learning and teaching in networked publics
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Learning and Teaching in Networked Publics Helen Keegan
SVEA Next Generation Learning Conference, Brussels 23.11.12
Context: Web 2.0 and emerging pedagogies
Science, Technology, Media Arts - Interdisciplinarity
Learning and teaching through social media
MSc Audio Production – Chris
h#p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57zgMAHutW0
“For years now I’ve kind of hidden behind a username, keeping my virtual life and my analogue one separate, so now with this blog I’m beginning to mix the two and I must admit it is daunLng. Unlike with the few other social networking sites I’m on, where I tend to sLck to my circle of friends that I see on a regular basis here I’m opening myself up to others who I don’t know.”
Public -‐ Private
SVEA Next Generation Learning Conference 23.11.12
“I should start by saying I am a very private person, and on many occasions have been described as being anL-‐social, so this module I have found to be very difficult, it has been very un-‐natural sharing my thoughts and opinions so openly with the World Wide Web.”
The only part of my digital idenLty that was a li#le daunLng was taking the personal side of my online affairs and mixing that with the somewhat professional, educaLonal side of it. When starLng my wordpress blog I did feel a li#le exposed, because essenLally I was starLng to blog and express moods and feelings to people I don’t know, which of course is what I have done for years on street teams and forums, but somehow this felt very different this Lme, and I almost felt naked in a way, stripped of all masks and plaTorms to hide behind.
The Power of the Hashtag
This year, compulsory to tweet…
#psvtam #mscsm
Mixed reactions, emotions
Learning and teaching through social media
NOTE lack of group hashtags for some ‘publicly private’ comments
“Understanding how networks work is one of the most important literacies of the 21st century.” Howard Rheingold, 2010
Network literacies
Science, Technology, Media Arts - Interdisciplinarity
@solobasssteve at #ir12 (@nancybaym talk)
Modelling network and media literacies
@nancybaym feat. @solobasssteve at #ir12, 12 Oct 2011
Using Instagram and Twi#er to connect ‘live’ with #psvtam and #mscsm students from AoIR Internet Research conference DemonstraLng network connecLons; modeling behaviours
@bill_world @courosa on instagram @heloukee webstagram h#p://web.stagram.com/n/heloukee Video from #occupySea#le h#p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6BmyI6cArE
#occupy movement, 15 Oct 2011
Connecting with my PLN, posting to twitter
Twi#er feed @replies showing hashtags used by: #occupymovement #occupyToronto #occupySea#le #Sea#le #solidarity
Connecting through twitter and instagram
PLN and Seattle locals, 15 Oct 2011
Negotiated curriculum, 19 Oct 2011
Driven by learner interests
Serendipity, opportunity
20 Oct 2011
@cogdog skyping into class from U.S.
Telling us about his Storybox project - 21 Oct 2011
Storybox h#p://cogdogblog.com/storybox/
#mscsm watching on the small screen
Fascinated - 21 Oct 2011
Thanks @cogdog!
Reactions from students on Twitter - 21 Oct 2011
But what about when things go wrong?
Because as well as opportunities, there are risks…
Don’t take it for granted that adults who are acLve users of social networking services know how to behave appropriately
online…
Social networking ≠ digital citizenship
Talk openly and honestly about feelings
Freedom of speech
Respect, impression management, personal opinion
Peer mentoring/learning across levels and
disciplines, educaLon and industry
Blurring boundaries
Need text here
Blurring boundaries
Ex-students, industry professionals, tutor-learner roles
We are all learners and producers
BBC Britain in a day
Opening up the processes of
knowledge creaLon
Crowdsourcing lecture notes - #iCollab11
http://storify.com/heloukee/mscsm-week-6-convergence
Opening up the classroom
UG/PG: ex/current students: on/off campus
Undergraduate student a#ending Postgraduate class à Ex-‐student a#ending Postgraduate class à Mobile learning: learners are mobile
à
Crowdsourced bibliography
A useful exercise in information literacy
Transmedia: students as producers
Mobile film project across multiple platforms
It’s OK to make mistakes!
Mistakes = opportunities for further learning
Don’t get hung up on perfecLon – enjoy creaLng!
Making is Connecting (David Gauntlett, 2011)
h#p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyRbTVwVsJ4
#mscsm social media tips - #iCollab11
A quick (and rough) video, took 15 minutes to create
h#p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni-‐xNhit1EQ
Serendipity and opportunity
Learner agency
What (posts) do I share with my network?
What effect might this have on learners?
Educators ‘perform’ online, only sharing the good stuff – what about when things go wrong?
Ethical issues
To summarise…
Living, breathing curriculum - LEARNING ECOSYSTEM
Leave space in the course to allow for play, emergent curricula, serendipity and opportunity As network involvement increases, so does the likelihood of ad hoc opportunities. Invite suggestions from learners, encourage them to use THEIR networks These are personal tools, increasingly accessed on personal devices. Be open and encourage learners to bring their ideas/practices/networks on board!
Learning and Teaching in Networked Publics Helen Keegan … with thanks to the awesome students from #psvtam and #mscsm 2011
SVEA Next Generation Learning Conference, Brussels 23.11.12