Collaborative and Co-operative Learning: The How and the Why

Collaborative & Cooperative Learning:The how and the why
cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010
Learning & Skills Group Conference: Olympia 2, London, 8 June 2010
http://innovationwatch.com
Steve Wheeler
University of Plymouth

In the available time....
Collaboration & Cooperation
The Social Web (Web 2.0)
Social Web tools
Personalised Learning
Personal Web Tools
Problem Based Learning
Formal & Informal Learning

Competition
http://www.twilightblue.eu

Cooperation
http://sites.google.com/site/dragonsrunningclubsale

Cooperation
http://www.green-me.co.uk
Collaboration
http://sites.google.com/site/dragonsrunningclubsale

“For the first time we are preparing students for a future we cannot clearly describe.”
-David Warlick
http://communications.nottingham.ac.uk/podcasts/

"In the times of rapid change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists."
-Eric Hoffer
washingtonrebel.typepad.com

Is learning simply about gaining knowledge...?
www.newmediamusings.com

... or making connections?

“It's not what you know that counts anymore. It's what you can learn.”
– Don Tapscott
http://www.nationalpost.com

... and it’s often self organised

How do we get people to collaborate?
http://media1.break.com/

The Social Web
(Web 2.0)

What is Web 2.0…?
“Web 2.0 is the architecture of participation” – Eugene Barsky
“The Web will be understood not as screenfulls of text and graphics but as a transport mechanism, the ether through which interactivity happens” – Darcy DeNucci (1999)

What is Web 2.0…?
“Nobody really knows what it means...If Web 2.0 for you is blogs and wikis, then that is people to people. But that was what the Web was supposed to be all along” – Sir Tim Berners-Lee
“Web 2.0 is all about harnessing collective intelligence” – Tim O’Reilly (2009)

Architecture of participation
Learning 2.0
User generated content

Architecture of participation
Sharing
Collaborating
Tools
Learning 2.0
Tagging
Voting
Networking

If it ain’t participative, it ain’tsocial media

Wisdom of Crowds...
vs
Stupidity of Mobs

What is the Social Web?
Source: Tim O’Reilly http://www.oreillynet.com

What does the Social Web offer?
Reflective spaces
Creative tools
Creative Commons
Self organisation (folksonomies)
Social networks
Participation
Collaboration
Repurposing
Mixing and Mashing
Voting and debate
Tagging and Sharing
Global communication

Some Social Web tools

Wikis

Social Tagging

Mashups

Social Presence Tools

Syndication (RSS)

Document Sharing

Blogging

Podcasting

Photo Share

Video Share

Social ‘tagging’
Using your
post-its...
...label 3 or 4 things in the room you consider to be significant
http://1.bp.blogspot.com

Taxonomies are defined by the
community
Folksonomies define a community

DigitalNatives?
http://tatango.com

What does the ‘Net Generation’ expect?
http://socialenterpriseambassadors.org.uk

anytime
personalised
anyplace
http://ithalas.com

What is personalised learning?

Personalised learning?
http://www.delasallewaterford.com

Personalised learning?
http://www.hseb.utah.edu

Where are we and where have we come from?

Trends in training
Just for me
Apprenticeship model

Trends in training
Just for me
Just in case
Standardised Courses

Trends in training
Just for me
Just in case
Just in time
Bespoke Course

Trends in training
Just for me
Just in case
Just in time
Bespoke Course
Just for me

Trends in training
Just for me
Just in case
Just in time
Bespoke Course
Just for me
Personal Learning Environment

What is a Personal Learning Environment?

Personalisation of learning means ensuring that individual differences are acknowledged

You are your own ‘VLE’
Aggregation
Services
Tools
Formats
Content
Channels
Networks

PLEs, PLNs and PWs
Personal
Learning
Network
Personal
Learning
Environment
Personal
Web

Choosing Social Web tools

Some Learning 2.0 tools…
Wiki
Blog
Flickr (Photo sharing)
YouTube (Video sharing)
Twitter (Micro blog)
Delicious (Social tagging)
Slideshare (Sharing slides and docs)
How could you use any of these in your own training?

Think...
What would you use them for?
How would your learners use them?
What added value would they bring?
What might be the problems?

Problem Based Learning

“We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.”
~ Sir Tim Berners-Lee
www.topnews.in

Join all nine dots
Using four straight
Lines. Do not take
Your pen from the
Paper and do not
Go back over any
Lines.

a man enters a field with an unopened package and dies. Why?

Formal and Informal Learning

Formal and Informal learning
Informal Learning
Formal Learning
30%
70%

Self organised learning
Informal Learning
Formal Learning
Self Organised Learning
In SOL people take responsibility for their own learning and put this into successful action.
Source: http://www.equal-works.com

Self organised learning
For successful self organised learning the essential components are:
Communication
Reflection
Collaboration
Community
Creative Tools
Amplification

Thank you for listening
Questions?
www.etsu.edu/math

Steve Wheeler swheeler@plymouth.ac.uk
University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: International Licence.
Learning & Skills Group Conference: Olympia 2, London, 8 June 2010

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