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PROGRAMA JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVO Too many higher education institutions have rushed into online education without understanding the research that explores how to design effective collaborative learning environments online that utilize the networking capabilities of the Internet. This course will equip you with the essential background and skills for conceptualizing, designing, and developing online learning solutions for a variety of disciplines and organizations. The 2014 Horizon Report for Higher Education from the New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative focused on the growing ubiquity of social media, and the integration of online, Hybrid, and collaborative Learning as future trends in higher education. This course will demonstrate how social media and online learning can support the advancement of collaboration to support trends in higher education This course will be offered using a hybrid format, both face-to-face and online to give students the experience of learning at a distance while they learn about the principles and techniques of online collaborative learning. The course addresses online education as a learning system and explores current practices and research trends. We will examine online collaborative learning theory, the characteristics and needs of diverse distance learners, how to design and assess collaborative learning environments, and how to support the distance learner. Using a community of practice model, the course will promote collaborative sharing of diverse learning experiences, and support learners in inquiry based collaborative learning online through e-mentoring. Goal: The goal of this course is to design develop online a short (4-6 week) collaborative learning experience for a selected discipline or organization using either the Moodle LMS or a combination of social media. CONTEÚDO (EMENTA): 1. Definitions, and online education systems; 2. Principles of online education and needs of diverse learners; 3. Conceptual frameworks for collaborative learning design and the online learning facilitator 4. Media tools 5. Inquiry-based online learning activity. BIBLIOGRAFIA: Bibliography Conole, G. (2013) Designing for Learning in an Open World. (Volume 4 of Explorations in the Learning Sciences, Instructional Systems and Performance Technologies Series). Springer Science + Business Media. Harasim, L. (2012). Learning Theory and Online Technology: How New Technologies are Transforming Learning Opportunities. New York: Routledge Press. Richey, R. C., Klein, J. D., & Tracey, M. W. (2011). The instructional design knowledge base. New York: Routledge. Moore, M. & Kearsley, G. (2011). Distance Education: A Systems View of Online Learning (3rd edition), Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth. Veletsianos, G. (2010) Emerging technologies in distance education. Athabasca, CA: Athabasca University Press. Creative Commons license to be download from http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120177 Clark, R. & Mayer, R. E. (2008). E-learning and the science of instruction (2nd ed). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Anderson, T. (2008) & Elloumi, F. (2004). Theory and Practice of Online Learning, Second Edition. http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120146 Naidu, S. (2006 Revised edition) E-Learning: A Guidebook of Principles, Procedures and Practices. New Delhi, India: CEMCA, The Commonwealth of Learning, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia. Creative Commons license to be downloaded from: www.cemca.org/e-learning_guidebook.pdf Morrison, G. R., Kemp, J. E., and Ross, S. M. (2006). Designing Effective Instruction, 5th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill. Jonassen, D. H. (2004). Learning to solve problems: An instructional design guide. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley, Pfeiffer. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., and Cocking, R. R. (2000). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. National Research Council. Washington, D. C. National Academy Press. You can read it on the web, for free, at http://www.nap.edu/openbook/0309065577/html/index.html (The free web version is searchable). This book provides a foundation in learning research for this course).