Share Paper: Social media training wheels: Building a task-centric collaborative online platform for K12

1. Francis Pilon, The Jibe, Canada

Abstract: The Alaska Humanities Forum (AKHF) has developed and tested a prototype online collaborative platform to support their Sister School Exchange program which pairs classrooms in rural and urban Alaska. The Jibe has recently partnered with the AKHF to develop the next iteration of this platform. The next version incorporates the concept of Learning Paths. Learning Paths are a series of tasks, centred around a learning objective. Learning Paths are created by teachers and can be shared with others, who in turn have the ability to use, modify and contribute back their own Learning Paths. Gamification aspects are being enhanced to ...