The Changing Learning Landscape LTUG Webinar Presented by Anne Bartlett-Bragg

Topics to explore: What’s happening to your learning landscape? What can social software do for learning? How will our practice be influenced?

What’s happening to your learning landscape?

What can social software do for learning?

How will our practice be influenced?

What is happening to your learning landscape?

Learning: Then & Now From “Minds on Fire” by John Seely Brown & Richard P. Adler Educause February, 2008 From this To this

How do we get there?

What is social software? an attitude not a technology !

What is social software? Do you have a blog? Do you use Flickr? Do you use chat/IM? Do you use a wiki? Can you make a podcast? Can you live without your aggregator? Do you have an avatar - or 2? Can you explain RSS - in plain English? Can you Facebook me? Can you use Delicious? Just give me the SLURL and I’ll see you there!

Do you have a blog?

Do you use Flickr?

Do you use chat/IM?

Do you use a wiki?

Can you make a podcast?

Can you live without your aggregator?

Do you have an avatar - or 2?

Can you explain RSS - in plain English?

Can you Facebook me?

Can you use Delicious?

Just give me the SLURL and I’ll see you there!

Social Software: The key principles Trust Openness Reputation User - generated User - controlled The information is not important in itself – it is the relationship to other people with shared interests!

Trust

Openness

Reputation

User - generated

User - controlled

What does it enable? Learners are now producers and creators of learning NOT just consumers Learning can be collaborative Learning can be personalised Learning can be informal Learners can now create, publish, distribute, subscribe, read and re-create content Learning is participatory Learners are empowered Learners are engaged

Learners are now producers and creators of learning NOT just consumers

Learning can be collaborative

Learning can be personalised

Learning can be informal

Learners can now create, publish, distribute, subscribe, read and re-create content

Learning is participatory

Learners are empowered

Learners are engaged

Learning Spaces

Personalised Learning Spaces

Communication & Participation Synchronous vs Asynchronous

Communication & Participation Synchronous vs Asynchronous Chat Webinars Video conferencing Second Life Blogs Wikis Social sharing Communities Social networks

The Role of the Educator? Trusted resource in a social learning network Guiding and advising Facilitating establishment of networks Empowering Supporting personal landscape development

Trusted resource in a social learning network

Guiding and advising

Facilitating establishment of networks

Empowering

Supporting personal landscape development

Role of the Educator? Complex simulations To co-operate, to support Realization of adequate action strategies To cope, to master Action in real situations (complex and social) (Baumgarten, 2004) Problem solving To observe, to help, to demonstrate Selection of methods and its use To do, to practice Presentation of pre-determined problems Programmed instruction To teach, to explain Production of correct answers To know, to remember Transfer of knowledge Mode 3: Coach (Informal Guide) Mode 2: Tutor (Facilitated Learning) Mode 1: Transfer (Directed Teaching)

Complex simulations

To co-operate, to support

Realization of adequate action strategies

To cope, to master

Action in real situations (complex and social)

(Baumgarten, 2004)

Problem solving

To observe, to help, to demonstrate

Selection of methods and its use

To do, to practice

Presentation of pre-determined problems

Programmed instruction

To teach, to explain

Production of correct answers

To know, to remember

Transfer of knowledge

Inhibitors to implementation 1. Organisational inhibitors: Organisational technology infrastructure Organisational culture 2. Individual inhibitors: Digital literacy – computer & information Learners – identity, dependency, time management 3. Pedagogical inhibitors: Modes of teaching

1. Organisational inhibitors:

Organisational technology infrastructure

Organisational culture

2. Individual inhibitors:

Digital literacy – computer & information

Learners – identity, dependency, time management

3. Pedagogical inhibitors:

Modes of teaching

Further resources: what’s next? Ning community http://learntug.ning.com Continue the discussion…. ABBs blog http://digitaldialogues.blogs.com/learning_technologies/ Delicious http://del.icio.us/AnneBB Flickr http://www.flickr.com/AnneBB

Ning community http://learntug.ning.com Continue the discussion….

ABBs blog

http://digitaldialogues.blogs.com/learning_technologies/

Delicious

http://del.icio.us/AnneBB

Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/AnneBB

Further resources: Next webinar Free Online Tools for Learning Thu - 17 April 2008 10am – 11am (Sydney time - AEST)

Free Online Tools for Learning

Thu - 17 April 2008

10am – 11am

(Sydney time - AEST)