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Teaching like a pirate…
Or
One: A changing environment
Universities are where newspapers were 10 years ago…
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Knowledge transition
Professor
Student Student Student Student Student
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Relational Knowledge
ProfessorStudent
StudentStudent
Student
Student
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Relational Knowledge that is mediated…
ProfessorStudent
StudentStudent
Student
Student
NGOSCorps
Media
Changing student cohort
Students balance multiple commitments
Changing student cohort
Students balance multiple commitments
Massification
Changing student cohort
Students balance multiple commitments
Massification
Choice (both within and across institutions)
Changing student cohort
Students balance multiple commitments
Massification
Choice (both within and across institutions)
Internet literacy: width v. depth
Two: How to Respond?
Participatory education: co-designing knowledge
Participatory education: co-designing knowledge
Applicability; Relevance; Agency
Globalisation…
“Globalisation may be thought of … as the widening, deepening and speeding up of the worldwide interconnectedness in all aspects of contemporary social life, from the cultural to the criminal, the financial to the spiritual.”
(Held et al 1999, p. 2).– This definition recognises globalisation is multi-
dimensional, having width, breadth and depth.– Another important aspect of this definition is
that it portrays globalisation as a process. – As globalisation permeates different areas of
society
1. From Facebook to WordCloud
Change
Fear Justice
Inequity
Time
Me
World
Countries
Skills and knowledge
Culture
2. No empty vessels…
Focus here - getting students ‘job ready’
Sense of agency
3. Experiences are valid…
4. Multiple delivery mechanism…
“Offer Flexible Assessment and Delivery”
Academic Reading
Confronting Racism
Non-Academic Reading
You tube
Lecture
Tutorial
Materials
In class exercises
Official website
Eg: Confronting racism…
How would you explain to students that stereotypes are just that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2Ch83k3xo
Watch the following video from ABC’s Media Watch about an incident that occurred in April 2010.
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2870685.htm
What insights does the video provide us with the way media aggravates racism?
TECHNOLOGY HELPS (BUT DOES NOT OFFER A SIMPLE SOLUTION)
TECHNOLOGY HELPS (BUT DOES NOT OFFER A SIMPLE SOLUTION)
… EVERYONE IS TALKING ‘BLENDED LEARNING’…
BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN
From Wikipeadia
“Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace.”
From Wikipeadia
“Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace.”
“Good pedagogical practices using a variety of delivery mechanisms that allow students flexibility and confirm the validity of their
experiences”
“Good pedagogical practices using a variety of delivery mechanisms that allow students flexibility and confirm the validity of their
experiences”James Arvanitakis
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Three: Risks(or Fear and Loathing in the Classroom)
‘Letting go’
‘Letting go’
‘My Intellectual Property’
‘Letting go’
‘My Intellectual Property’
‘Ban all devices’
‘Letting go’
‘My Intellectual Property’
‘Ban all devices’
‘Who let them in?’
THANK YOU…