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Towards a Social Learning Space for Open Educational Resources
The document discusses the development of a social learning space for open educational resources, emphasizing the need for innovation in learning environments. It explores the dimensions of 'open' in education and outlines principles for effective social learning, highlighting the role of technology and informal learning. Key features of the proposed sociallearning platform include user-defined toolkits, mentoring capabilities, and integration with various online tools to enhance the learning experience.
Towards a Social Learning Space for Open Educational Resources
- 1. 1 OpenEd 2010, Barcelona http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk SimonBuckingham Shum & Rebecca Ferguson Knowledge Media Institute & Institute of Educational Technology The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Towards a Social Learning Space for Open Educational Resources www.open.ac.uk/sociallearn
- 2. What does itmean to create social media tuned for learning? 2
- 3. How do wedo what we’re good at as a university, and remain open to innovation? 3
- 4. Why social learning now? 4 argumentsfrom… technology / uncertainty / pedagogy / innovation / resilience
- 5. 5 Four dimensions of“Open” Open IP Open Communities Open Data Standards Open Economics
- 6. Social learning buildingmomentum in workplace The New Social Learning Tony Bingham & Marcia Conner Berrett-Koehler, 2010 www.thenewsociallearning.com 6 Informal Learning Jay Cross Jossey Bass, 2006 http://internettime.pbworks.com/The-Book
- 7. 7 Argument Map summarising Hagel etal’s (2010) “The Power of Pull”, and its connection to learning to learn
- 8. 8 Argument Map summarising Hagel etal’s (2010) “The Power of Pull”, and its connection to learning to learn
- 9. 9 Argument Map summarising Hagel etal’s (2010) “The Power of Pull”, and its connection to learning to learn
- 10. 10 Argument Map summarising Hagel etal’s (2010) “The Power of Pull”, and its connection to learning to learn
- 11. Learner-centred universe My learning space (richlyresourced, rewarding, safe, in control of my own learning) Find a teacher / tutor, or a student, or a co- learner Create, offer and find learning materials Share / publish my learning My learning needs, my aspiration, my curriculum My identity My learning record My privacy settings Learning / Knowledge maps Chat, conferencing, blogging, posting My online learning / teaching reputationMy learning buddies How far and how fast I want My choice of online tools My real-world learning context My learning projects My devices & platforms Share, network, join, participate but a me-centred universe alone is not good for learning…
- 12. principles for social learning 12 trust• affirmation • challenge personal passion quality relationships critical thinking
- 13. Social learning technology: candidatedimensions of the design space 13 everyday social media “friends” like me 1-many from the start rapid information exchange no reflection required by the UI tag clouds generic web analytics recommendations based on navigation, ratings, purchases… myriad activity traces in the cloud informal personal endorsements social media tuned for learning? + learning peers/mentors who both affirm and challenge + 1-1 mentoring + learning conversations reflection encouraged by the UI + meaningful connections + learning analytics + recommendations based on learning profiles and activities + a secure e-portfolio to evidence learning + verifiable accreditation by trusted platforms
- 14. 14 open and interoperable SocialLearn: keyfeatures activity-based, user- defined toolkits look+feel of social media platform aggregated user profile
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- 17. Gadget ideas… SocialLearn: PhD Skills Gadget Path Gadget I’m Stuck Gadget Mentor Gadget Plus other providers… From KMi: eg. Flashmeeting, Virtual Microscope, ROLE… From OU: eg. Library Search, OpenLearn Recommender From other educational institutions, eg. Moodle tools (UOC) From SocialLearn developer community From e-science projects, eg. MyExperiment From Google: eg. Calendar; Gmail, Reader… From the global Gadget Directory: thousands more… 17
- 18. 18 SocialLearn dashboard ofGoogle Gadgets
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- 20. SocialLearn gadgets droppedinto iGoogle 20
- 21. SocialLearn: accessing myGadgets from the browser toolbar on any website 21
- 22. SocialLearn: accessing myGadgets from the browser toolbar on any website 22
- 23. SocialLearn: accessing myGadgets from the browser toolbar on any website 23
- 24. A site whichhas enabled SL Gadgets can have them embedded and contextualised to the page (the OU’s Cloudworks) 24
- 25. learning paths as socialartifacts 25 Engeström: Wildfire Activities: …inquiry, trails, history, consolidation, argument, landmarks, places, exploration
