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Perspectives on:Social Media and Online Learning
Steve WheelerInstitute of Education
Plymouth University, UK
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Technical University Liberec, Czech Republic: May 21, 2013
What is the ‘e’ for in eLearning?
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Why?
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Introducing eLearning into your university?
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BYOD
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LMS
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Migrating content to online learning spaces
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Typical Learning Management System
Content Management System (CMS)
Course Administration System (CAS)
Communication Systems (Discussion,
e-Mail, Chat)
Blog
Wiki
e-Portfolio
Podcast
User Gen. Content Tools
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Blended Learning?
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Online or Remote
(Distance) Learning
On Campus Face to Face (Traditional) Learning
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Blended Learning?
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Online or Remote
(Distance) Learning
On Campus Face to Face (Traditional) Learning
Technology Enhanced
Learning (TEL)
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Behaviourism/Instructionism
‘Personal windows’ on the world?
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“I never teach my students. I only provide the conditions in which they can learn.”
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Surface Learning
Deep Learning
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Marton F and Säljö, R. (1976) On Qualitative Differences in Learning, 2: Outcome as a function of the learner's conception of the task, British Journal of Educational Psychology 46, 115-27
Knowledge
Wisdom
Transformation
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Knowing that
Knowing how
Knowing why
Cognition
Application
Analysis
Evaluation
Declarative
Procedural
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Data
Information
Knowledge
Wisdom
Transformation
ENGAGEMENT
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PassiveObserver
TransactionalParticipant
PeripheralParticipant
Adapted from: Karalis, T. (2010) Situated and transformative learning: exploring the potential of critical reflection to enhance organizational knowledge, Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 24 (1), 17 - 20
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Lurking = legitimate peripheral participation?
Core
‘Transformative learning involves experiencing a deep, structural shift in the basic premises of thought, feelings, and actions.’ (O’Sullivan, 2003)
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Jack Merizow
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Merizow, J. (1991) Transformative dimensions of adult learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Perspective transformation
Psychological (changes in self concept) Convictional changes (revision of belief systems)Behavioural changes (changes in lifestyle)
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Merizow, J. (1991) Transformative dimensions of adult learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
PassiveObserver
TransactionalParticipant
PeripheralParticipant
Core Group
Full Member
Adapted from: Karalis, T. (2010) Situated and transformative learning: exploring the potential of critical reflection to enhance organizational knowledge, Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 24 (1), 17 - 20
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The transformation ‘event horizon’ – Kevin Burden
We learn by doing (Piaget, 1950)
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We learn by solving problems
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Analogical Problem Solving
Rules
Without touching the ball, and without moving anything else or using anything else, transfer the ball to another table.
You may only touch the glass, and you must not turn it upright.
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Moving just one matchstick, can you make a square?
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We learn by making (Papert, 1980)Photo by Steve Wheeler
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“One of the most important technologies for active, flexible learning…” – Derek Bruff
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“If you think of the Web mainly as a place to ‘look up things’, you are
missing the point”. – Alec Couros (2012)
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VLE or PLE
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Personalised learning means ensuring that individual differences are
acknowledged
We are familyhttp://pro.corbis.com
Wii are family!
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Personal Learning NetworksPhoto by Steve Wheeler
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Ubiquitous Connectivity
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Social Media use in 2013
>1 Billion (100 billion connections)
>500 Million >150 Million
>14 million
articles
>6 Billion imagesSources from service providers and also http://econsultancy.com
3.5 Billion views/day70 hours/minute
>400 Million
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“ ‘I store my knowledge in my friends’ …is an axiom for collecting knowledge… through collecting people”.
- Karen Stephenson
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Distributed LearningParagogy
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“I am convinced that the best learning takes place when the learner takes charge.”
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Learning
User generated
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Learning by making
Learning 2.0
ToolsCollaborating
Sharing
Voting
Networking
User generated
content
Architecture of participation
Tagging
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Blogging and Tweeting
Twitter as a libraryTwitter as a street corner
Twitter as a broadcast channel Twitter as amplification
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Modes of learningInformalFormal
Collaborative
ReflectiveE-portfolios
Essay writing
Group workCo-operative learning Social networking
BloggingMicroblogging
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Community as curriculum
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