Etherpad use
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The document discusses Etherpad, a collaborative notetaking software used for real-time editing and virtual learning. It highlights its benefits for fostering collaborative learning, building community among students, and providing a common reference for coursework, while acknowledging potential issues like free-riding. The author emphasizes its role as a learning tool rather than a grading mechanism.
Etherpad use
- 1. School of Media and Public Affairs | smpa.gwu.edu/ 805 22nd Street, NW Washington, DC 20052
- 2. Etherpad: Instructional Use and Collaboration Nikki Usher, PhD The George Washington University @nikkiusher
- 3. What is Etherpad • Collaborative notetaking software • Real-time • Editable by anyone with the link • Often used for chatrooms and virtual learning as backchannels • Cloud-based and hosted
- 4. Let me show you what it is, first
- 6. • TRY IT NOW: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/0OAfYBqF5r
- 7. Welcome to MoPad! This pad text is synchronized as you type, so that everyone viewing this page sees the same text. This allows you to collaborate seamlessly on documents! Please be cognizant of whether you are using a public pad or private/team pad, and take appropriate precautions with data you post here!
- 8. How I use it • Introductions: From the FIRST DAY OF CLASS • Suggest everyone use it, collaborative notetaking • Everyone gets the same set of notes • Everyone has to sign in • Trial by fire. I demo by typing while asking a student to edit me • I keep etherpad open at all times and flip back and forth at times (add links I’ve gone to, etc.) • I do not confirm student notes
- 9. Why I Like it • Collaborative learning • Common document • Crowdsourcing • Builds community (chat room), snark, • Extends classroom discussion • One place as a class record • CLOUD PROBLEM: FREE RIDER ISSUES. I’m OK with that.
- 10. Evaluations • Keep students on their toes --instaquestion on the Etherpad – I write, someone random has to answer • Check sign-ins • But really, it’s a learning tool. I care more about students having a common reference than grading them. And I care about community.