Keynote presentation by Sigi Jakob-Kühn at Mahara Hui UK in Southampton, UK, on 10 November 2015. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9YqYb6Yxuo

1. Mahara
Granny
goes…

2. My
PLS
=
Personal
LEARNING
Story

3. Salzburg
research
conference
2008

4. A
drop
in
the
water
in
2008
…
…
is
drawing
circles
…

5.
…and
creating
a
stream…
….of
learning
Katia
Aiko
Murato
Arend
Linda
Pospisilova
Christine
Duelfer

6. • Nigel
McNie
• Penny
Leach
• Kristina
Hoeppner
• Don
Presant
• Sam
Taylor
• all
dear
colleagues
who
helped
overcome
obstacles!
• The
MAHARA
community!!!!

7. No
learning
without
inspiration
Sir
Ken
Robinson
Dr.Helen
Barrett
Steve
Wheeler

8. No
learning
without
imagination
…
of
the
learner

9. No
lonesome
journey
…

11. Learning
with
peers,
friends,
networks
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@Networking_lady
on
twitter

13.
Be
the
change
…
…
you
would
like
to
see

14. Changing
your
perspective

15. Ownership
of
learning
from
the
institution
…
to
the
learner

16. Building
a
hut
….
…
to
survive

17. Building
a
castle
for
life..
Building
a
Castle
…
…
for
Life

18. The
Builder
matters

20. closed
building
open
space

21. Teaching
knowledge

22.
Meaningful
Learning

23. Studying
Learning

24. Competences
Competences
cannot
be
taught,
they
need
to
be
aquired
by
learners.
Fahse,
Christian:
Wie
unterrichtet
man
Kompetenzen?
MNU
57/8
(12/2004)

25. ‘’
…
students
gain
a
personal
space
on
the
web
which
they
can
control,
and
which
is
the
antithesis
of
the
institutional
VLE/LMS.
This,
said
Groom,
is
the
essence
of
digital
literacy.
Students
were
given
an
innovation
tool
kit
within
their
own
domain,
so
that
when
they
leave
the
university,
they
take
it
with
them
to
use
as
they
will.”
Steve
Wheeler
on
EDUPUNK
Jim
Groom’s
“Good
morning
Barcelona!!
„
talk

26. Power
to
the
Learner

27. How
can
Mahara
help
with
learning
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?

28.
and
the
learning
journey
• Connecting
with
other
learners
• Collecting
artefacts
• Collaborating
in
groups
• Reflecting
in
blogs
• Communicating
in
forums
• Sharing
results
• Presenting
to
others
• Getting
feedback
Colla-­‐
borate
Connect
Commu-­‐
nicate
Feed-­‐
back
Share Present
Reflect
Collect

29. Connecting
with
other
learners
• Finding
friends
• Creating
groups
• Sending
direct
messages
• Sharing
pages
• Getting
/giving
feedback
• …..
Connect

30. Collecting
artefacts
• Creating
a
repository
of
own
artefacts
• Using
artifacts
stored
in
other
cloud
services
flickr,
dropbox
etc..)
• Using
mobile
upload
from
smartphone
• Embedding
objects
from
the
cloud
Collect

31. Collaborating
in
groups
• Setting
up
own
group
for
teamwork
• Sharing
stuff
within
group
• Creating
group
pages,
working
from
different
places
at
different
times
• Sharing
group
pages
with
peers,
tutors,
public…
Colla-­‐
borate

32. Reflecting
in
blogs
• Writing
blog
entries
on
learning
progress
• Integrating
videos
or
podcasts
• Visualizing
processes
with
pictures
• …..
Reflect

33. Communicating
in
forums
• Using
forums
for
scaffolding
learning
• Using
the
forum
for
quick
opinion
forming
• Setting
up
forums
for
learning
groups
• Setting
up
forums
for
various
purposes
to
avoid
chaos
• Setting
up
various
topics
for
different
questions
• …
• …
Commu-­‐
nicate

34. Sharing
achievements
• Sharing
pages
with
friends,
peers,
tutors,
specific
groups,
public
• Presenting
a
page
to
an
audience
to
give
evidence
of
learning
• Handing
in
a
page/
collection
for
assessment
• ……
Share

35. Presenting
to
others
• Present
a
project
to
an
audience
with
the
help
of
a
page
• Give
evidence
of
learning
by
presenting
to
a
tutor
• Do
an
online
presentation
via
skype
or
conference
tools
• Do
a
group
presentation
of
a
project
with
peers
• …
Present

36. Getting
QUALIFIED
feedback
• Give
permission
to
get
feedback
• Getting
feedback
on
single
artefacts
• Getting
feedback
for
page/
collection
• Getting
feedback
from
peers/
tutors/public
• Learning
from
qualified
feedback
Feed-­‐
back

37. Learning
…
anytime
…
anywhere
…
anyhow

38. Light
at
the
end
of
the
learning
tunnel

39. Power
to
the
Learner

40. BONUS
SLIDES
;-­‐)

42. Robert
John
Meehan
"As
teachers
we
spend
little
time
focusing
on
what
has
been
accomplished;
we
focus
mainly
on
what
remains
to
be
done."-­‐
"As
a
teacher
you
have
to
be
committed
to
learning
for
a
lifetime
first
before
you
can
lead
your
students
down
that
path
"Learning
becomes
relevant
when
we
connect
it
with
reality."
"A
great
teacher
is
someone
who
can
learn
from
his
students,
who
can
learn
with
them,
and
learns
for
them
"I
seldom
needed
to
encourage
my
students
to
follow
their
dreams,
I
simply
gave
my
students
the
tools
and
as
much
freedom
as
they
needed
to
chase
after
them
"If
we
are
truly
effective
teachers,
then
we
are
creating
autonomous,
independent,
and
self
directed
learners."-­‐
"If
real
learning
is
to
take
place,
our
classrooms
must
be
dependent
on
the
collaboration
of
its
learners,
not
solely
on
the
knowledge
of
its
teachers."
Robert
John
Meehan

43. Learning
-­‐
school
-­‐
knowledge
-­‐imagination
"Those
that
make
test
scores
and
grades
the
heart
of
education
hit
their
targets
while
entirely
missing
the
point."
-­‐
Joe
Bower
"Imagination
is
more
important
than
knowledge.
Knowledge
is
limited.
Imagination
encircles
the
world."-­‐
Albert
Einstein
"Standardized
Testing
tells
us
about
learning
as
much
as
Reality
TV
tells
us
about
reality."-­‐
Joe
Bower
"The
greatest
sign
of
a
success
for
a
teacher,
is
to
be
able
to
say,
"The
children
are
now
working
as
if
I
did
not
exist."-­‐
Maria
Montessori
"The
teachers
who
get
"burned
out"
are
not
the
ones
who
are
constantly
learning,
which
can
be
exhilarating,
but
those
who
feel
they
must
stay
in
control
and
ahead
of
the
students
at
all
times."-­‐
Frank
Smith

44. Sigi
Jakob-­‐Kühn,
OStR‘in
sigi@jakob-­‐weinheim.de
Twitter:
Networking_Lady
Skype:
sigijakob