Revealing the elephant in the online classroom

Why people matter: elephant spotting in the online classroom CNHS PD day presentation Jon Dron, TEKRI, June 2011 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Pennant_Thomas_Hist_of_Quadrupeds_1793-Elephas.pngThursday, 9 June 2011

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/ElephantJoyRide.jpg • About learning technologies “a ﬁeld involved in the facilitation of human learning through the systematic identiﬁcation, development, organization, and utilization of learning resources and through the management of these processes” (AECT, 1972)Thursday, 9 June 2011

Thursday, 9 June 2011

What is a technology? "Something that doesnt quite work yet" "Anything invented after you were born" “A combination of artefacts and what you do with them” “Orchestration of phenomena to our use” http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Ww1-elephant.jpg "Something useful produced by a mind" “The way things are done around here” (Ursula Franklin)Thursday, 9 June 2011

Pedagogies are technologies “a ﬁeld involved in the facilitation of human learning through the systematic identiﬁcation, development, organization, and utilization of learning resources and through the management of these processes” (AECT, 1972)Thursday, 9 June 2011

What is a learning technology? Pedagogies Methods Processes hardware Software management systems Organizational structures Techniques learning designs assessment systemsThursday, 9 June 2011

Soft and hard thingsThursday, 9 June 2011

tensions Soft Hard the adjacent possible path dependencies ﬂexibility freedom freedom from error Soft technologies open Hard technologies out the future solidify history Soft is hard Hard is easyThursday, 9 June 2011

Moodle- soft for whom? Hard n ts ude • st ers ach • te s loper eve se d our •c ins adm stem • sy ers lop eve i nd lug •p as aim oug nD Soft arti •M Thursday, 9 June 2011

Pedagogical patterns Soft Hard Instructivist Constructivist Connectivist holistThursday, 9 June 2011

Hard is easyThursday, 9 June 2011

Soft is hardThursday, 9 June 2011

Revealing the elephant http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Marc-elephant.jpgThursday, 9 June 2011

Remember your best teacher? • tell the person (s) next to youThursday, 9 June 2011

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Putting elephants to work in AU http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elephant_at_work.jpgThursday, 9 June 2011

Traditionally... • tutors, phone, email • isolated forums • err.... that’s about it • but it gets worse....Thursday, 9 June 2011

Dialogue v Structure Dialogue StructureThursday, 9 June 2011

Design for control Collective control Learner Negotiated Teacher control control control autonomy dialogue structureThursday, 9 June 2011

The Landing • a soft place • made of hard pieces and soft piecesThursday, 9 June 2011

Sharing ideas Bookmark Feeling less alone Wikis sharing Aggregating Knowing what others are doing and thinking Blogs Photo and media sharing Supporting course sharing and interaction Groups Knowing what is happening Microblogs (like Twitter) Finding interesting people Sharing Commenting discoveries File sharing Committees, centres, programs, study groups, hobbies, interests, leisure, research groups, newsletters Podcasting Collaborating Discussion Sustaining dialogue and communities http://landing.athabascau.caThursday, 9 June 2011

Sounds a bit like Facebook? • Ownership - it’s yours • Trust - everyone is known • Control - (especially privacy and access) • Focus - on AU (institutional integration) • The social network is a feature, not a destination • If you don’t pay for the product you are the productThursday, 9 June 2011

Sounds a bit like Moodle? • No special roles: everyone is equal (you, students, learning designers, admins, etc) • Anyone can create and share, whenever, however, with whoever • Soft, ﬂexible, ad hoc, responsive, malleable • Extends beyond the course boundaries • Persists beyond the course (people and stuff)Thursday, 9 June 2011

Design patterns Soft Hard • Adapt • Automate • Aggregate • Replace • Recommend • Filter • Extend • LimitThursday, 9 June 2011

Not a panacea • confusing • serendipitous, connecting • complex • powerful • revealing • highly controllable access • loss of teacher control • empowers learners • lacking boundaries • opens bordersThursday, 9 June 2011

https://landing.athabascau.caThursday, 9 June 2011

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