on being an (open) educator
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Keynote presentation for EdTech13 Conference, University College Cork, 30th May 2013TRANSCRIPT
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On being an (open) educatorCatherine Cronin • @catherinecronin • #edtech13 •
30/05/13
@catherinecronin#edtech13
slideshare.net/cicronin
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Academic coordinator #ITonline Lecturer (sic) #ct231Networked educator #edchatIE
one story
challenges
openeducation
future
one story
challenges
openeducation
future
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“More change will happen in education in the next 10 years
than in the past 100.” -- @stephenheppell
Stanford AI
Udacity, Coursera, edX
xMOOCs
Google+
Summer 2011
Coder Dojo
#coderdojo
coderdojo.com
“I don’t think education is about centralized instruction anymore; rather, it is the process [of] establishing oneself as a node in a broad network of distributed creativity.”
– Joi Ito @joi (2011)
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Different Types of Openness
Schuwer, Janssen & van Valkenburg (2013) MOOCs: Trends and Opportunities for Higher Education
@CathyNDavidson http://hastac.org/blogs/kaysi-holman/2013/05/15/storyboarding-future-higher-education
Introduction to Lean Sigma Quality
Dublin Institute of Technology
Institute of Technology Sligo
Hibernia College
At its best openness is an ethos not a license. It's an approach to teaching and learning that builds a community of learners online and off.
- Jim Groom
OPENtools
resourcespractices
knowledge
one story
challenges
openeducation
future
CONNECT DO SHARE
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openness • social media • student voice/choice
3 tenets of my teaching
openness • social media • student voice/choice
AIM:
choose openness
where possible & where appropriate
USE
CREATE
SHARE
open resources
create to share, CC-licensed
openly, including my/our own learning
openness • social media • student voice/choice
AIM:
enable connection and learning
across the (artificial) boundaries
of time and space
TIME... class time, term time, academic year
SPACE... classrooms, schools, countries
# hashtags connect across time and space
openness • social media • student voice/choice
AIM:
use as many opportunities as possible
for students to Create & to Choose
TOPICS
MEDIA RUBRICS
ASSESSMENT
TOOLS TEAMS
2nd year module, BSc Computer Science & IT
ct231.wordpress.com
“Recently our class has begun to use more social networking sites like Facebook and tools like DropBox to share notes and keep up to date with lectures. I found this to be a great benefit in studying and managing my work.”
Social media...
#studentvoice
“Strange putting a face to the voice of my first year maths lecturer!
Khan Academy is possibly one of the most useful sources for students studying maths. The idea is simple, If you don't understand the first time you watch it... watch it again.”
Khan Academy...
#studentvoice
Twitter@CT231
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digital identity
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Howard Rheingold@hrheingold rheingold.com
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networked publics
danah [email protected]
space constructed through
networked technologies
the imagined collective which emerges
(people + tech + practice)
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digital identities
Bonnie [email protected]
6 Key Selves of Networked Publics:• Performative Self• Quantified Self• Participatory Self• Asynchronous Self• Enmeshed Self• Neoliberal Self
I have learnt that social
media/social networks are not
just to be used as a distraction
for not getting work done but
can be used as an aid to get the
work done. Social media/social
networks can provide useful
tools to help with academic
learning.
Before studying it, I used Facebook
and Twitter mainly just for keeping in
contact with people, but since have
discovered they both have much
more to offer. They are places to
discover new information and boost
your knowledge. That both education
and socialising can be rolled into
one...
#icollab
http://www.scoop.it/t/ct231-student-
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens
can change the world.
Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
– Margaret Mead
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens
can change the world.
Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
– Margaret Mead
students
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MOOC
Global CoPs
Open badges
Open course
Create open materials
Develop PLNs
Social media
Use OERs
Collaboration
Authentic assessment
Use open tools
OPEN
CLOSED
one story
challenges
openeducation
future
http://www.heppell.net/bva/
http://youtu.be/_hrvli_wCT0?t=12m42s
meaningenjoymentconnection
#edchatIE#CESI
#CESImeet#ICTedu
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5 challenges
one story
challenges
openeducation
future
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Universities have a role in, not just creating new
knowledge within their walls, but for inculcating
students with a sense of ethical responsibility.
The higher education sector can play an
important role in developing the leadership
necessary for the creation and strengthening of
an inclusive society built on a sustainable social
and economic foundation.
President Michael D. HigginsCOIMBRA Conference
May 2013, Galway
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Thank you!Catherine Cronin
@catherinecronin
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about.me/catherinecronin
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