sets the foundation for the work you will do over the coming hours, days or weeks to build community online. Effective collaborative learning is best promoted through use of a variety of technologies; reaching many learning styles, use of best practices applied online and complete sharing of each others lives; building trust and forming strong group connections. Establishment of the virtual group if done well will lead to synchronous presence and enhance each student’s learning.

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