Dialogue Project

Title: Dialogue Project
What We Did: web design, database, instructional support
Funded By: UT3
Grade Level: Higher Education
Show Case: Yes
Language:
NY Standards: MST SU Standards: 1 ,2, 3, 4, 5
Status: Production Format: Databases
Rights: Pedagogy:
Important Dates: 1999 - 2002 Artifacts:
Who Is Involved: Pat Tinto, Joe Shedd, Barbara Shelly
Schools Involved: Syracuse Unversity School of Education
Area Inquiry: None Selected
URL: http://d2.syr.edu/
Description:
It is a web-based collaborative communication tool that supports the building of learning communities. With the help of user input, a flexible, integrated system has emerged�a system that empowers communities to customize their online workspaces. The Dialogue Application encourages collaboration and information sharing among the learning communities in order to promote conversation, scholarship, and understanding.
Story:
The Dialogue expands the amount of time a student is engaged by dissolving the walls of the meeting room, the Dialogue provides an anywhere, any time, learning experience.



The Dialogue facilitates and inspires the best work of teachers, students, and professionals by supporting learning environments. In this type of environment:

students work in purposeful small groups, share ideas with the whole class, interact one on one with teachers;

high school students build broader educational communities across school boundaries;
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