Instructional Strategies for Teaching in Synchronous Online Learning Environments (SOLE)

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Author(s): Marshall G. Jones (Winthrop University, USA)and Stephen W. Harmon (Georgia State University, USA)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 16
Source title: Collective Intelligence and E-Learning 2.0: Implications of Web-Based Communities and Networking
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Harrison Hao Yang (State University of New York, USA)and Steve Chi-Yin Yuen (University of Southern Mississippi, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-729-4.ch005

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Virtual Learning Environments

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This chapter deals centrally with one emerging aspect of Web 2.0 for education, that of the increasing demand for real time and near real-time interaction among users. Whereas most online learning has, to date, taken place in an asynchronous format, there is a growing need for an ability to provide learning opportunities in a synchronous setting. This chapter discusses synchronous online learning environments (SOLEs) and the affordances they present for teaching and learning. Particularly it focuses on a capability of these environments known as ancillary communications. It discusses ancillary communications as an intentional instructional strategy and presents guidelines for its implementation. And, in the spirit of Web 2.0, this chapter was written using the Web 2.0 application Google Docs.

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