Kathy Trinder, Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 1: Learning from Digital Natives: Integrating formal and informal learning - rationale, e-tools, strategies and issues

Slide 2: Project Partners Dr. David Nicol, Project  Prof. Allison Littlejohn,  Consultant Project co-director Dr. Anoush Margaryan,  Project co-director Dr. Jane Guiller, Project  Research Fellow Mrs. Kathryn Trinder,  Project Research Fellow The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 3: Learning from Digital Natives: Integrating formal and informal learning supported by e-tools Introduction to project  Methods  Findings  Conclusions  The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 4: Learning from Digital Natives: Integrating formal and informal learning supported by e-tools Introduction to project  Methods  Findings  Conclusions  The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 5: Learning from Digital Natives: Integrating formal and informal learning supported by e-tools HEA funded for 1 year  To explore barriers, enablers and benefits of  integrating formal and informal learning using e-tools in the HE context, two subject areas (social work and engineering)  two different institutions (pre-1992: University of – Strathclyde; post-1992: Glasgow Caledonian University) The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 6: Learning from Digital Natives: Integrating formal and informal learning supported by e-tools The study was guided by the following research questions: What is the educational rationale for integrating formal and  informal learning supported by e-tools? What examples of such integration exist within research and  practice worldwide? What are students’ experiences of using e-tools to support  their learning in both the formal and informal domain? What are the staff’s experiences and perceptions of using e-  tools to support learning within the educational domain? What are the barriers and enablers to use of these  technologies within higher education? The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 7: Integrating formal and informal learning supported by e-tools? What is our definition of formal and informal?  Why do we want to integrate?  Should we integrate?  What do we mean by e-tools?  The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 8: Integrating formal and informal learning supported by e-tools? What do we mean by e-tools?  ‘Old’ technologies – VLE, ‘Clydetown’, Library catalogues, computer labs…  Personal technologies – Mobile phones, laptops, Mp3 players, digi cameras…  Social Software / Web 2.0 – Bebo, Myspace, Wikipedia, Google…  The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 9: Learning from Digital Natives: Integrating formal and informal learning supported by e-tools Introduction to project  Methods  Findings  Conclusions  The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 10: Data collection Across 2 institutions  Strathclyde – Glasgow Caledonian – Students  Engineers and Social Work – Staff  Engineers and Social Work – Teachers, Support , Managers – The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 11: What are students’ experiences of using e-tools to support their learning in both the formal and informal domain? Data collection: Questionnaire  160 students – Interviews  8 students – 10 staff – The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 12: Learning from Digital Natives: Integrating formal and informal learning supported by e-tools Introduction to project  Methods  Findings  Conclusions  The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 13: Digital natives? The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 14: Which e-tools do students use? …hardware owned The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 15: Which e-tools do students use? …for recreation? The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 16: Which e-tools do students use? …for study? The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 17: “Would you like to use your social network tools in your formal study?” “Yes, maybe…” 60 50 40 Count 30 Don't Know 20 ally 10 rm No Fo 0 se Social Work Yes oU Engineering et Lik The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 18: What are students doing with social software tools? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sVxmuPTcRu0 http://www.bebo.com/FlashBox.jsp?FlashBoxId=4185858386 The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 19: What are students doing? Socialising  Supporting each other  Sharing and creating  resources Organising  The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 20: Digital immigrants? What e-tools are staff using?  Formal? – Informal? – What would they like to use?  What do they think of ‘Social software’?  The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 21: Learning from Digital Natives: Integrating formal and informal learning supported by e-tools Introduction to project  Methods  Findings  Conclusions  The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 22: Conclusions What have we learnt from our ‘digital  natives’? What barriers are there to harnessing their  informal processes? What are the implications for us as  practitioners, managers, institutions? The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University

Slide 23: LDN http://www.academy.gcal.ac.uk/ldn/ Kathryn Trinder k.trinder@gcal.ac.uk The Caledonian Academy @ Glasgow Caledonian University