Storytelling & Collaborative E-Learning

This 15 page pdf by Janet Salmons, PhD, covers:

• Storytelling styles for the collaborative online classroom
• A taxonomy of collaborative learning
• Align storytelling activity to collaborative skills development
• Use discussion questions to stimulate meaningful exchange
• Exchange online through digital storytelling
• Webliography on collaborative e-learning

The pdf is available here:
http://www.vision2lead.com/Storytelling.pdf

If you are into collaborative learning, Janet's blog
for educators is well worth a visit with articles on
collaborative/team learning, blogs and team learning,
teaching with virtual teams, visual mapping and learning
through stories:
http://blog.elearn2lead.com/

Some of the resources she shares include the following:

Concept Maps and Shared Concept maps -
Cmap- http://cmap.ihmc.us/
ClaiMaker - http://claimaker.open.ac.uk/
(specifically designed to construct and map arguments
and debates)