transformation and inspiration through social media
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Transformation and inspiration through social media: Meeting the needs of the
21st Century Learner
Steve WheelerUniversity of Plymouth, UK
Keynote Speech for Ulearn 2010, Christchurch, New Zealand, 6-8 October 2010
Some connections
http://www.mayflowersteps.co.uk
http://news.sportsinteraction.com/
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Some connections
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HMNZS AchillesDecember 1939
Auckland1965
Digital Tribes and the Social Web:
How Web 2.0 will Transform Learning in
Higher Education
Steve WheelerUniversity of Plymouth
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Engaging the Digital Generation Conference: University of Middlesex, London, 29 June 2010
http://www.sessionmagazine.com/
In the available time....
• The Nature of Change• Change in Education• Social Media• Digital Literacies• Personalised Learning• Questions
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http://farm3.static.flickr.com
New York c 1920
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Transformation
Does education need transformation?
Source: Chambers English Dictionary
"In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad."
~ Nietzsche
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http://www.swissinfo.ch/media
Transformation…• …to change
people or things completely, especially improving their appearance or usefulness
• …to convert one form of energy to another
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Source: Banksy
Education is changing for young people as they experience self-directed learning, (mostly outside school) about things that
interest them.Source: http://community.learningobjects.com
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http://flickr.com/photos/thomcochrane/416206133/
Young people’s out-of-school
experiences with technology can
mean that students find the presentation of school curriculum less challenging, less
relevant and less engaging.
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Source: http://community.learningobjects.com
http://encefalus.com
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“For the first time we are preparing students for a future we cannot clearly describe.” – David Warlick
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http://communications.nottingham.ac.uk/podcasts/
Education certainly needs inspiration...
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The pace of change is
accelerating
How will we keep up with it?
http://www.objectlessons.org
“Students today can’t prepare bark to
calculate their problems. They depend on slate which is more
expensive. What will they do when they
drop the slate and it breaks? They will be
unable to write!”(Anon – 1709)
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“Students today depend on paper too
much. They don’t know how to write
without getting chalk dust all over
them. What will they do when they run
out of paper?”(Anon – 1815)
http://www.nikkikatz.com
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“Students today depend too much on ink. They don’t know how to use a penknife to
sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will never replace the pencil.” (Anon – 1907)
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“Students today depend on expensive fountain pens. They can no longer write
with a straight pen and knib!”(Anon – 1941)
http://w
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www.abebooks.com
“One day every town in America
will have a telephone!”
- U.S. Mayor, (c 1880)
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"In the times of rapid change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists."
~ Eric Hoffer
washingtonrebel.typepad.com
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All learning begins when our comfortable ideas turn out to be inadequate. - John Dewey
http://www.dancinghearts.org
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Step outside your comfort zone
Get a vision
“It’s not easy being blind, but it must be tragic when you can see, but you have no vision.”
- Helen Keller
http://www.aph.org/hall_fame/images/keller4.jpg
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http://stufffromthelab.wordpress.com
There will be casualties...
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“We are in the middle of a revolution in how knowledge is created, transmitted and organised that is of similar significance to that which followed the invention of printing.”
~ Seb Schmoller
http://www.fenews.co.uk
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www.cs-exhibitions.uni-klu.ac.at
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Mass produced
universal text (Disruptive
Technology)
Gutenberg
What is the disruptive technology in schools today?
Clue: 99.8% of students own one or more
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Trends in mobile phone use
27%
38%
49%
Feb 09 Oct 09 Jun 10
Student ownership of smart mobile phones.
97% of students now use text messages as their main form of communication.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education, June 17, 2010.
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The ‘Brick’
When Martin Cooper invented the mobile phone 35 years ago, he envisioned a world with people so wedded to wireless connections that they would walk around with devices embedded in their bodies.
Source: http://www.smh.com.au
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Daily text messaging among American teens shot up in 18 months, from 38% of teens texting friends daily in February of 2008 to 54% of teens texting daily in September 2009. cc
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Source: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Teens-and-Mobile-Phones.aspx
http://www.babble.com
txting
Half of teens send 50 or more text messages a day, or 1,500 texts a month, and one in three send more than 100 texts a day, or more than 3,000 texts a month. (2009 statistics)
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Source: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Teens-and-Mobile-Phones.aspx
http://blog.roadandtravel.com
http://i.dailymail.co.uk
Objections from educators
...they are distracting and disruptive. The phone becomes
the focus of attention,inappropriate images/videos can
be taken and sent, leading to invasion of privacy and loss of
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Mobile phones are banned in most schools because...
