online collaboration in learning emergency services
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Presentation to Emergency services on the use of Web 2.0 services to support training. Some focus on FusED, the software behind www.me.edu.auTRANSCRIPT
Using online collaboration tools to support training
Presentation to SAFECOM: 29/1/2010
Background• Learning is a ‘social’ thing• ‘Connecting’ with others to learn• Collaboration in learning
– Think about some recent learning you did, either formal or informal – (how) did it involve others?
– A ‘good teacher’ is a leading learner in a community of learners• Special interests, hobbies• Making an important purchasing decision?
– Where do you go to for help?– Club membership, Internet forums– How do find an expert?
The rise of the Social Web
• Evolution of the ‘Web’• Web 1.0 -> Web 2.0– Perhaps characterised by:• Publishing -> participation• Taxonomy -> folksonomy (tagging)• Empowerment of the individual• Personal websites -> blogs, social networks• Realising the promise of the inventors of the Web
– A platform for collaboration
Lifestreaming
• What is a lifestream?– From the lifestream blog, it is ‘a chronological
aggregated view of your life activities both online and offline.’
• Why do it?– For the benefit of others– Promote your online identity– To follow people– To record part of your life
http://www.me.edu
• Me.edu.au provides Australian education and training professionals with an online networking and profile space
• Use me.edu.au to:– Create an online professional profile– Connect with educators who have similar interests– Share links, news, photos, ideas, opinions– Blog about your work and professional learning– Aggregate your online activity to showcase what you are
doing online
FusED• Lifestreaming software to support learning• Can be deployed as a public or private service
– Open/closed network– Privacy important consideration for many
trainers/learners/organisations– Can be configured to support one organisation/multiple
organisations • Aggregates content from all over the Web• Mobile (iPhone/iPod Touch) interface
– Anywhere, anytime learning– Need to consider the needs of your training/learning cohort
Considerations• Collaborative learning environments are great for sharing, discussion, reflection• Assessment• Experimenting with ‘back-channels’
– Brave new world of lecturing• Can it be overdone?
– ‘Stepping out of the now’• Think about the design
– What are your expectations?– Your learners needs/environment/expectations– Transference vs transformation– Full time / part time / volunteer workforce
• Raw recruits / mature age – experience• RPL• Don’t rely on just the technology