Table 6
R2D2/C3PO Components Updated, Instructional Strategies/Learning Activities, Synchronous Tools
R2D2/C3PO ComponentInstructional Strategies/Learning ActivitiesSynchronous Web-Conferencing Tools
Read/listening
  • Reading materials online or offline

  • Creating participant manuals for each Live synchronous event

  • Listening to audio materials online or offline

  • Synchronous expert lectures /“Live Authors”/ presentations/tutorials

  • Demonstrations

  • Downloadable participant manuals as PDF and/or Word files

  • Downloadable audio files

  • Downloadable video/multimedia files

  • “Live” synchronous facilitator/faculty and “Live Author” presentation/demonstrations/lectures

  • Facilitator/faculty tools include whiteboards, chats, application sharing, file transfer, share pods, screen sharing, PowerPoint slides, polls, and note boards for announcements, Q&A, and FAQs

  • Links to websites

Reflect/writing/sharing
  • Time allocated for reflection:

    1. Prework

    2. During synchronous event

    3. Between synchronous events (multievent course)

  • “Silent time” allowed for deep reflection

  • In-depth reflections

  • What was learned?

  • How learned?

  • How learning can be applied?

  • Small group discussion

  • Focus group discussion

  • Online role play

  • Self-assessment

  • Online quizzes

  • Practice

  • Downloadable participant manuals used to write reflections and journal

  • Chat pods used for sharing reflections with other participants

  • Polls used to capture self-assessment and compare anonymously with other participants

  • Breakout rooms used for small group discussions, debates, mock trials, role play, practice with partners, and focus groups

Display
  • Visual representations including: pictures, diagrams, graphs, multimedia, video, charts, animations, virtual worlds, mobile technology

  • Demonstrations

    Process steps

    Concept maps

    Logic steps

    Real-world work examples

  • Instructor live video-based feedback of work products and student work

  • Downloadable participant manuals with visual representations of key concepts

  • Facilitator/faculty “live” presentation using a share pod with a PowerPoint presentation with robust visuals to help explain concepts

  • Visual of the facilitator/faculty presenting or demonstrating “live,” which enhances teacher presence

  • Links to videos on YouTube, TED Talks, Khan Academy etc.

Doing
  • Adaptive learning

  • Caselettes (short cases)

  • Case studies

  • Gaming

  • Practice

  • Project-based learning

  • Collaborative group project, paper, etc.

  • Cognitive apprenticeship

  • Assessment

  • Downloadable participant manuals with case, project, collaboration, and apprenticeship instructions

  • Live facilitator/faculty presentation, demonstration, and modeling for all activities Time allocated for reflection and Q&A

  • Breakout rooms with whiteboards and chat pods for individual and collaborative work Polls available, when needed

  • Breakout rooms for practice with partners or in larger groups, such as triads

  • “Live” individual or group presentations in the main room

Coaching
  • Cognitive apprenticeships

  • Scaffolding

  • Interactive feedback

  • Facilitator/faculty feedback through “live” voice, chat, and private chat

  • Peer coaching in breakouts and private chats

Conviviality
  • Ground rules to encourage collaboration, cooperation, and trust

  • Consideration for instructor/facilitator workload in planning event

  • Participatory establishment of ground rules using “live” discussion, chats, whiteboard tools, and polls

CIT
  • Use CIT for immediate student feedback between instructional events

  • Downloadable form or anonymous poll

Planning/organization
  • Fast Start

  • Quick Reference Guide

  • Participant manual

  • Timeline for all activities

  • Time for reflection during event and between events

  • Evaluation and assessment

    Formative

    Summative

  • Facilitator instructor manual

  • Fast Start and Quick Reference Guides on how to use the web conferencing tools

  • Participant manual containing content and exercise during the live session

  • Facilitator/faculty manual with suggested timelines for all activities

  • Reflection time built into all events

  • Self and group assessments in polls

Source:Armstrong (2016a). Reprinted with permission from Nova Science Publishers.

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