DIVIDE (YOURSELVES) AND RULE, HERE’S THE SIGN-UP TOOL ByBart Cornille

Ants create a lifeboat in the Amazon jungle - BBC wildlife Session 1

Ants create a lifeboat in the Amazon jungle - BBC wildlife

How does a group of social animals like ants organizes its own behavior? How can ants build such complex infrastructure and at the same time be so flexible towards its environment without any form of management or design? Questions?

How does a group of social animals like ants organizes its own behavior?

How can ants build such complex infrastructure and at the same time be so flexible towards its environment without any form of management or design?

Gravity_baby , 9 months & a day Session 1

Gravity_baby , 9 months & a day

How do individuals organize their own behavior? How does a group of human beings organizes its own behavior? How are groups being created? What determines a leader? Questions?

How do individuals organize their own behavior?

How does a group of human beings organizes its own behavior?

How are groups being created?

What determines a leader?

SELF ORGANISATION !!! One Answer?

SELF ORGANISATION !!!

Learning outcomes: Participants will be able to define the concept of connectivism Participants will be able to analyze the importance a self-organizing learning process Participants will learn to create a sign-up list Participants will be able to explore GTP with sign-up Participants will be able to explore GTP with adaptive release and sign-up Divide (yourselves) and rule, here’s the sign-up tool

Learning outcomes:

Participants will be able to define the concept of connectivism

Participants will be able to analyze the importance a self-organizing learning process

Participants will learn to create a sign-up list

Participants will be able to explore GTP with sign-up

Participants will be able to explore GTP with adaptive release and sign-up

Session 2: Food for thought about learning today: Think holistically All the knowledge is in the connections (David Rumelhart) The structure of the device becomes the structure of the knowledge (James Bosco)

Food for thought about learning today:

Think holistically

All the knowledge is in the

connections (David Rumelhart)

The structure of the device becomes the structure of the knowledge (James Bosco)

Learning today

Connectivism Connectivism is one of the theories that explore how learning happens in the digital age. Connectivism is the integration of principles explored by chaos, network, complexity, and self-organization theories.

Connectivism is one of the theories that explore how learning happens in the digital age.

Connectivism is the integration of principles explored by chaos, network, complexity, and self-organization theories.

Connectivism learning as a self-organizing process

learning as a self-organizing process

Stand ad random in a closed circle with your group. Try to reorganise yourselves within the circle according to month + year of birth… without talking . Ssssssstt. GAME/ACTIVITY

Stand ad random in a closed circle with your group. Try to reorganise yourselves within the circle according to month + year of birth… without talking .

Ssssssstt.

How can you effectively divide a group of 600 international students into groups of equal English language levels? GROUPDISCUSSION

How can you effectively divide a group of 600 international students into groups of equal English language levels?

The sign-up tool in Blackboard It is a tool which you make available through a content area in your course so that students can enroll themselves (sign up) for: Tutor groups Activities Workshops Practicums Essays etc.

It is a tool which you make available through a content area in your course so that students can enroll themselves (sign up) for:

Tutor groups

Activities

Workshops

Practicums

Essays etc.

Example of GTP with sign-up

Example of GTP with sign-up

Example of GTP with sign-up

Added value of sign-up tool controlling the group size allowing people to reserve places not displaying the names of those you have signed up using the sign up lists generate blackboard group membership add or remove users or use the list to populate new or existing groups in Blackboard flexibility in allowing you to create multiple sign up lists

controlling the group size

allowing people to reserve places

not displaying the names of those you have signed up

using the sign up lists generate blackboard group membership

add or remove users or use the list to populate new or existing groups in Blackboard

flexibility in allowing you to create multiple sign up lists

Thank you! Bart Cornille Educational Technologist E-Campus University Antwerp Email: [email_address] Blog: http://backtoblackboard.wordpress.com/

Bart Cornille

Educational Technologist

E-Campus

University Antwerp

Email: [email_address]

Blog: http://backtoblackboard.wordpress.com/