academic blogging circle
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Presentation slides for the session at the ETUG 2010 Fall Workshop in New Westminster, British Columbia Presenter: Glenn Groulx DescriptionL Both short (10 minute) presentations will include interactive sessions with the audience. There will be a general interactive session among participants and the presenters after the presentations. Presentation One (10 minutes) – Glenn Groulx Interactive session (5 minutes) Presentation One (10 minutes) – Stuart Berry Interactive session (5 minutes) Interactive session (20 minutes) – Presenters and Participants This session will discuss the broader implications and issues of the use of social networking software within both formal and informal learning environments. Two Examples of the use of the ELGG Social Software Environment to Support Learning Part 1: Academic Blogging Circle Glenn Groulx will showcase collaborative and cooperative blogging methods to facilitate discussion and build bridges between faculty, alumni, students, and administrators using the Academic Blogging Circle within an ELGG environment. Part 2: Living Archives Stuart Berry will discuss his doctoral research project with online students within the ELGG environment to facilitate student interaction, knowledge creation, and to encourage the use of an online archive to act as bridges between and among different cohorts of learners.TRANSCRIPT
- 1. Glenn Groulx November 2010 Academic Blogging Circles
2. Background Completed MDE program Completed 4 courses using Me2U and AU Landing Completed e-portfolio Research Assistant Blogging in academic setting since for more than 2 years Exploring/expanding on my own shifting role as lifelong autonomous learner Adult Literacy Instructor at NWCC (English and Computers) Interested in delivering remote learning (blended F2F and online support) for learners in remote 3. About the Academic Blogging Circle Provides a space for participants to discuss special interest topics related to edublogging Open membership anyone can join some content has limited access to group; some is public Not connected with any course or program Has 20 members Set up Summer 2010 Membership made up of a mix of faculty members, alumni, administrators, and students from different academic programs and different disciplines 4. Academic Blogging Circle 5. Bridges the skills gap for learners between cohort learning and autonomous lifelong learning Encourages interdisciplinary collaboration Encourages open participation from different types of learners in non- formal setting Facilitates learning from seminars to independent study to auto-didaxy Benefits of the Blogging Circle 6. The Road Ahead Opens up potential for sustained self-assessment Analytics for autonomous learners PLAR Counseling and advising support E-mentoring Personalized mini-courses Increased independent study E-portfolios (formative and summative) Group projects Non-formal research groups Unanticipated collaborations (papers, presentations) 7. Questions and Discussion Glenn Groulx, B Ed., MDE E-mail: [email protected] Twitter: @ggroulx EduBlog: https://landing.athabascau.ca/pg/blog/glenngr4 Academic Blogging Circle: https://landing.athabascau.ca/pg/groups/9775/academic- blogging-circle/