n preparing content for a youth audience there are a few considerations to keep in mind. The youth target audience for eXtension is K-12 of which 4-H is a part. Integrating 4-H content with the eXtension public site is relatively straightforward. However, 4-H is not our only audience so content must be presented as a land-grant resource to a broader audience. As a land-grant resource, the knowledge base and learning environment for youth can be delivered under the eXtension banner as well as the traditional 4-H clover. Other considerations include presenting content in appropriate reading levels, accommodations for adult facilitators, safe learning environments, collaborative learning, interfacing with social media, virtual learning environments, and more. Interfacing with third party resources is critical as well in order to provide paths of learning for the individual. As the Youth SET for Life CoP transitions to the For Youth, For Life CoP, an expanded knowledge base provides a rich learning resource for all learners. The land-grant knowledge base as a starting point for youth audiences can be an excellent service to our audience. Learning forums initiated with eXtension content can expand to include other resources including new knowledge generated by the forum itself.
The annual Horizon Report, a joint publication of the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), highlights new technologies for teaching, learning, and creative expression. This presentation will review the research and process behind the report and the findings of the 2007 edition.
Digital Learning Environments: A multidisciplinary focus on 21st century lear...Judy O'Connell
As a result of an extensive curriculum review a new multi-disciplinary degree programme in education and information studies was developed to uniquely facilitate educators’ capacity to be responsive to the demands
of a digitally connected world. Charles Sturt University’s Master of Education (Knowledge Networks and Digital Innovation) aims to develop agile leaders in new cultures of digital formal and informal learning. By examining key features and influences of global connectedness,
information organisation, communication and participatory cultures of learning, students are provided with the opportunity to reflect on their professional practice in a networked learning community, and to improve learning and teaching in digital environments.
The annual Horizon Report, a joint publication of the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), highlights new technologies for teaching, learning, and creative expression. This presentation will review the research and process behind the report and the findings of the 2007 edition.
Digital Learning Environments: A multidisciplinary focus on 21st century lear...Judy O'Connell
As a result of an extensive curriculum review a new multi-disciplinary degree programme in education and information studies was developed to uniquely facilitate educators’ capacity to be responsive to the demands
of a digitally connected world. Charles Sturt University’s Master of Education (Knowledge Networks and Digital Innovation) aims to develop agile leaders in new cultures of digital formal and informal learning. By examining key features and influences of global connectedness,
information organisation, communication and participatory cultures of learning, students are provided with the opportunity to reflect on their professional practice in a networked learning community, and to improve learning and teaching in digital environments.
Contextualization of Open Educational Resources in Asia and EuropeJan Pawlowski
The presentation shows current developments of OER in Europe and Asia - starting with barriers and analysis of the current status, we realized three case studies, looking at OER in Finland, Malaysia and Philippines. The results lead to 10 main recommendations to achieve successful, cross-border collaborations for learning and teaching using OER.
Intelligent Utilization of WWW by LIS Professionals to the meet information n...kkavitarao5
Paper presented at ICIDL 2010 International Conference on Innovation Driven Librarianship: Expectations of Librarians and Library Users SRM University, Kancheepuram, Tamilnadu, INDIA, June 17-19, 2010
Building a Vibrant Future for School Librarians through Online Conversations ...Judy O'Connell
Technology and social media platforms are driving an unprecedented reorganization of the learning environment in and beyond schools around the world. Technology provides us leadership challenges and at the same time offers opportunities for communication and learning through technology channels to support professional development. School librarians and teacher librarians are often working as the sole information practitioner in their school, and need to stay in touch with others beyond their own school to develop their personal professional capacity to lead within their school. The Australian Teacher Librarian Network aims to make a difference, and supports school library staff in Australia and around the world to build professional networks and personal learning connections, offering an open and free exchange of ideas, strategies and resources to build collegiality. This ongoing professional conversation through online and social media channels is an important way to connect, communicate and collaborate in building a vibrant future for school librarians.
