Education and the Internet: Web 2.0 and renewed innovation in online learning; TLF09 presentation

Education and the Internet Web 2.0 and renewed innovation in online learning Matthew Allen 2009 ALTC Teaching Fellow Dep’t of Internet Studies, Curtin University of Technology

The Fellowship Project Learning in Networks of Knowledge Improving student outcomes using Web 2.0 concepts and a knowledge-networking approach

The Fellowship Project http://altc-link.wikidot.com Website to be available publicly from mid-March http://www.altc.edu.au Fellowship information and formal site [email_address]

The Fellowship Project Three systemic issues that inform the project

Learning management systems are now less relevant

Web 2.0 means knowledge networking

Online learning must be economically sustainable

The Fellowship Project Three areas of focus in the project

Online knowledge work as key learning activity

Assessment of participation

New forms & functions for didactic presentation

The Fellowship Project Outcome 1… (Online knowledge work as key learning activity)

effective tasks and methods for student learning within a more open curricular approach, involving real-world knowledge work as part of knowledge networking

The Fellowship Project Outcome 2… (Assessment of participation)

protocols for the assessment of learning through regular online knowledge work with guided and rigorous selection, contextualisation and reflective analysis of examples of knowledge activities

The Fellowship Project Outcome 3… (New forms & functions for didactic presentation)

ways of using shorter Internet-delivered audio and audio-visual recordings that re-invent the lecture to emphasise cognitive scaffolding, motivation, and guidance rather than content transfer

Education and the Internet - issues This paper provides a sketch of some underpinning issues