eDesign Groups

What is Diigo?

What is Google Docs?

Google Docs is a free, web-based office suite, and data storage service owned by Google. Users can create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users.

• • Sharing in Google Docs [2:23min video]

  • Google Docs in Plain English [2:51min video]

How do I access the eDesign Google

Docs files?

• 1. Click here to access the eDesign Google Doc Peer Review file. Note: If you have any trouble viewing the files please contact me

  2. View - click on the file name to open doc

  3. Edit - open doc & type (or paste) in details

  4. Download - Open, File / Download as

  5. Copy - Open, File / Make a copy

Why use Google Docs?

What is Skype?

A cloud based social book marking tool that enables users to collect, highlight, access and share a variety of information on a range of devices.

• • Diigo v5: Collect, highlight & remember! [3:37min video]

How do I join the eDesign Diigo group?

• 1. Create a Diigo account (free!) (or if you already have a Diigo account sign in)

  2. Note: Once you create your account you will be automatically taken to the "Get a Diigo Toolbar" screen. Make sure you add the Diigolet or Full Diigo Toolbar to your browser.

  3. Go to the eDesign Diigo group at: http://groups.diigo.com/group/eDesign.

  4. Click on "Apply to join this group" button.

A voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) application that allows you to communicate over the Internet by voice, video and text chat.

• • Skype explained visually [2:17min video]

How do I join the eDesign Skype group?

• 1. Download & install Skype (or if you already have a Skype account sign in)

  2. Add jennip98 to your Skype contacts

  3. [5:47min video]. This video also explains a

  4. few features to get you started using Skype.

• How to add a bookmark to a Diigo group

  • Diigo "starter sheet" [pdf]

Why use Diigo

Diigo is much more than a simple bookmarking tool. With Diigo you can: and write comments directly on the web pages, you can collaborate and share resources:

• • create an online repository

  • create groups to share resources with specific people

  • highlight critical features within the text and images

  • write comments directly on the web pages

  • conducting online research

  • incorporate citations in APA

  • annoted bbliographies

  • share references with peers

  • provide feedback to students on quality of articles

(Tonner, 2011)

• • Teachers and principals talk about Google docs [4:08min video]

  • Collaboration Tools [ELI whitepaper]

• • Skype Support - User Guides [web site]

Why use Skype?

Context, making connections and social interaction play an important role in helping learners assimilate new information (Lombardi, 2007, p. 7). Environments that make effective use of communication technologies to connect learners in meaningful ways and include relevant and authentic learning activities are the most likely to succeed (Herrington, Reeves, & Oliver, 2010).

In this paper, we investigate the use of the Skype group chat to facilitate the development of a community of learners among distant and on-campus students in two courses using authentic learning principles (Parker, Boase-Jelinek & Herrington, 2011).