ecological approach to collaborative narratives using social media
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An ecological approach to collabora0ve narra0ve crea0on
using loca0ve social media in urban contexts
ECER 2011 Session: Didac0cs and technologies for outdoor learning in urban contexts
Kai Pata Tallinn University, Center for Educa0onal
Technology
Ecological approach to learning is…
• …the process in which learner and system (community, culture) detects and corrects errors in order to fit and be responsive
• Adap0ng to…
• the dynamically changing environment
• the behaviors of the community/culture
Swarming • Swarming in biology is based on species-‐specific signals that: – a) are accumulated to the environment, but dissipate in <me if no new signals are added (foraging ants detec0ng pheromone signals)
– b) can be observed in real-‐<me as a signal flow in the surrounding environment (awareness of others when moving in the flock)
• Swarm members interpret and use the signals which triggers the self-‐organized collabora<ve phenomena
Analogy to “Facebook etc. wall”
Analogy to popular topics and tags
Swarming for foraging food
Narra0ve swarming in hybrid urban environments
Swarming in hybrid (virtual and real) urban environments
We store eco-‐cogni0ve chances for ac0on and emo0onal involvement to the hybrid ecosystem, and use community chances for naviga<on
From graffiV emo0on to real urban ac0on
Swarm can determine the meaning-‐ and ac0on poten0ality of urban environment
Embedding bronze soldier memory from conceptual space into the real space
Using PLEs for ecological approach of urban learning
Ecological learning design principles
Personal learning environment Rules for connec0ng community networks
Community creates the environment for knowledge accumula0on
Autonomous crea0on and sharing
Community as the ini0ator of accumulated swarming topics
Monitoring the community, adap0ng to the environment
Community gives feedback and determines effec0veness
Learne
r Teacher
Self-‐organized community
Designing learning tasks based on swarming
Monitoring the community to detect evalua0on criteria
Open ques0ons How can we find and use accumulated signals as
swarm triggers in hybrid urban environment?
Mutual awareness
Dissipa0ng signals
“Hot spots” are changing in 0me
(Geo)tags as hot spots in virtual realm enable naviga0on for ac0on and emo0on in real world
Virtual presence in the communi0es enables naviga0on for ac0on and emo0on in real world