Digital Scholarship powered by reflection and reflective practice through the...Judy O'Connell
Current online information environments and the associated social and pedagogical transactions within them create an important information ecosystem that can and should influence and shape the professional engagement and digital scholarship within our learning communities in the higher education sector. Thanks to advances in technology, the powerful tools at our disposal to help students understand and learn in unique ways are enabling new ways of producing, searching and sharing information and knowledge. By leveraging technology, we have the opportunity to open new doors to scholarly inquiry for ourselves and our students. While practical recommendations for a wide variety of ways of working with current online technologies are easily marketed and readily adopted, there is insufficient connection to digital scholarship practices in the creation of meaning and knowledge through more traditional approaches to the ‘portfolio’. In this context, a review of the portfolio integration into degree programs under review in the School of Information Studies led to an update of the portfolio approach in the professional experience subject to an extended and embedded e-portfolio integrated throughout the subject and program experience. This was done to support a strong connection between digital scholarship, community engagement, personal reflection and professional reflexive practices. In 2013 the School of Information Studies established CSU Thinkspace, a branded Wordpress solution from Campus Press, to better serve the multiple needs and learning strategies identified for the Master of Education programs. The aim was to use a product that replicates the authentic industry standard tools used in schools today, and to model the actual ways in which these same teachers can also work in digital environments with their own students or in their own professional interactions. This paper will review how the ePortfolio now provides reflective knowledge construction, self-directed learning, and facilitate habits of lifelong learning within their professional capabilities.
Referred published as part of the EPortolios Forum, Sydney, 2016.
Contextualization of Open Educational Resources in Asia and EuropeJan Pawlowski
The presentation shows current developments of OER in Europe and Asia - starting with barriers and analysis of the current status, we realized three case studies, looking at OER in Finland, Malaysia and Philippines. The results lead to 10 main recommendations to achieve successful, cross-border collaborations for learning and teaching using OER.
Intelligent Utilization of WWW by LIS Professionals to the meet information n...kkavitarao5
Paper presented at ICIDL 2010 International Conference on Innovation Driven Librarianship: Expectations of Librarians and Library Users SRM University, Kancheepuram, Tamilnadu, INDIA, June 17-19, 2010
Building a Vibrant Future for School Librarians through Online Conversations ...Judy O'Connell
Technology and social media platforms are driving an unprecedented reorganization of the learning environment in and beyond schools around the world. Technology provides us leadership challenges and at the same time offers opportunities for communication and learning through technology channels to support professional development. School librarians and teacher librarians are often working as the sole information practitioner in their school, and need to stay in touch with others beyond their own school to develop their personal professional capacity to lead within their school. The Australian Teacher Librarian Network aims to make a difference, and supports school library staff in Australia and around the world to build professional networks and personal learning connections, offering an open and free exchange of ideas, strategies and resources to build collegiality. This ongoing professional conversation through online and social media channels is an important way to connect, communicate and collaborate in building a vibrant future for school librarians.
Digital Scholarship powered by reflection and reflective practice through the...Judy O'Connell
Current online information environments and the associated social and pedagogical transactions within them create an important information ecosystem that can and should influence and shape the professional engagement and digital scholarship within our learning communities in the higher education sector. Thanks to advances in technology, the powerful tools at our disposal to help students understand and learn in unique ways are enabling new ways of producing, searching and sharing information and knowledge. By leveraging technology, we have the opportunity to open new doors to scholarly inquiry for ourselves and our students. While practical recommendations for a wide variety of ways of working with current online technologies are easily marketed and readily adopted, there is insufficient connection to digital scholarship practices in the creation of meaning and knowledge through more traditional approaches to the ‘portfolio’. In this context, a review of the portfolio integration into degree programs under review in the School of Information Studies led to an update of the portfolio approach in the professional experience subject to an extended and embedded e-portfolio integrated throughout the subject and program experience. This was done to support a strong connection between digital scholarship, community engagement, personal reflection and professional reflexive practices. In 2013 the School of Information Studies established CSU Thinkspace, a branded Wordpress solution from Campus Press, to better serve the multiple needs and learning strategies identified for the Master of Education programs. The aim was to use a product that replicates the authentic industry standard tools used in schools today, and to model the actual ways in which these same teachers can also work in digital environments with their own students or in their own professional interactions. This paper will review how the ePortfolio now provides reflective knowledge construction, self-directed learning, and facilitate habits of lifelong learning within their professional capabilities.
