1. ENABLE e-Learning & Blended Leaning:
Embedding Social Media in Academic Curricula: ExploringTechnology,
Enquiry, and Pedagogy
Dr. Peter Buzzi

2. “There are two human inventions that can be considered the
most difficult: the art of governing and the art of upbringing.”
I. Kant
 Culture and acculturation / Ethics and Professionalism
 New behaviour
 New thinking
 New outcomes and artefacts (e.g. knowledge artefacts)
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3.  Congruence between the knowledge or technique being
taught and the nature and style of the delivery (Ward,
1999)
 Clear expectations and outcomes in terms of the qualities,
thinking and behaviours
 Clear path in achieving those outcomes
 Decide on assessment point and assessment type and
strategy
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4.  Making the implicit, explicit
 Making learning visible (artefacts)
 Engaging learners in experiential, action based learning
 Milestones and Badges
 Emulation
 Simulation
 Gamification
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5.  Objective are to develop:
 Deep level Liquid learning
 Meta-disciplinary collaboration and perspective
 Meta-cognition: Critical and reflective thinking and
learning how we learn
 Meta-competence: Learning to learn and becoming
“Learner Par Excellence”
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6.  Assessment for Learning
 Assessment of Learning (Barrett & Carney, 2004)
 Assessment as Learning (Earl, 2003)
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7.  Opportunities to model diverse practices
 Develop reflective skills and habits
 Media-rich and inclusive learning and assessment
 Be creative, innovative and experiment
 Learning conversations
 Build personal learning networks and connect with others
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8.  Lack of familiarity with technology
 Scepticism + lack of evidence & understanding of impact & outcomes
 Different thinking and behavioural model (new ethics)
 Continued and timely support requirement
 Providing formative feedback on a regular basis is time consuming
 Consider the impact of the above X group size
 High-level of personalisation =Variety of Artefacts  diversity &
inconsistency of demand  time consuming = resources intensive =
additional (investment + operation + familiarisation) cost
 Evolving tech = Shrinking reaction time + short decision life-span
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9.  Winning strategy is to develop a culture of
learning and continuous improvement
 Knowledge and learning are “contagious”
 Embodying learning:
Tutor = “learner par excellence”
 Investing in own learning and development
 Using social media to enhance own and
other’s professional and relational identities
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10.  Google Form
 Poll everywhere
 Socrative
 Twitter
 Voice thread
 Linoit
 Padlet
 Twitter: class hashtag to follow the conversation
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