Self-Directed Learning Systems for Teachers and Kids

Self-Directed LearningSystems for Teachers and Kids Bernie Dodge San Diego State University

Overview• Important definitions• Information overload• Big parts and little parts, loosely joined• How to roll your own

What Does Your School Do to Cultivate Lifelong Learning?

Cactus in Connecticut

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/15-steps-to-cultivate-lifelong-learning.html

15 Steps to Cultivate Lifelong Learning1. Always have a book 9. Unlearn assumptions2. Keep a to-learn list 10. Find a better job3. Get better friends 11. Start a project4. Guide your thinking 12. Follow your intuition5. Put it into practice 13. The morning 156. Teach others 14. Reap the rewards7. Clean your input 15. Make it a priority8. Learn in groups http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/15-steps-to-cultivate-lifelong-learning.html

LIFELONG LEARNING ISSELF-DIRECTED LEARNINGWe’re not going to be teaching them forever

Personal Learning Network

Personal Learning NetworkA personal learning network is an informallearning network that consists of the people alearner interacts with and derives knowledgefrom in a personal learning environment. In aPLN, a person makes a connection with anotherperson with the specific intent that some type oflearning will occur because of that connection.

Personal Learning Environments

Relating PLNs and PLEs Personal Learning Environments Personal Learning Networks

Tim Hand’s PLEhttp://thand.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/ple-2/

Sarah Stewart’s PLE

Alec Couros’s Networked Teacher

D’Arcy Norman’s PLE

PLEs for Future Teachershttp://edweb.sdsu.edu/Courses/EDTEC470/fall12/resources/pls.htm

The Web = Small Pieces Loosely Joined David Weinberger - 2002

Info Scarcity – Still Within Memory

Information Overload

Information Overload ≠ Learning

MOST OF WHAT WE CALLPERSONAL LEARNING NETWORKSARE REALLYPERSONAL INFORMATION NETWORKS

Reading ≠ Learning

SO TO CREATE OUR OWN PERSONALLEARNING ENVIRONMENT, WE NEED TOGO BEYOND JUST READINGBut what?

A PLE Needs• A Focus• A curated set of Inputs• A place to refine, distill & Synthesize• A method to Practice and reinforce• A Structure to hold it all together

FocusCC Credit: Flickr user Soelin

Focus• Pick something to learn• Size matters• Intermediate mastery in a reasonable time

My Personal PLE Focus• Game Design• More specifically, learning how to make educational games more educational without sacrificing fun

Inputs• Using the focus, Blogs choose sources of information Book Tweeps lists• Can be individuals or media• Be selective! PLE

My Personal PLE Inputs• Lists of specific twitter users Blogs• Playlists in YouTube Book• Amazon book Tweeps lists search• LinkedIn groups PLE• Specific RSS feeds• And more…

Twitter Lists

Twitter ListsEvery Twitter list has its own URL. In thiscase:https://twitter.com/berniedodge/game-design

Twitter Lists

RSS Feeds• Every RSS Feed has a URL• Every folder of RSS feeds you have in Google Reader also has a URL• It looks like this: http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream /user%2F05084904569903170225%2Flabel%2 F%20Game%20Design

RSS Feeds

YouTube Channels & Playlists• A channel is a set of videos originated from one account• A playlist is a list of videos chosen by you• Each has a unique URL that can be added to your PLE• Like this: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCB11 4282ACDFE703

YouTube Channels & Playlists

LinkedIn Groups• Linked In has recently become a great place to go for higher-level information sharing• There are groups on many topics• Here’s one one Board Game Design• http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1159637

LinkedIn Groups

Delicious Tags• Being smart about how you tag things in Delicious makes it possible to find subsets of the things that matter to you.• Choosing tags that make sense to others will also allow you to benefit from the things they find.• Here’s a URL based on a tag I use: http://www.delicious.com/bdodge/gamedesign

Delicious Tags

Book Searches• Do a search for a particular topic• Save the URL of the result page• Revisit it to see what’s new• Here’s my Amazon search for ‘game design’ http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_i_0?rh=k%3Agame+design%2Ci%3A stripbooks&keywords=game+design&ie=UTF8&qid=1351237322

Book Searches

Mendeley for Articles http://mendeley.com

Mendeley for Articles

Notes from Evernote• Great way to capture information from real life• Conference notes• Conversations with people• Images, sounds• Each notebook has its own URL

Notes from Evernote

Where Do You Synthesize?• Google Docs• Linoit• Blogger

Google Docs

Linoit• A place to rearrange ideas and add to them• Patterned after a corkboard with stickies• Each canvas has a unique URL

Linoit Canvas

A Structure to Hold it Together http://symbaloo.com

My Game Design PLEhttp://www.symbaloo.com/mix/ple-gamedesign

Self-Directed LearningSystems for Teachers and Kids Bernie Dodge San Diego State University

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