Web2.0 a learning and teaching viewpoint Scott Wilson, CETIS This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/scott/foaf.rdf

web 2.0 >>> eLearning 2.0 Going personal and global Symmetric relationships Mashing and remixing

Going personal and global

Symmetric relationships

Mashing and remixing

Learning & Teaching in a Web 2.0 world Discover opportunities to learn Create and share work Collect and remix Collaborate with others Innovate and develop technique

Discover opportunities to learn

Create and share work

Collect and remix

Collaborate with others

Innovate and develop technique

Discovery and Learning and Discovery and Learning and … Cyclic process Sometimes the point of an episode is to shape discovery For the learner, the processes of doing and choosing what to do next are closely bound together Shared goals form social bonds and can enable formation of networks

Cyclic process

Sometimes the point of an episode is to shape discovery

For the learner, the processes of doing and choosing what to do next are closely bound together

Shared goals form social bonds and can enable formation of networks

Strategies for discovery Searching Matching goals/interests/competencies Building on previous achievements Collaborative social filtering Collaborative social intelligence Finding a pathway to a future goal Serendipity

Searching

Matching goals/interests/competencies

Building on previous achievements

Collaborative social filtering

Collaborative social intelligence

Finding a pathway to a future goal

Serendipity

2.0: Going Global with Learning Networks Combining (mashups) of formal and informal learning episodes Using shared goals to forge a social identity Symmetry of experience in informal and formal discovery and action Global community of peers The Long Tail

Combining (mashups) of formal and informal learning episodes

Using shared goals to forge a social identity

Symmetry of experience in informal and formal discovery and action

Global community of peers

The Long Tail

Aggregating opportunities Formal learning Prospectuses XCRI - RSS for the prospectus! AND Informal learning 43Things LiveJournal Communities Flickr Groups MeCanBe

Formal learning

Prospectuses

XCRI - RSS for the prospectus!

AND Informal learning

43Things

LiveJournal Communities

Flickr Groups

MeCanBe

Learning networks In the future, will learners already be part of a learning network before joining a course? Will they have a pre-existing community of peers? Inversion - can institutions be facilitators of learning networks instead of purveyors of courses? tencompetence

In the future, will learners already be part of a learning network before joining a course?

Will they have a pre-existing community of peers?

Inversion - can institutions be facilitators of learning networks instead of purveyors of courses?

tencompetence

Creating and Sharing Writing (and photographing, drawing, filming, recording…) Developing a professional identity Developing competence, confidence, and independence Going global for feedback

Writing (and photographing, drawing, filming, recording…)

Developing a professional identity

Developing competence, confidence, and independence

Going global for feedback

Collecting and Remixing: Pedagogy Constructivism attenuating and labelling a subset of the knowledge environment; re-categorising a conception of the knowledge environment into a personal schema; synthesis (dialectic) Connectivism Forming new connections and generating networks that extend the power of the individual; however, actionable knowledge (learning) resides in the network, not necessarily the individual

Constructivism

attenuating and labelling a subset of the knowledge environment; re-categorising a conception of the knowledge environment into a personal schema; synthesis (dialectic)

Connectivism

Forming new connections and generating networks that extend the power of the individual; however, actionable knowledge (learning) resides in the network, not necessarily the individual

Tagging and republishing Sharing playlists RSS, Atom, OPML, XSPF… identity, priority, shared understanding extending (globally) the power of an individual act of tagging/mixing Flickr, del.icio.us, …

Sharing playlists

RSS, Atom, OPML, XSPF…

identity, priority, shared understanding

extending (globally) the power of an individual act of tagging/mixing

Flickr, del.icio.us, …

Collaboration Collaboration is at the heart of many pedagogic strategies Collaborative knowledge construction Group activity

Collaboration is at the heart of many pedagogic strategies

Collaborative knowledge construction

Group activity

Collaborative Knowledge Construction Wikis Collaborative bookmarking and remixing Conversation

Wikis

Collaborative bookmarking and remixing

Conversation

Coordination of Group Activity Who? Teacher-designed activity Learner self-organised activity Why? Project-based learning Collaborative research Study and debating groups Structured investigations

Who?

Teacher-designed activity

Learner self-organised activity

Why?

Project-based learning

Collaborative research

Study and debating groups

Structured investigations

Coordinated group activity What? Planning, scheduling and managing action Collaborative writing (drawing, recording, filming) Journaling Conversation How? BaseCamp, TaDaList, Google Calendar, 30Boxes, iCalendar … Writely, wikis … Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, Wordpress … Skype, AIM, MSN…

What?

Planning, scheduling and managing action

Collaborative writing (drawing, recording, filming)

Journaling

Conversation

How?

BaseCamp, TaDaList, Google Calendar, 30Boxes, iCalendar …

Writely, wikis …

Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, Wordpress …

Skype, AIM, MSN…

Self-organisation Learners need to be able to organize themselves Define their own groups VLEs are too often asymmetric - what the student can do vs. what the teacher can do VLEs are too closed - groups can only be within the organisation

Learners need to be able to organize themselves

Define their own groups

VLEs are too often asymmetric - what the student can do vs. what the teacher can do

VLEs are too closed - groups can only be within the organisation

Innovation Learning is all about trying new things. Teaching requires adapting and learning The desire to innovate is genuine - but may not coincide with the technological ideas of institutions …

Learning is all about trying new things.

Teaching requires adapting and learning

The desire to innovate is genuine - but may not coincide with the technological ideas of institutions …

Implementation Self-service Hosted services Self-installed: the Rise of Moodle Recombinant software Mashups and composites The new HyperCard? Blurring the desktop and the web desktop web service applications and widgets AJAX and rich internet clients

Self-service

Hosted services

Self-installed: the Rise of Moodle

Recombinant software

Mashups and composites

The new HyperCard?

Blurring the desktop and the web

desktop web service applications and widgets

AJAX and rich internet clients

Technique Teachers and learners develop technique in the tools they use Sometimes a choice of innovation is driven by the desire to acquire or develop technique Motivation for developing technique is greater for personally - owned technologies

Teachers and learners develop technique in the tools they use

Sometimes a choice of innovation is driven by the desire to acquire or develop technique

Motivation for developing technique is greater for personally - owned technologies

The Challenge Students and teachers are already using web 2.0 Web 2.0 emphasizes personal technology connected globally bypassing institutions?

Students and teachers are already using web 2.0

Web 2.0 emphasizes personal technology connected globally

bypassing institutions?

Useful links My Blog http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/scott TenCompetence http://www.tencompetence.org XCRI http://www. elframework .org/projects/ xcri / 43Things http://www.43things.com

My Blog

http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/scott

TenCompetence

http://www.tencompetence.org

XCRI

http://www. elframework .org/projects/ xcri /

43Things

http://www.43things.com