sociallearning

Social learning

- how social media are changing higher

education

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Alastair Creelmanalastair.creelman@lnu.se

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Blogs on IT and learningCorridor of Uncertainty (English)Flexspan (Swedish)

Twitter: @alacre

Flexible … Distance … Online…E- …Net-based…Mobile …Game-based …

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Learning

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Flexible learningMore colours in your palette

CollaborationOpenness

Informallearning

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MobilityDigital literacy

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E-learning 1.0 …

Trapped in the classroom

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Innovation?Creativity?

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What are we testing?

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Charter learners

Digital natives?

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Where do we learn?

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Content has escaped!

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Content is kingContext

Attitudes

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Why do we lock away

knowledge?

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Open Educational Resources (OER)

• Educational material freely available

• Video, audio, text, animation

• Clear terms for copying and adaptation(Creative Commons)

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Shades of openness

©

Copyright Public domainCreative Commons

“Open” resources

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Free to view• iTunes U• Academic Earth• YouTube EDU• TED• … and most MOOCs

Free to use (OER)• OER Commons• MIT OpenCourseWare• Merlot• Khan Academy• Wikiversity• Wikibooks• Openstax college

Why openlearning?

university

teacher

student

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Other open models

Peer 2 peer UniversityUniversity of the People

OER university OpenStudy

Flip the classroom

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Informal learning

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Massive Open Online Course

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MOOCs – learning networks

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What is a MOOC?

• Lifelong learning

• Complement to higher education

• Course? Course material? Arena for learning?

• Different business models

Do-it-yourself

Udemy – platform and marketplaceOpen Tapestry – create your own coursesEliademy, Canvas, CourseSites – cloud-based platforms

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Blurred definitions

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Layered model for education

Educational resources (shades of openness)

Courses, MOOCs, self-study

Tutoring, feedback, community

Validation, examination

Free

Free/fee

Fee/Free

Fee

University/college Other actors

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Quality criteria

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Validation of informal learning

Open Badges

• Validation of informal learning

• Digital badges with links to awarding body

• Certification of practical experience and know-how

• Open standard

Learning to learn…

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Learning -anywhere, any time

… if youknow how

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Backpack learners

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Teacher’s role

University’s//school’s role

Student’s role

LearningAssessment

Copyright

Examination

PublicationPolicies andstrategies

My digital footprints ...

Blogs about net learning

• Corridor of Uncertainty (English)• Flexspan (Swedish)• Corridor of Learning (what I’m

reading)• Flexflow (magazine with news from

my network)

Twitter (links to articles and news)http://twitter.com/alacre

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