1.Keith Kirkwood School of Learning Support Victoria University Melbourne Australia

2. Learning support consultation 3. 2007 los vegas lasshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/7415612@N06/721645301/ 4. SNAP is

• Peer learning

• Active learning

• Student participation

• Personalization

• Communities of practice

A learning support platform,with Web 2.0 functionality and flexibility,designed to support: 5. A new humanism

Sympathy empathy

self-actualization full potential

6. A new humanism

Sympathy empathy

self-actualization full potential

7. A new humanism

Sympathy empathy

self-actualization full potential

8. Supporting pedagogies

Heutagogy(Hase & Kenyon, 2000)non-linearself-directed learning

Connectivism(Siemens, 2004)knowledge in the network; conceptual connections essential

Multiliteracies(Huijser, 2006)incorporate textual, visual, video media in critical analysis

Media Literacy(Wesch, 2009)student participation in content creation and knowledge making

Collaborative learning(Godwin-Jones, 2006)learning opportunities for sharing, creating, reflecting

9. Peer learning primacy

Is it time to consider a paradigm shift from teacher instruction to peer-learning primacy?

shifting the balance from an instruction focus of learning support staff

to facilitating or supporting peer learning

is a timely response to the context of mass education

and technological developments.

Van der Meer, J., & Scott, C. (2008). Shifting the balance in first-year learning support: From staff instruction to peer-learning primacy.Australasian Journal of Peer Learning, 1 , 70-79. Available athttp://ro.uow.edu.au/ajpl/vol1/iss1/9/ 10. Students supporting studentslearning at VU

Peer mentor programs embedded infaculty-based courses

Student rovers in the Learning Commons

Writing centre for reading and writing support

The SNAP! Platform = VU Learning Community

11. Students supporting studentslearning at VU

Peer mentor programs embedded infaculty-based courses

Student rovers in the Learning Commons

Writing centre for reading and writing support

The SNAP! Platform = VU Learning Community

Ratios of potential learning support: 1:400 LSS/student ratio40000:40000 student/student ratio 12. 13. 14. 15. Tagcloud made from the text of my conference paper (made with www.wordle.net) 16. 17. 18. SNAP! and university ITS infrastructure Outward-facing Pre-login Inward-facing Post-login VU website VU PLE SNAP! 19.

The world is run by those who show up

(Robert B. Johnson, 1999)

20. Transparency and Open Government

My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government.We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system oftransparency, public participation, and collaboration . Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.

President Barack Obama

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/TransparencyandOpenGovernment/ 21. We the People of the University of 22. 23. 24. Selected references

Farmer, M. (2009). LMS architecture proposal, parts 1-4,Meanwhile, back at the farm...Retrieved April 7 2009 fromhttp://michaelfarmer.info/blog/?tag=lms-proposal

Hase, S., & Kenyon, C. (2000). From andragogy to heutagogy.UltiBASE . Retrieved fromhttp://ultibase.rmit.edu.au/Articles/dec00/hase2.htm

Siemens, G. (2004). Connectivism: A learning theory for the digital age.elearnspace . Retrieved fromhttp://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm

Staley, D. J. (2009). Managing the platform: Higher education and the logic of wikinomics.EDUCAUSE Review, 44 (1), 36-47. Retrieved fromhttp://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/ManagingthePlatformHigher/47934

Wesch, M. (2009). From knowledgable to knowledge-able: Learning in new media environments.Academic Commons Retrieved 24 February 2009, fromhttp://www.academiccommons.org/commons/essay/knowledgable-knowledge-able