What is this?
dad@hvn ur spshl. we want wot u want & urth 2b like hvn. giv us food & 4giv r sins lyk we 4giv uvaz. don't test us! save us! bcos we kno ur boss. ur tuf & ur cool 4 eva! ok?
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‘Squeeze’ text
The competition was for re-writing the Lord's Prayer for the mobile phone, using just 160 characters or less. It was judged for Ship of Fools by the Churches' Broadcasting Conference. The task itself was not easy. The traditional version of the Lord's Prayer is 372 characters long, so whittling it down to 160 characters meant cutting the prayer by more than half but without losing anything important.
http://www.canada.com
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...and in second place…
r pa in evan, respect 2 u, may u rain ear as in evan. giv us r needs, 4giv r sin as we 4giv r nmes. resq us from the evil 1. 4 ur always the most xlent dude. yo
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http://aproposofnothing.files.wordpress.com
Introducing computers into schools
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http://aproposofnothing.files.wordpress.com
“Any teacher who can be replaced by a computer....
.... should be”.
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“A computer once beat me at chess...
...but was no match for me at kickboxing.”
http://woodforthetrees.files.wordpress.com
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Teachable moments
http://www.candyapplecostumes.com
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Doctors save lives
Teachers make lives
http://w
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http://tatango.com
What does this generation of learners want?
Digital Natives?
anytime
personalised
anyplace
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http://ithalas.com
Source: Maria Webster - http://www.ntdaily.com/
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Intuitive devices
Natural gesturingInteractiveMobileCreativeParticipatory
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http://tatango.com
What does this generation of learners need?
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Digital Literacies
Engaging and fun
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Serious gamesInteractive narratives
Role play simulations
Personalised Learning?
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http://www.delasallewaterford.com
Personalised Learning?
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http://www.hseb.utah.edu
Trends in Education
Just for me Apprenticeship model
Just in case Standard Curriculum
Just in timeBespoke Curriculum
Just for mePersonalised Learning
Personal Learning Environment
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We are family
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http://pro.corbis.com
Wii are family!
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http://wiifitnessdepot.com
Personalised Learning...
Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.
- Dr Suesshttp://images.fanpop.com/images
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Generating Content
Sharing Content Organising Content
Blog Mashup
Wiki
Tagging
Personal Web Tools
E-portfolio
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Personal Learning Environments
PersonalLearning Environment
Personal Learning Network
PersonalWeb Tools
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Source: http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2010/07/anatomy-of-ple.html
PLEs are not only personal web tools and personal learning networks. PLEs
are much wider than this, taking in experiences and realia, as well as learning through TV, music, paper based materials, radio &
more formal contexts.
Learning content is not as important now as where (or who) to connect to, to
find it.
PWTs are any web tools, (usually Web 2.0) chosen
by learners to support their lifelong learning.
http://www.eastone.co.uk/
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You are your own ‘VLE’
Services Tools
Formats Content
Channels Networks
Aggregation of Social Media
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http://www.uksmallbusinesswebsites.co.uk
With access to Social Media everyone has a voice
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The ‘Architecture of Participation’
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Learning 2.0
ToolsCollaborating
Sharing
Voting
Networking
User generated
content
Why Social Media?
Tagging
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Digital wisdom
e-safety
http://www.saltash.net
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Is a webcam in a pig sty leading edge?
Positive Deviance“Somewhere in your organization, groups of people are already doing things differently and better. To create lasting change, find areas of positive deviance and fan their flames.”
- Pascale & Sternin (Harvard Business Review)
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk
“The goal of education is to enrich the lives of students while producing articulate, expressive thinkers and lifelong learners that are socially responsible, resilient, and active citizens of the world. Education is about teaching students, not subjects.”
Dave Truss
Blended learning?
Formal Learning Informal Learning
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20% 80%Source: Cofer, D. (2000). Informal Workplace Learning.
Funnels or Webs?
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http://zumu.com
Wa
http://www.prlog.org
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Need some inspiration?
http://benpeterson.files.wordpress.com
http://www.prlog.org
Robben Island, Cape Town
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Lifelong learning against all the odds
“All too often today we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.”
- John W Gardner
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http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/image/s_flowers-lost-gardens-of-heligan.jpg
http://www.newcastle.edu.au
The future?
www.etsu.edu/math
Thank you for listening
Questions?http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com
@timbuckteeth
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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK:
International Licence.
Steve Wheeler [email protected] University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
Keynote Speech for Ulearn 2010, Christchurch, New Zealand, 6-8 October 2010