eggs, ecosystems, and the power of connected learning
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Eggs, Ecosystems, and the Power of Connected Learning
Kelvin Thompson, Ed.D.
University of Central Florida
@kthompso #FLDVIPN2015
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“Day 5: The Back of My Classroom” by bonnie-brown on Flickr CC BY 2.0https://www.flickr.com/photos/bonnie-brown/4249862228
“egg crate” by meg-z on Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0https://www.flickr.com/photos/meg-z/4522641172
“26” by pixopatamus on Flickr CC BY-ND 2.0https://www.flickr.com/photos/pyxopotamus/15767780015
“Impossible?” by h-k-d on Flickr CC-BY-ND 2.0https://www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/6984394425
Metaphors
Are
Destiny- K. Thompson
“Echinacea Bee_Teresa_Prendusi” by USDAgov on Flickr CC BY 2.0https://www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov/7420018760
MOOC
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Open CourseWare(OCW)
Open Learning
iTunesU
podcasts
screencasts
online course
blended
hybrid
Connectivism
Hour of Code
flipped class
Personal Learning Network (PLN)
TwitterTED Talks
YouTube
Google Wikipedia
wikis
blogs
RSS
IFTTT
htmlBYOD
mobilehuman moments
Tips for Exploring the Ecosystem
1. Get comfortable with openness
2. Embrace the infostream
3. Practice connected learning*4. Help students become connected
learners
Get Comfortable with Openness
• True Stories of Opennesshttp://stories.cogdogblog.com
• Creative Commonshttp://creativecommons.org
• Open Educational Resources (OER)https://www.oercommons.org
Open TeachingTeaching in the Open Closed Teaching
What happens in the course stays in the course
Semi-permeability(Some elements go “out”)
Complete* permeability(World comes “in”)
Openness Continuum
http://bit.ly/teach_open
UCF Faculty Seminars in Online Teaching
• Online/blended learning focused• Co-presented by teaching faculty and instructional
designer• Information-packed• 30 minutes!• Interactive webinar format• Repository of recordings and supporting resources• New topics each semester
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Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository
a resource to support the curation of effective pedagogical practices in online and blended courses
individual entries include:• strategy description drawn from the pedagogical
practice of online/blended teaching faculty• artifacts depicting the strategy from actual courses• alignment with cited findings from research or
professional practice literature
All released for reuse/remix under Creative Commons
http://topr.online.ucf.edu
• 60+ published strategies relevant to online and blended courses
• New strategies added/updated regularly• Categorized by Content, Interaction, or Assessment• Get ideas for your blended or online course design!
BlendKit Course Materials
• Instructional modules
• BlendKit Reader
• Do-It-Yourself design tasks
• Recordings of interdisciplinary faculty interviews
• Recordings of online webinar discussions with faculty cohorts
http://bit.ly/blendkit
Embrace the InfoStream
• Information as a flow or stream
– See danah boyd http://bit.ly/streamCSU
– Choose: fight, float, or navigate (McCarthy, 1991)
• Practice: Consuming, Curating, Contributing
– Establish access point(s) (e.g., Twitter)
– Take in, screening for relevance
– Mark for later use (e.g., “Favorite” in Twitter)
– Retrieve when needed
Practice Connected Learning
• Professional conferences good starting point (e.g., resource sharing via official channels & Twitter back channel)
• Form/engage with a Personal Learning Network (PLN) See http://bit.ly/pln_intro
• Participate in a cMOOCSee http://bit.ly/mooclunch_resources01 for a starting point
October is Connected Educator Month
http://connectededucator.orghas year-round resources but buzzes during October
BlendKit2015
• Free, open, online course built around BlendKitCourse materials– February 23 – May 12 (five weeks)
– Facilitative communications
– Weekly webinars
– Interaction opportunities among cohort
– Choose your own participation level
– Optional (paid) “Certified Blended Learning Designer” credential
• For Info or to Register: http://bit.ly/go_blendkit
Help Students Become Connected Learners
• Design activities for students to: Consume, Curate, Contribute– Model your own practice
– Establish a mini-Personal Learning Network (PLN)
– Set expectations (and scoring criteria?) for on-going activity
– Encourage students to spin off their own PLN
• Scaffold with supporting resources– Align with learning objectives
– Provide examples
– Link to how-to guides/tutorials
“Ending the egg crate will liberate both students and teachers.”- Darrel West (The Brookings Institution)http://educationnext.org/time-to-abandon-the-egg-crate-approach-to-education
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Dr. Kelvin Thompson
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