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Personal Learning Environment & Network (PLE&N) & Community of Practice (CoP) at HKPolyU
Presentation to the DCC delegation from Waseda University when they viisited HKPolyU on 8th Nov 2013
Personal Learning Environment & Network (PLE&N) & Community of Practice (CoP) at HKPolyU
- 1. Personal Learning Environment &Network (PLE&N) Professor Eric Tsui Chair, Advisory Committee on Elearning & Knowledge Management and Innovation Research Centre The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- 2. Change in thelearning environment & process Learning Paradigm has shifted from predominantly teacher-lead classes to a mix of lectures, group discussions, reflections , in personal and group learning environments
- 3. My Learning Environment Online classes Oniinelearning content In-person activities Blackboard/WebCT/ PLE&N Text book(s) Books from library Papers & Notes
- 4. Learn@PolyU – ALearning Management System
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- 8. Relate theory topractice Graduate sharing with a student Re-instate/Expand a point made with new info
- 9. Gauging students’ reaction& learn from it
- 10. Heads up fora forthcoming lecture Stimulate students from different classes to cross share & learn 11
- 11. Feedback from studentsfrom both semesters PLE has improved the student's knowledge in the subject. Strongly Disagree 6% Strongly Agree 12% Disagree 11% Agree 42% Information in the PLE is very useful for the student to prepare assignment Strongly Disagree 5% Strongly Agree 5% Agree 25% Neutral 29% PLE has provided the student with knowledge beyond the syllabus. Strongly Disagree 7% Disagree 7% Strongly Agree 15% Disagree 22% Agree 45% Neutral 43% Neutral 26%
- 12. Feedback from studentsfrom both semesters The student is prepared to use similar learning environment in other subjects Strongly Agree 8% Strongly Disagree 6% Disagree 16% Agree 37% Neutral 33% When asked whether to remain on the PLE after semester is over? Leave me in there and I will decide later 24% No. The student would like to withdraw from the group. 5% Yes. The student would like to remain in the group. 71%
- 13. Proactive effort bystudents in setting up a PLE&N
- 14. Students welcome thePLE&N PLE is a good platform for us to discuss and collaborate. It's a new learning way for us to share ideas. I appreciate that I can contribute to this subject, and have form a structure of KM in mind. At the end, thanks very much to our Dr. Eric and Dr. Benny, you two really make us educated on KM. I hope everyone will continue share information here in the future.
- 15. Students welcome BlendedLearning
- 16. Personal Learning Environment &Network (PLE&N) The next phase…
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- 18. Students’ learning andcareer needs Undergraduate Student Part-time Postgraduate Student Research student 1) Explore interests to find the desired pursuit of development areas 2) Learn from senior people on the field 3) Build up skill-sets 1) Better organization of knowledge 2) Communication and collaboration well with others 3) Facilitating connection 1) Communication and discussion platform with recommendations 2) Platform for obtaining and organizing different sources of knowledge 3) File-sharing system
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- 20. Graduate Msc parttime Student Msc parttimeStudent Undergraduate Student Graduate Undergraduate Student Teacher Research student Undergraduate Student Research student Guest Research student Graduate Teacher Graduate Research student Undergraduate Student UG Student Research student PT Postgraduate Student Graduate Guest
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- 22. What is Community ofPractice (CoP)? CoP is a community of people who share a common interest in a certain area, and it provides these people at different levels and of different backgrounds with an opportunity to exchange knowledge, skills, experiences, and information in this area. Through interactions, people in the community give and get support and advice in person and virtually. CoP provides a rather informal and relaxing environment where everyone can learn and develop himself or herself professionally.
- 23. Campfire – Warmthof a community
- 24. Examples of communityactivities • • • • • • • • • Promotion Knowledge Centre helping others Development and Sharing of good practices Produce practice tips Fund pilot projects Competitions with rewards & recognition Innovation and Knowledge Creation Visits (Inbound & Outbound) …
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- 26. Objectives • To identifyand collect the freshmen’s preference, needs, and expectation about academic advising through a series of activities, share good practices with Academic Advisors in Departments/Schools on their way of engaging students and how to advise students; • To develop E-learning packages of training sessions on Blackboard for academic advisors (especially new academic advisors) to learn and share experience; • To organise seminar(s)/talk(s)/workshop(s)/conference to promote favourable environment for the building of person-person AA community; • To disseminate major findings across the university and across other institutions in Hong Kong. CoP Facilitator Contact Miss Katherine Shum katherine.shum@polyu.edu.hk
- 27. Objectives • To buildup a community of PolyU staff who will together to promote and develop excellent teaching; • To develop a culture of sharing and continuous improvement in teaching and learning across PolyU; • To devise and see implemented a range of policies, practices and processes for better recognition and reward of excellent teaching at PolyU. CoP Facilitator Contact Professor Iris Benzie iris.benzie@polyu.edu.hk
- 28. Objectives • To fosterthe culture of peer support by gathering a community of PolyU academic staff from different departments to enhance teaching and learning; • To facilitate experience sharing and collaborative professional and teaching development of academic staff from different departments; • To empower content subject teachers to develop innovative and effective practices to help students apply the language skills they have learnt in Language and Communication Requirements (LCR) and Reading and Writing (R&W) requirements in other subjects; • To encourage writing and speaking in the disciplines. CoP Facilitator Contact Dr. Julia Chen ecjuliac@polyu.edu.hk
- 29. Objectives The overall objectiveof the CoP is to continually enhance the design, delivery, assessment and evaluation of service learning at PolyU. The specific objectives are: • To establish a network of PolyU staff with a common interest in the theory and practice of service-learning pedagogy; • To provide a forum for sharing of experience and expertise in designing, delivering, assessing and evaluating service learning subjects and projects; • To encourage and support members to further develop their understanding of and competence in service-learning pedagogy; • To promote a scholarly approach to, and a culture of critical inquiry and reflective practice in, service learning . CoP Facilitator Contact Dr. Stephen Chan stephen.c.chan@polyu.edu.hk
- 30. Objectives • To bringtogether and connect colleagues who shares a common interest in enhancing teaching and learning through the use of Learn@PolyU; • To study and configure the features in Learn@PolyU, develop and deliver innovative and effective teaching practices; • To foster the culture of peer support and collaborative professional development in the use of LMS and associated technologies; • To nourish a scholarly and collegial approach to continuing teaching improvement and the scholarship of teaching and learning, especially through blended learning with innovative uses of Learn@PolyU. CoP Facilitator Contact Professor Eric Tsui eric.tsui@polyu.edu.hk