Two Faces of Integrative Learning Darren Cambridge Computers & Writing Detroit, MI

Contexts Emergent findings of campuses involved in the Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research Interest in Computers & Writing community in both electronic portfolios and social software: How do they connect, or not? Informal learning discussion on the blogs Integrative learning as a key theme in discourse of higher education reform

Emergent findings of campuses involved in the Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research

Interest in Computers & Writing community in both electronic portfolios and social software: How do they connect, or not?

Informal learning discussion on the blogs

Integrative learning as a key theme in discourse of higher education reform

Two Faces What kinds of selves do our digital portfolios models invite from students? (Yancey 2004) Two dimensions of integrative learning parallel two types of selves

What kinds of selves do our digital portfolios models invite from students? (Yancey 2004)

Two dimensions of integrative learning parallel two types of selves

Networked and Symphonic Selves Network Self Creating intentional connections Symphonic Self Achieving integrity of the whole

Network Self

Creating intentional connections

Symphonic Self

Achieving integrity of the whole

Distinctions Symphonic most consonant to the tradition of portfolio pedagogy in the United States Network most consonant to recent integrative learning discourse Can’t be (and isn’t) either/or Differ in values, activities, genre characteristics, technologies, and impacts

Symphonic most consonant to the tradition of portfolio pedagogy in the United States

Network most consonant to recent integrative learning discourse

Can’t be (and isn’t) either/or

Differ in values, activities, genre characteristics, technologies, and impacts

Values Play, emergence, entrepreneurialism, flexibility, agility Analysis Liberalism Student engagement Integrity, commitment, intellectual engagement, balance Creativity Humanism Personal engagement

Play, emergence, entrepreneurialism, flexibility, agility

Analysis

Liberalism

Student engagement

Integrity, commitment, intellectual engagement, balance

Creativity

Humanism

Personal engagement

Activities Folio thinking Ease, speed, low cost integration Embedded in day-to-day Connection Aggregation, association Collection Reflection-in-action, constructive reflection Revision Continual learning Matrix thinking Time, effort, high cost integration (author, context, and audience) Stepping out of daily work Articulation, reframing Synthesis, symphony Selections, projection Reflection-in-presentation Iteration Moments of mastery, accomplishment, celebration

Folio thinking

Ease, speed, low cost integration

Embedded in day-to-day

Connection

Aggregation, association

Collection

Reflection-in-action, constructive reflection

Revision

Continual learning

Matrix thinking

Time, effort, high cost integration (author, context, and audience)

Stepping out of daily work

Articulation, reframing

Synthesis, symphony

Selections, projection

Reflection-in-presentation

Iteration

Moments of mastery, accomplishment, celebration

Genre Characteristics Space Openings Relationships as end, heuristic, invention Relationships between things Atomized, aggregated Collection, list, link, datum, snapshot Text, composition Boundaries Relationships as organization Relationships between relationships Holistic, integral, systemic Theory, story, interpretation, map

Space

Openings

Relationships as end, heuristic, invention

Relationships between things

Atomized, aggregated

Collection, list, link, datum, snapshot

Text, composition

Boundaries

Relationships as organization

Relationships between relationships

Holistic, integral, systemic

Theory, story, interpretation, map

Technologies Web 2.0 tools, social software, Identity 2.0 providers, PLEs and other aggregators, MyLifeBits. ELGG Atom, RSS, FOAF, Flikr API, Open ID, etc. ePortfolio systems Concept mapping systems IMS ePortfolio, Topic Maps, RDF

Web 2.0 tools, social software, Identity 2.0 providers, PLEs and other aggregators, MyLifeBits. ELGG

Atom, RSS, FOAF, Flikr API, Open ID, etc.

ePortfolio systems

Concept mapping systems

IMS ePortfolio, Topic Maps, RDF

Impacts Low yield – incremental and by accretion Greater connectedness and intentionality Learning in the network High yield – occasional and intensive Synthesis, coherence, feeling of integrity Learning in the individual

Low yield – incremental and by accretion

Greater connectedness and intentionality

Learning in the network

High yield – occasional and intensive

Synthesis, coherence, feeling of integrity

Learning in the individual

Living Both Bi-stable equilibrium Learning in layers

Bi-stable equilibrium

Learning in layers