Methods and Tools for Developing
Personal Knowledge Management
Skills in the Connectivist Era
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Maria Chiara Pettenati
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Maria Elisabetta Cigognini
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Fortunato Sorrentino
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Agenda
Purpose of the work
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Discussion
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starting point
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about connectivism, lifelong learning and more
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Personal Knowledge Management skills
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the Reference Model
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learning scenario
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Conclusions
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Future outlook
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Q&A
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Purpose of the work
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theme and context
basic themes
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knowledge, learning, methodologies
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context
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the emerging phenomena in our educational
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• connectivism
• competencies acquisition via informal learning
• Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)
• social networking practices
• lifelong learning (LLL)
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our objective
provide a Reference Model to support
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educators in the task of designing online
learning experiences:
aimed at skill acquisition
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involving personal knowledge
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situated in a social networking context
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with full use of all the available web tools
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… seen this?
Web 2.0 Colour Palette
source: http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive /2006/04/5885
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Discussion
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our starting point
a set of strong, converging and
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remarkably popular concepts and memes
connectivism
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• by G. Siemens, 2004, a theoretical framework
for e-learning
Lifelong Learning
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• a continuous beat coming from the EU zone
web 2.0
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• and further
empowerment though“individual” knowledge
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our in vivo educators’ experience
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teaching Instructional Design
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Ph.D. theses management
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connectivism means …
source: “Knowing Knowledge. George Siemens, 2006”
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lifelong learning means…
«… the true competence for a lifelong
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learner of the Knowledge Society is the
capability to “stay connected” and
“belong” to digital communities where
interests are and can be continuously
shared. »
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and all that means…
source: G. Siemens “Knowing Knowledge” – selection of images - http://www.knowingknowledge.com/book.php
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and we all experience this…
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about PKM: why
„knowledge is a key asset in our society,
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hence it should be a strong personal
concern
personal knowledge, through interaction
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and sharing across members of a
community, is the basis of an individual’s
effectiveness
need to re-assess the concepts of
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knowledge worker/knowledge learner
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affected by a storm of new technologies
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violently stressed by information gigantism
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we all know this …
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PKM: what
born in the university environment
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1999: UCLA Anderson School of Management
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2000-2002: Millikin University (prof. Dorsey)
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• «Personal knowledge management is best
viewed as based on a set of problem solving
skills that have both a logical or conceptual as
well as physical or hands-on component. »
(Dorsey)
a great opportunity
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many tools with a lot of creativity
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an unprecedented chance to fascinate our
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students and “buy them in”
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a wider scope than just academies
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also:“enterprise” PKM
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PKM skills
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PKM skills categorization
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question
can we frame a working model
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supporting lifelong-learning objectives
and skill acquisition within the scope of
connectivism and against the web 2.0
background?
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The Reference Model
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a knowledge flow concept
how to drive the learning activities
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4 stages
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moving around in steps
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role of “enabling conditions”
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1st stage
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2nd stage
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3rd stage
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4th stage
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PKM skills and skill
acquisition – a scenario
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Learning Scenario
Motivate
Engage
Define
objectives
Define tasks
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Define roles
Learning Scenario Search and classify
information
Setup collaboration tools
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Learning Scenario
Create
Collaborate
Share
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Learning Scenario
Dealt
with others
Share
Merge
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Conclusion & future outlook
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conclusion
a Reference Model has been proposed to
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be used in the instructional design and in
the implementation of learning activities
the Model is complemented and
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illustrated by a sample scenario showing
how PKM skills can be acquired
we argue that the stages and the
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processes contained in the Model can
become a mental habit of the lifelong
learner when accessing resources and
building relations during formal/informal
e-learning experiences
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future outlook
demonstrate that application of our Model
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will drive the learner to dynamically build
an effective “personal learning
environment” in which technological tools
are functional to the construction of
knowledge in a negotiable and adaptable
space
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Q&A…
our questions…
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Technology. Do you believe that current (web)
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technology is adequately supporting personal
knowledge management?
Society. Is it true that people in need of
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instruction may find a response outside the
Institution walls much more than within?
and your J questions please …
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grazie
mariachiara.pettenati@unifi.it
elisabetta.cigognini@unifi.it
fortunato.sorrentino@virgilio.it
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