AACE SITE 2012: Out of the comfort zone

Out of the Comfort Zone - Promoting Growth and Change in Faculty for 21st Century Knowledge Society Hanna Teräs Mark Curcher Marianna Leikomaa Image: Jim MoranTuesday, March 6, 2012

“How teachers are supposed to educate their students in what they themselves lack education in?”Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Johnson, L., Smith, R., Willis, H., Levine, A., and Haywood, K., (2011). The 2011 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.Tuesday, March 6, 2012

There is no automatic update! Young teachers copy teacher roles from their teachers. Image: Matthew Stinson Students get socialized in traditional student roles.Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Social technologies Ongoing dialogic as learning assessment environments Our approach Principles of to teaching authentic learning faculty development Team learning (Herrington et al) Progressive inquiry Networking modelTuesday, March 6, 2012

Image: Bodum Authentic context and tasks • Teacher’s own classroom as a part of the learning environment • Alongside work -> context • Avoiding oversimpliﬁcation • Team project (progressive inquiry) throughout semesterTuesday, March 6, 2012

Access to experts & multiple perspectives • Continuing access to to other learners and stories about professional practice • Local facilitators trained prior to beginning of the program • Social networkingTuesday, March 6, 2012

Collaborative knowledge construction • Encourage and require different types of collaboration in diverse teams • Also individual tasks include a collaborative element • Assessment also on group level.Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Reﬂection and articulation • Social media offers powerful tools for reﬂection: compare experiences, assess one’s own skills, relate new skills to previous experience and learn from others • Group activities require articulation of growing understanding and negotiating it with others.Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Scaffolding and assessment • Ongoing facilitation • Ongoing, integrated assessmentTuesday, March 6, 2012

Expectations Technology Community Image: mrpbpsTuesday, March 6, 2012

Learning from others Reﬂection Applying Image: NailaJTuesday, March 6, 2012

Transition to 21st century collaborative learning is demanding and requires support to faculty. Initial feedback is promising and shows that the approach carries potential. The process does not happen without stepping out of the comfort zone. Facilitation & communication!Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Thank you! hanna.teras@tamk.ﬁ mcurcher@hct.ae.ae marianna.leikomaa@tamk.ﬁTuesday, March 6, 2012

AACE SITE 2012: Out of the comfort zone

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