Referred published as part of the EPortolios Forum, Sydney, 2016.
n preparing content for a youth audience there are a few considerations to keep in mind. The youth target audience for eXtension is K-12 of which 4-H is a part. Integrating 4-H content with the eXtension public site is relatively straightforward. However, 4-H is not our only audience so content must be presented as a land-grant resource to a broader audience. As a land-grant resource, the knowledge base and learning environment for youth can be delivered under the eXtension banner as well as the traditional 4-H clover. Other considerations include presenting content in appropriate reading levels, accommodations for adult facilitators, safe learning environments, collaborative learning, interfacing with social media, virtual learning environments, and more. Interfacing with third party resources is critical as well in order to provide paths of learning for the individual. As the Youth SET for Life CoP transitions to the For Youth, For Life CoP, an expanded knowledge base provides a rich learning resource for all learners. The land-grant knowledge base as a starting point for youth audiences can be an excellent service to our audience. Learning forums initiated with eXtension content can expand to include other resources including new knowledge generated by the forum itself.
Social Software and Personal Learning EnvironmentsTerry Anderson
This presentation, in slightly modified forms, was presented by myself to education audiences in Canada, Israel, Norway and the UK in spring 2007. See my blog at terrya.edublogs.org for more details
Sharpe, R. (2007) Experiences of learning in a digital age. Keynote at the Irish Learning Technology Association conference, EdTech 2007, 24 – 26 May, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin
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Social Media and Education
Class Objectives
• To provide an overview of the use of social media in educational institutions
• To explore how social media is used to advance education
Introduction
The internet has opened up spaces for individuals from different parts of the world,
generations, class, gender and race to gain access to higher education. These forms
of “borderless” learning platforms allow professors to facilitate linear interactions
with students as students take charge of their learning by posing questions and
posting content virtually. The popularity of online courses is demonstrated by a
study conducted by the learningSloan Foundation study consisting of more than
2,500 colleges and universities. The study findings indicated that online enrolments
were growing substantially faster than overall higher education enrolment, and the
17% growth rate in online enrolments far exceeds the 1.2% growth rate in the
overall higher education population (Allen & Seaman, 2010, cited in LeNoue, Hall,
Eighmy, 2011, pp. 4-5). Allen and Seaman classified an online course as one in which
more than 80% of content is delivered online and reported that over 4.6 million
students were taking such courses during the fall 2008 term (p.5). Clearly, online
courses are becoming a preferred means of learning mainly because of their
convenience—students are able to navigate, full time employment, family
responsibilities and other commitments. Many online instructional settings utilize
content management systems that allow for a two way communication between
students and the professor. The forums deviate from lecture structures and
professors in the online context as seen as facilitators of knowledge encouraging
active and experiential learning and teamwork to enhance cooperation and
collaboration. Would you categorize the online classes provided by UCW as a social
media forum?
Beyond online classrooms, universities use social media mainly for marketing,
communication and alumni relations. Universities now combine the use of social
media with their own homepages as a recruitment tools (For example, last year
UCW’s homepage provided access to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube). Universities
are also using social media to reach out to their alumni. A 2012 survey by the
Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (an association of university
and college professionals in development, alumni affairs and communications)
shows that 83 percent of U.S. colleges and universities are using social media to
engage alumni, with 96 percent on Facebook, 80 percent on Twitter, 73 percent on
YouTube, and 68 percent on LinkedIn (Frank, 2013). These statistics give an
illustration of how social media are used for communication between universities
and the public.
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The End of “Sit & Git” PD: Powerful, Professional Learning Communities Fueled...Public Consulting Group
In the landscape of the 21st Century, education is global in its reach and personal in its impact. In order to meet the needs of students, teachers and the lifelong learners of our current generation, educational systems will need to effectively use technology to allow the learners to access content that is relevant and useful for the questions they are trying to investigate. However, the use of technology is also going to have to provide for structured opportunities for individuals to create and grow communities of learning to add depth and texture to the application of what they learn to impact the world in which they learn, live, and work.
The Pepper Online Professional Learning Network was developed as a system to provide high-quality, personalized, professional learning opportunities to a growing community of learners. An important and critical component of Pepper and its ability to support personalized learning is the capacity in the system for the creation of professional learning communities.
Educators in Pepper have the opportunity to create a personal network of instructional coaches and peers from their school, District, or across the country. Educators use these community networks to share progress as they interact with content collections, discuss course work in portfolios and discussion boards, and share chunks of content from a particular course in small groups.
It is within these communities that the individual participants have the chance to engage in a structured discussion around the challenges and successes in their education programs. The communities can be virtual or face-to-face, but in all cases, the ability to make the learning visible and communicate their results to others who are engaged in the same program, strengthens the collective learning for all.