- 26. Learning paths associal artifacts …inquiry, trails, history, consolidation, argument, landmarks, places, exploration Learners and educators can make many levels of contribution… 26
- 27. Learning paths associal artifacts …inquiry, trails, history, consolidation, argument, landmarks, places, exploration Learners and educators can make many levels of contribution… 27
- 28. Learning paths associal artifacts …inquiry, trails, history, consolidation, argument, landmarks, places, exploration Learners and educators can make many levels of contribution… 28
- 29. Learning paths associal artifacts …inquiry, trails, history, consolidation, argument, landmarks, places, exploration Learners and educators can make many levels of contribution… 29
- 30. Learning paths associal artifacts …inquiry, trails, history, consolidation, argument, landmarks, places, exploration Learners and educators can make many levels of contribution… 30 Forge new Paths from existing Paths…
- 31. Learning paths associal artifacts …inquiry, trails, history, consolidation, argument, landmarks, places, exploration Learners and educators can make many levels of contribution… 31 Forge meaningful connections between any Question, Step, Path using a web app such as Cohere is inconsistent with refutes is a counterexample of resolves
- 32. Building a LearningPath through OERs 32
- 33. Building a LearningPath through OERs 33
- 34. Building a LearningPath through OERs 34
- 35. Building a LearningPath through OERs 35
- 36. Building a LearningPath through OERs 36
- 37. Following a LearningPath through OERs 37
- 38. Following a LearningPath through OERs 38
- 39. “Services”: towards asuite of recommendation engines, both from OU and developer network 39
- 40. “Services”: towards asuite of recommendation engines, both from OU and developer network 40 Commerce People who bought this, bought this…e.g. (notacurrentpriorityforus)
- 41. “Services”: towards asuite of recommendation engines, both from OU and developer network 41 Navigational Social/Reputation Commerce People who bought this, bought this… People who viewed this also viewed this… You have three friends in common… People who rate her also rate him… e.g. fast becoming commodity services (notacurrentpriorityforus)
- 42. “Services”: towards asuite of recommendation engines, both from OU and developer network 42 Navigational Social/Reputation Commerce People who bought this, bought this… People who viewed this also viewed this… You have three friends in common… People who rate her also rate him… e.g. fast becoming commodity services Content This resource is similar to this one… (semantic + multimedia search R&D) indexing (notacurrentpriorityforus)
- 43. “Services”: towards asuite of recommendation engines, both from OU and developer network 43 Navigational Social/Reputation Connections LearningtoLearn Commerce People who bought this, bought this… People who viewed this also viewed this… You have three friends in common… People who rate her also rate him… This resource shows a counter- example / supporting evidence… This person is also trying to develop her planning… e.g. fast becoming commodity services services tuned for learning Content This resource is similar to this one… (semantic + multimedia search R&D) indexing (notacurrentpriorityforus)
- 44. Next steps Fornext 6 months SocialLearn is running internal pilot deployments with OU communities Scalability User engagement Evidence of social learning Multimedia indexing Collaboration with other learning widget projects Linked data potential Analytics/Rec Engines Walled gardens Gadgets and Web apps tuned for learning Track us on www.open.ac.uk/sociallearn 44
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- 47. Site 2 47 SocialLearn 1. Profile 2.User Interface 3. Social Graph 4. Services Site 1 Interoperability via Google Gadgets SocialLearn provides the ‘glue’ to connect learning activities, ‘friends’, coaches, and recommendations Site 4Site 3 …other sites…
- 48. The industrial-era university(school/college) Knowledge development Teaching A canon of knowledge Repository of knowledge (libraries) Scholars Students subordinated Examination: – pass or fail Builds national industrial strength Benefactors pay Monopoly: – access to knowledge – granting degrees Nation building Elite professional and social class Disciplines and subjects Objective truth, facts Figure: Hardin Tibbs
- 49. The emerging learningmodel Facilitating and guiding the development of the whole person Participatory learning discourse A knowledge saturated environment Lifelong learning Students as customers, learner-centric Flexible delivery and assessment Builds free-market industrial strength Nation/state and market-based funding Branding in a competitive environment, eroded monopoly Globally connected Vocational focus, career-ready accredited, everyone ‘learning or earning’ Modules and competencies Subjective, qualitative, meaning Figure: Hardin Tibbs
- 50. Uncertain futures… 50Argument Mapbuilt using Open U’s Compendium: http://compendium.open.ac.uk
- 51. Challenge for theeducational system… 51