Students in the sandbox - Students in the sandbox - developing professionals?developing professionals?
A.J. Cann
School of Biological Sciences
University of Leicester
UK
www.slideshare.net/AJCann
What do you do?What do you do?
• Primary?
• Secondary?
• Tertiary (H.E.)?
• Postgraduate?
• Professionals?
Pedagogies of Online EducationPedagogies of Online Education
Martin Weller: A Pedagogy of Abundance
• Content is free and abundant• Sharing is frictionless• Social interaction is key• Complexity resides in the network• Complexity arises because people don’t
collaborate• The filter is significant
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Pedagogies of Online EducationPedagogies of Online Education
Graham Attwell: Vygotsky and e-learning
Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development
- the gap between “actual development” which students can accomplish independently and the “potential development” which they can accomplish when interacting with others who are more capable peers or teachers.
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Pedagogies of Online EducationPedagogies of Online Education
Terry Anderson: Connectivism
• Learning and knowledge rests in diversity of opinions• Learning is a process of connecting specialized
information sources• Learning may reside in non-human appliances• Capacity to know more is more critical than what is
known• Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to
facilitate learning• Ability to see connections is a core skill• Currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the intent• Decision-making is itself a learning process
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That’s the way we’ve always done itThat’s the way we’ve always done it
• Too much work
• Too many students
• Loss of quality
• etc
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Quality?Quality?
Does online = less?
More with less - is it cheaper?
More with less - is it quicker?
Laboratory skills?
Personal Learning EnvironmentPersonal Learning Environment
Systems that help learners take control of
and manage their own learning
Delicious / CiteULike
Google Docs
Google Reader
PubMed / Google Scholar
etc
Personal Learning NetworkPersonal Learning Network
The people a learner interacts with
and derives knowledge from
- Information / technology overload
- Peer networks - professional development?
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Peer networksPeer networks- professional development?- professional development?
Friendfeed = Facebook but not Facebook
Minimalist guidance
Reflection
Feedback
Discussion (object centred)
