Running head: COLLABORATION IN THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM

Instructional Design

EDU337 Collaboration in the Virtual Classroom

Dr. Barbara Hall

March 2014

Wiki

Choose and Justifies the Choice of Wiki Wikispaces

Free Site 2 GB of Memory Good Tutorial Ease of Use

Wiki

Why It is Best Suited to Meet the Group’s Needs

Ease of Use Good Tutorial Allows for storage and editing

of materials

Member’s Individual Interests Military Power Generation Instructional Design

Purpose of the Collaboration Lesson Transition between military and

civilian Successful resume writing Learn good interview skills Translate skills and experience

in the military into understandable civilian terms

Military Transition - What Are Skills Worth

The Goal of this training is to show transitioning military members the significance of their training and how it translates to the civilian job market.

From: To:

At the end of this lesson, the learner will be able to collaborate and build upon the following:

Identify resources that help translate their current military skills to a civilian resume.

Describe how to articulate their current military skills during an interview.

Military Transition - What Are Skills Worth

The two group of learners identified are: Military Veterans – Age group below

35 years of age

Military Veterans – Age group over 35 years of age

Military Transition - What Are Skills Worth

Military Veterans – Age group below 35 years of age This is the first generation of business

leaders that largely did not serve. Cultural barrier to understand military

experience and skills.

60 percent of Veterans say it is a challenge translating military skills to civilian job market.

More veterans leaving the military earlier with not as many skill sets.

Military Transition - What Are My Skills Worth

Military Veterans – Age group over 35 years of age These Vets have grown in the many

of the skills sets that are being sought after in the civilian sector. Older veterans have progressed many

times from technician to supervisor.

Allows companies to hire these individuals without having to invest much money.

Communication

Students will collaborate and address: Elaborative (Constructive) Feedback

Student Growth Relevancy

Feedback on Interviewing Skills Examples of Useful Feedback Examples of Not Useful Feedback

Feedback on Resume Building Examples of Useful Feedback Examples of Not Useful Feedback

Structure

Course will be managed by: Macro-Script

Motivates Group Provides Structure Flexibility Adaptability

Roles Clearly Defined Helper / Learner Roles

Group Composition

The types of collaborative groups are: Heterogeneous

Requires minimal knowledge of the skill sets

Helpful in generating ideas and broadens scope

Homogeneous Similar Skill Sets Similar Backgrounds Similar Experiences

Grounding

Common Ground Imperative to achieve goal Introductions and Backgrounds

Common Bonds Shared Experiences Community Building

Allows Grouping

Questions

Presentation / Portfolio Write a Resume

Understand Generate Presentation

Participate in Interview Lessons Learned Corrective Actions

Questions

Construction Generate Conceptual Map

Resume Writing Interview Techniques

Essay Overcoming barriers Open-ended questions

Question’s

Substitute / Correction An example would be:

Select the underlined words that is incorrect.

The main difficulty for transitioning military personnel is the linguistic barrier of skills and accomplishments between the military and civilian jobs. 

Question’s

Substitute / Correction Another example would be:

Select the best response Managed and directed the daily activities of seven (7) mechanics

OR

Supervised Personnel

References

Brindley, J. E., Walti, C., & Blaschke, L. M. (2009). Creating

effective collaborative learning groups in an online

environment. The International Review of Research

In Open and Distance Learning, 10(3), n.p. Retrieved from

http://

www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/675/1271

Hall, B. M. (in press). Designing collaborative activities to promote

understanding and problem solving. International Journal

of e- Collaboration, 10(2). 

Maffucci, Jacqueline (2013). Year-End Review: Post 9/11 Veteran

unemployment in 2013. Retrieved from http://

iava.org/blog/year-end-review-post-911-veteran-

unemployment-2013

References

Pearl, Andrew (2013). Military to Civilian Transition: Transferable

Skills in Your Resume. Youtube.com. Retrieved from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYorsmUcs5U

Scalise, K., & Gifford, B. (2006). Computer-based assessment in e-

learning: A framework for constructing “intermediate

constraint” questions and tasks for technology

platforms. Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment,

4(6). Retrieved from http://

ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/jtla/article/view/1653/14

Tarantino, Tom (2013). The Ground Truth on Veterans’

Unemployment. Retrieved from http://

nation.time.com/2013/03/22/the-ground-truth-about-veterans-

unemployment/