Learner Created Content

Web 2.0 Collaborative Technologies to Construct Knowledge

Using Learner-Created Content Method in a Learning Centered Approach

Maher ARAFAT,Baker AbdalhaqAn-Najah National UniversityExcellence in Learning and TeachingJune 1st, 2012

In some cases, teaching at its best, is clowning.

نتمناه” - الذي المستقبل“ نتبناه سلوك

- Teacher Based.

- Text Based.

Learning Centered.

Why MIT is successful?

We provide our learners with the opportunity to:

1- To raise questions.2- Participate in discussions.

Why Stanford is successful?“As a staff I work at Stanford because they

have an outstanding Students,

I attended Stanford as a student because they have outstanding Faculty.

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Three Paradigm shifts (Eijkman,2009)

The post-information shift in learning practices

Industrial Age - Info Age - Post-Info Age

The social shift in learning theory

Cognitive - Constructivism - Social constructivism

The participatory shift in learning technology

Web 1.0 – Post-Web 1.0 – Web 2.0, 3.0 etc.

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A macro shift ?

Fundamental challenges to old practices

3 Pillars of Successful Education (Elements of Quality Educational)

Outstanding student, (Surface, Deep, Strategic, Learners)

Outstanding faculty, (Knowledge, What & How to teach)

Outstanding Mgmt. & Learning Support

Passive Consumption?

One of the challenges that we are facing is the increased pressure on teachers to deliver content for their students, this often results in lots of handouts, power points and docs.

Many Course on Virtual Learning Env. are stuffed full with material with little to do with them other than taking notes.

Personalized ResourcesLearning is influenced by ( Tasks & Resources ).

soWe need to create Resources that match learning

style, not matching our teaching style.

If they created the Resources themselves, there is a likely hood that they’ll meet their

Learning Preferences and Needs.

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The Goal of Educationin the 21st century Tsunamis

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Allowing learners to realize their capacity to learn, (Learning Environment & Learning Spaces)Moving education from delivery of static info to a

more: “a dialogical relation where knowledge is co-created”

(Josie Gregory, Facilitation and Facilitator Style, p.99)

Learner Create Content LCC

Aims to meet the learners' learning needs and shifts the course activities more towards:

Interactive learning.Engaging Creativity.Autonomy, Mutual ResponsibilityCollaboration, Skills, ICT

“Socially Interactive Participation in Meaning Making.”

LCC is not a recipe for teacher to sit back.

It is a big challenge tofollow up & increase curiosity.

Chapter Zero

The Process of LCC

Do not expect students to work in vacuum1. Clear tasks … On time …With

Assessment Plan.2. Scaffold to support Learning (Reading

material and web links)3. Adapt a moderate learning curve and

start with small steps.4. Feedback to gauge their progress.

JISC Techdis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6026CPUVDvY

Anxiety Support

MotivationEngagement

The Challenge of the “Comfort Zone”

Group work38 students, 10 groups.In a weekly rotation each group

took turn to present their findings.9-10 Sun, Tue, Thu. Workshop

http://odc-scc-nnu.wikispaces.com/

• In-class-Activity: We had 2 guests speakers from Northwestern University, Dr. Greg. Light and Dr. Denise Darne, on Tuesday Feb. 14th..

• We had guest speaker from Tomorrow's Youth Organization, Ms.Humaira wkili on Thursday April 5th.

• Off-Campus: Open-Study Day, Saturday, March 24th, @ الثقافي منكو حمدي .مركز

• Off-Campus: Open Study Day, Saturday, March 31st, @ - نابلس بلدية الثقافي الطفل مركز

Activities

Conclusion & Outcomes• At the beginning of the course learners have the

highest positive attitude towards LCC. • %70 believed that LCC helped in identifying &

achieving Learning goals.• Positive attitude that LCC using Wikispaces

facilitated interaction & collaboration to construct knowledge.

• 70 % of the students believed that LCC improved their interpersonal and communication skills.

• %70 of the students think that they can find new relations and come up with new ideas.

• Grades, was a major concern for students. 50% of students didn’t like the evaluation method.

Ability to Identify and meet learning needsSatisfaction & Sense of achievement.Ability to analyze and compare to come up with new

concepts.Continuing learning. LLL.Behavior and attitudes. Communication and interpersonal skill.Learn new things from team members.English Language skills.Using web 2.0 …wiki spaces.

Learner Created Content LCCLearners became more responsible to seek and meet their learning needs, work collaboratively

to construct meanings.

LCC Questionnaire Google Forms

Recommendations

Prepare learners to use wikispaces

The total number of subjects.SequenceFormative Evaluation.Be very well prepared for it.

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Things that we need to avoid.Though

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"ال قدسية لمحتوى، و ال قدسية لمدرس Learning Centeredو ال حدود لقدرات الطالب“