Bring Your Own Devices for Learning

Chrissi Nerantzi
Academic Developer
Manchester Metropolitan University
@chrissinerantzi

5 Days or 5 a
Day?

Sue Beckingham
Academic Developer
Sheffield Hallam University
@suebecks
global trends
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authentic and contextualised learning
self-organised, self-directed
learning in partnership
flexible pedagogies
lifelong and lifewide learning
connected, collaborative, open
recognising finally the positive impact of
human interaction for learning
What did we want to explore...

Can we create an open
learning ecology that enables
learners to learn with and
from each other in a
supportive environment
using authentic and inquirybased pedagogical models?

How can we support open
learners effectively to create
the foundations of a vibrant
learning community?
mobile
flexible
collaborative
authentic

autonomous

BYOD4L is...

self-organised
self-determined
pick ‘n’ mix
supported
registration-free
for teachers & students
learning and development mezes

MELSIG Book
project

BYOD4Learning
course

MELSIG Smart
Learning event #3
simplified inquiry-based learning

FISh model (Nerantzi & Uhlin, 2012)
using authentic stories
student stories

teacher stories
Why?

Why?

Why?

Why?

Who?

Where?

our magical open box

Why?

Why?

Why?
Why?

Why?

How?
Why?

What?
Why?

Why?

Why?
open badges for, participants & facilitators
getting ready
The BYOD4L
team
organisers 2
facilitators 11
open badges lead 1
badges reviewer 1
critical friend 1
learning analytics 1
BYOD4L facilitators FB group (private)

Chrissi & Sue
Twitter DM
BYOD4L on Google Doc
+
Dropbox
BYOD4Learning site
BYOD4L Facebook group

location https://www.facebook.com/groups/1385272118361805/
BYOD4L Google + community

location https://plus.google.com/communities/115166756393440336480?partnerid=gplp0
BYOD4L on Twitter

https://twitter.com/melsiguk
#BYOD4Lchat
Join me on Twitter every day
8-9pm UK time.
Remember to use the hashtag. ;)

“Fantastically
chaotic”
7 Jan 14 publicising started:
WordPress numbers
all time site visitors (8 Jan 14)
1 day before we started
distribution: 1 day before we started
Day 1: connecting
Day 1
Day 1 Twitter traffic in the morning
Day 1 am Twitter connections
Day 1 TwitterChat
Where is Linda? Day 1
WordPress traffic end of Day 1
WordPress traffic end of Day 1
Day 2: communicating
Day 2
Day 2

source: http://lozeagle.wordpress.com/
facilitators’ blog posts
participants’ blog posts
learning artefact (Day 2)

source: http://www.mindmeister.com/370213405/private-communications
learning artefact (Day 2)

source http://youtu.be/Pe0Bx7srKHk
learning artefact (Day 2)

source: http://wordeo.com/w/d3d73779a9b04d739bf1a2ddb0eca248
learning artefact (Day 2)
learning artefact (Day 2)
learning artefact (Day 2)

source: http://www.normanjackson.co.uk/explee.html
Tweets Day 2
WordPress traffic end of Day 2
WordPress traffic end of Day 2
Day 3: curating
Day 3
TwitterChat Day 3
Important message?
Learning activity Day 3
Day 3 activity

source: http://lozeagle.wordpress.com/2014/01/30/byod4l-day-3/
collaborative research calls

Collaborative curating
WordPress traffic end of Day 3
WordPress traffic end of Day 3
Day 4: collaborating
Day 4
extending BYOD4L through local engagement
extending BYOD4L through local engagement

source: http://michaelbromby.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/creation-fifth-and-final-topic-forthe-byod4l-mooc/
WordPress traffic end of Day 4
WordPress traffic end of Day 4
Day 5: creating
Day 5
Share
visualisation
and
comment

Part 3 – during chat

Visualise
your
learning

Part 2 – at start of chat

Part 1 – before chat

TweetChat on Day 5: creative chaos

Question
shower:
Everybody
asks a
question &
answers with
a question
visualisation
of learning
visualisation
of learning
visualisation
of learning
visualisation
of learning
visualisation
of learning
visualisation
of learning
visualisation
of learning
visualisation
of learning
visualisation
of learning
collaborative
magazine

https://flipboard.com/section/byod4l-bRjN2f
from our Dave Hopkins, the BYOD4L mascot?
source http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/elearning/byod4l-day-5-creating-and-engaging/
http://storify.com/melsiguk/melsig-byod4lchat-creating
Anne couldn’t
unfortunately
participate... in
the last
TwitterChat but
did complete the
tasks and shared
with us!!!

visualisation
of learning
from our Anne Nortcliffe: unstoppable
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=276309639190489&set=gm.1386518888237128&t
ype=1&theater
BYOD4L answer garden

1 February 14 http://answergarden.ch/view/80135
saying goodbye
WordPress traffic near the end of Day 5
WordPress traffic near the end of Day 5
WordPress stats 1-2-3-4-5
Day

Views

Visitors

Views
per
Visitor

Day 1

1529

427

3.58

Day 2

832

232

3.59

Day 3

506

182

2.78

Day 4

351

136

2.58

Day 5

372

122

3.05
Google + & FB community
members 1-2-3-4-5
Day

Google +
community

Facebook group

Before

20

23

Day 1

56

42

Day 2

61

43

Day 3

64

45

Day 4

64

47

Day 5

64

48
7 days: total hits, last day 1 Feb 14
What next?
• evaluate this experiment
• explore ways for ongoing engagement via
monthly TweetChats for example?
• offer BYOD4 in other ways – (cross-)
institutional groups, led by students, blended
approaches etc.
• Smart Learning Book project
• Smart Learning event at MMU (14 April 2014)
the journey
continues...
check out: http://byod4learning.wordpress.com/
Bring Your Own Devices for Learning

Chrissi Nerantzi
Academic Developer
Manchester Metropolitan University
@chrissinerantzi

5 Days or 5 a
Day?

Sue Beckingham
Academic Developer
Sheffield Hallam University
@suebecks

#BYOD4L Review of the Week 27 - 31 January 2014 Chrissi Nerantzi & Sue Beckingham