Slide presentation for EduCon 2.2 which used a Socratic Seminar to explore the question "Should a student-centric, user-generated education be the predominant learning model for this era of the 21st Century?"

1. User-Generated Education

2. The Problem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04AhBnLk1-s

3. Should a student-centric, user-generated education be the predominant learning model for this era of the 21st Century?

4. The Protocol Technology-Enhanced Socratic Seminar

5. Socrates was convinced that the surest way attain reliable knowledge was through the practice of disciplined conversation He called this method dialectic. http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ELA/SocraticSeminars/faqsaboutss.htm

6. Deeper understandingof complex ideas occurs through rigorously thoughtful dialogue. http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ELA/SocraticSeminars/faqsaboutss.htm

7. What are Socratic Seminars? Highly motivatingform of intellectual and scholarly discourse.

8. An effective Socratic Seminar creates dialogue as opposed to debate.

9. An effective seminar consists of four interdependent elements: 1. the textbeing considered 2. the questionsraised 3. the seminar leader, and 4. the participants

10. A technology-enhanced Socratic Seminar also uses social media . . . More about this later.

11. The Question A Socratic Seminar opens with a Question posed by the leader or solicited from participants as they acquire more experience in seminars. Responses to the opening question generate new questions from the leader and participants, leading to new responses. http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ELA/SocraticSeminars/faqsaboutss.htm

12. The Question An opening question has no right answer. http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ELA/SocraticSeminars/faqsaboutss.htm

13. The Question An effective opening question leads participants back to the text as they speculate, evaluate, define, and clarify the issues involved. Responses to the opening question generate new questions http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ELA/SocraticSeminars/faqsaboutss.htm

14. The Question Should a student-centric, user-generated education be the predominant learning model for this era of the 21st Century?

15. The Participants In a Socratic Seminar, participants carry the burden of responsibility for the quality of the seminar. There are three ways to do this: Studying Participating Sharing .

16. Dialogue is a skill of collaboration that enables groups to create collective thinking

17. The Text Socratic Seminar texts are chosen for richness in ideas, issues, values and their ability to stimulate dialogue. A good text raises important questions There are no right or wrong answers. At the end of successful Socratic Seminars, participants often leave with more questions than they brought with them.

18. The Text

19. The Text http://jackiegerstein.wikispaces.com/User-Generated+Education

20. The Text: Other Perspectives http://jackiegerstein.wikispaces.com/User-Generated+Education

21. User-generated education assists the learner in selecting the best tools for individualized learning.

22. Social Mediaincreases options for participation

23. Asynchronous Discourse: Wikispace

24. Asynchronous Discourse: Etherpad

25. Asynchronous Discourse: VoiceThread

26. Asynchronous Discourse: Wallwisher

27. Synchronous Discourse: TokBox

28. Synchronous Discourse: Face-to-Face http://www.flickr.com/photos/stager/3231670905/

29. Let’s Get Started!