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What do the World Bank, UNESCO, the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), the Inter-American Development Bank, and numerous
other organizations and institutions around the globe have in common? They are all engaged in fascinating experiments to
take advantage of advances in digital technologies and e-learning design to provide education, training, and professional development
opportunities to people in developing countries who previously could not partake of these opportunities. One such delivery
mechanism has been the massive open online course (MOOC) as well as various MOOC-like derivatives. Another is the use of
open educational resources (OER). These efforts are already benefitting millions of people, but much potential for expansion and improvement remains.
One of several presentations at a school of arts and sciences retreat for Salem State College, January 2009, to stimulate thought on the future of higher education in 10 years. I chose to focus on PLEs (Personal Learning Environments) as a concept that encompasses several key behaviors and technologies widely adopted by our incoming students.
The Snap! Platform: Social Networking for Academic Purposes, Peer Learning, a...Keith Kirkwood
A presentation about a learning support platform in development at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia at the ICICTE conference in Corfu Greece, July 9-11 2009
Open educational resources in a global contextCSAPOER
This presentation is related to the C-SAP e-Learning Forum event: sharing materials and practice in the social sciences http://www.c-sap.bham.ac.uk/events/details/82-C-SAP%20e-Learning%20Forum
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Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
The Art Pastor's Guide to Sabbath | Steve ThomasonSteve Thomason
What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
1. An eLearning Environment for YouthAn Auburn University Development Project Directed by Dr. Tony Cook Extension Specialist, ACES Assistant Professor College of Education Project Leader for the eXtensionYouth Community of Practice
10. Technical challenges can be addressed in regard to scaling up to accommodate larger audiences in both the youth learning environment and content development
11. Processes are developed for accommodating larger numbers of users and groups of users in the network
12. Multiple users and groups of users are engaged for testing of the system
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14. Dr. Cheryl Seals, Associate Professor, College of Engineering, Computer Sciences & Software Engineering
54. A reliable and credible knowledge resource for an online youth audience A safe and secure online learning environment for youth and the adults who serve them A platform for learning communities and collaborative workspace for educators from land-grant universities to contribute to a common knowledge resource for youth For Youth, For Life is a concept of online learning that addresses the need for a reliable knowledge platform and safe learning environment. With a four theme approach content is designed to accommodate almost any topic as well as USDA Mission Mandates for youth programming.
60. Secure Learning Environment – Closed vs. open (facebook, etc.) with age appropriate settings as users mature; i.e., age, decision-making skills, etc.
64. FYFL Network Features eXtension in the FYFL cloud – Interface to eXtension youth pages Learning Community Sites and Collaborative workspace for faculty – Content teams (per subject matter) Development software Virtual Learning Environments (3rd Space) Learning Forums Global Connections Collaborative learning space Dynamic content; news type, etc. Safe space for peer-to-peer learning Group learning; 4-H clubs, classroom, other USDA and its international outreach efforts Global 4-H Network interfaces Land-grant Universities Partners
65. FYFL Network Page Types and Functions webOS page – FYFL version (Web Operating System) Dashboard Templates Learning Communities Applications Private Learning Environment Virtual Learning Online Tools Public view of FYFL Interface to eXtension Login page User registration Adults Youth Guest Users User pages Group Facilitator pages Group profile management
66. KXNN – Kids eXtension News Network KXNN presents content about work of the land-grant university. Youth learn about and discuss real world issues through topics presented via KXNN and respond to the topic in various ways including reports on off-line projects, video presentations, photographs, and other methods. Real World Issues Local News & Youth Experiences Research & Development Advancements Land-Grant Universities Youth Kids Extension News Network Youth-adult collaborative production teams creating timely news about research and programs of the university which connect to local stories and experiences of youth Learning Forums Content is posted in an online forum for a club or other group
67. Learner Engagement Searches lead to Basic and Main content pages High search probabilities News Feeds or other Connections Knowledge Platform eXtension youth content Virtual Learning Immersive Environments Social Media Knowledge Interfaces Other Sources, Partners Learning Forums KXNN Facilitators parents, teachers, helpers Learner Interfaces Individuals, Groups
68. FYFL Learning Network Learning Communities Individuals Groups Groups of Groups Virtual Worlds Immersive Environments Knowledge Platform eXtension youth content Land-Grant University based research & knowledge KXNN Kids eXtension News Network Learning Forums Social Media Facilitators - parents, teachers Interfaces - Other Sources, Partners