Building a Hybrid Learning Environment - Augmenting the Classroom with Conversation and...

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The Evolving

Story of Education...

Agrarian Age

-‐  3Rs

-‐  No formal educa1on

Industrial Age !"

-‐  3Rs + Technical skills + Basic Cogni1ve skills

Information Age !"

-‐  3Rs + Basic Cogni1ve skills

-‐  Knowledge in a Domain (college degree)

Automation

Computers

Phase Change... I N T E R N E t

Complexity

Hyper-connectivity

Knowledge Age!"

-  Knowledge in a Domain"

-  Higher Order Cognitive skills – creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, !decision making"

-  Self-Direction, !Empathy,!Collaboration"

We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist... using technologies that haven’t yet been invented... in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.

-‐  Richard Riley, Secretary of Educa3on under President Clinton

Knowledge

Comprehension

Analysis

Application

Synthesis

Evaluation

Benjamin Bloom" Goals of!

Education"

Necessity of a

Hybrid Learning Environment

21st Century

What a student knows

21st Century

Fill the knowledge gap by using online informa1on resources of online learning communi1es

Internet Facilitated Learning

The world has changed and become more networked... what is needed is not a new theory for the digital age, but a model that integrates the different theories to guide the design of online learning materials.

-‐ Dr. Mohamed Ally, Athabasca University

An Analogy

Our understanding of solar system has changed…

From Earth-‐centric…

to Sun-‐centric…

to Mass-‐centric

Likewise our view on educa3on is changing…

From Earth-‐centric…

Teacher-‐centric…

to Sun-‐centric…

Learner-‐centric…

to Mass-‐centric

Connec0on-‐centric

-‐  Learners -‐  Mentors -‐  Content -‐  Conversa1on -‐  Collabora1on

Internet as a Classroom

One-‐on-‐one rela1onship between learner and the online learning content

eLearning 1.0

eLearning 2.0

Web 2.0 makes online collabora1on possible

Peripheral Participation

Active Participation

Legi1mate Peripheral Par1cipa1on (Lave & Wenger)

Online Learning Communities

Online Learning Communities (Modern Day Study Groups)

What Facilitates Deep Understanding

Howard Gardner on Deep Understanding

1. Multiple Entry Points

Narrative

Data Analysis

Visual

Kinesthetic

2. Telling Analogies

3. Multiple Representations

4. Multiple Performances

Deep Understanding is about

•  Connec1ng new informa1on and knowledge with what you already know

•  Using and applying knowledge in novel contexts (which shows you understand, and not just know)

1.  Make predic1ons to ac1vate Prior Knowledge

2.  Build curiosity and fire up intrinsic mo1va1on to learn

3.  Make learning contextually relevant

4.  Secure cogni1ve commitment (for the learning adventure)

5.  Ac1vely engage with the learning material

6.  Make connec1ons (with prior knowledge / bigger picture)

7.  Update Mental Model

The Learning Journey

KWL-‐Plus is a self-‐ques1oning strategy for learning

Know -‐  making predic1ons, invoking prior knowledge

Want to Know -‐  genera1ng interest in the topic by posing ques1ons

about expecta1ons from the text

Learn -‐ Plus -‐  reflec1ng upon the text through techniques like

lis1ng, mapping and summarising

KWL-Plus Learning Strategy

Learning Journal

Internet-‐Facilitated Learning Cycle

Problem with Online Learning

Knowledge is highly fragmented AND understanding requires a coherent narra1ve

Teachers can use the the Social Media Glue!

•  Teachers bring coherence

•  Co-‐learners add meaning -‐  Par1cipatory pedagogy

-‐  Social Tagging

-‐  Annota1ng

•  Conversa1ons and Collabora1on leads to deeper

understanding

Advantage of Social Learning

Creating a

The Cri1cal Thinker Academy

Started by a University Professor

Offering Video Lectures

A Blog (RSS)

A Newsleder

Podcasts

YouTube Channel

MOOC – Massive Open Online Course

Example of a MOOC – started by two university professors

A 12-‐week Online Programme

•  Things to Read •  Things to Watch

•  Daily Newsleder

•  Create Own Blog •  Discussion Group

•  Tweet, Tag •  Curate, Share

2011: Highly Successful MOOC -‐ over 100,000 global students

•  Video Lessons •  Quizzes •  Assignments

•  Discussions •  Ques1ons to Professors •  Exams (op1onal)

•  Final Score •  Statement of Achievement

•  Free, 160k students •  From 209 countries

•  20,000+ got Cer1ficate of Achievement

•  Video – 2 to 6 minutes

•  Quiz (open-‐ended) •  Assignment – due date

•  Self-‐Organised Forums

•  Peer Instruc1on •  Meet-‐up Groups

This has led to the forma1on of Udacity

Another example -‐ Coursera – course on Gamifica1on taken by Wharton Professor

edX -‐ MIT, Harvard, Berkeley courses

Its not difficult to create!

Ingredients of an Enriched Learning Experience

•  Text •  Audio •  Video •  Learning Aids

•  Discussion •  Reflec1on •  Peer Review

•  Self-‐Assessment

•  Project Work

•  Sims/Games

Content Conversation Collaboration

A LEARNING COMMUNITY

•  Project Work

•  Sims/Games

Create Your Blog

Google Blogger

WordPress

EduBlogs

Twider – Micro Blogging

Presentations

Prezi – free presenta1on tool

VoiceThread

Glogster – interac1ve posters

•  Project Work

•  Sims/Games

Create Your PodCast

Windows – Sound Recorder

Audacity – free sokware

Record For All – free sokware

AudioBoo – minicast using your mobile phone

Podoma1c – create & share Podcasts

iTunes – share your Podcasts

•  Project Work

•  Sims/Games

Create Your VodCast, ScreenCast,

Video Tutorials

Windows Movie Maker

CamStudio – Free Video Screen Capture Sokware

Jing – free Screen Capture + Annota1on sokware

Screenr: free Screen Cast tool – create and share

LiveScribe -‐ PenCast

EduCrea1ons – simple way to

create video lessons

Show Me – simple way to create video tutorials on iPad

Create a YouTube Channel

Share your videos on Vimeo

Share your video series on Blip.TV

Create an iTunes Channel

•  Project Work

•  Sims/Games

Mind Mapping, Brainstorming, Diagrams,

Flowcharts, Quiz Makers

MindMeister – Mind Mapping Tool

Bubbl.Us – Brainstorming Tool

Gliffy – Diagrams and Flowcharts

Quizlet – create your own quizzes

Socra1ve – Quiz + Student Response System using SmartPhone (BYOD)

Survey Monkey – create surveys, analyse response

•  Project Work

•  Sims/Games

Discussion Forum, Wiki, Webinar

DisQus – integrates with most Blogs

Wiki Spaces – Wiki

Big Blue Budon – open source Web Conferencing for Distance Educa1on

It supports sharing of slides (PDF), webcams, whiteboard, chat, voice over IP, and presenter's desktop. It can record and playback sessions (slides, audio, and chat), runs on Mac, Unix, and PC

Skype – Group Video Calling

•  Project Work

•  Sims/Games

Bringing Learning Nuggets

TOGETHER

Symbaloo – create a gateway to your blog, wiki, videos…

NetVibes – create a gateway to your blog, wiki, videos…

Twider Feed YouTube Feed

Facebook Feed

Website Feed Blog Feed LinkedIn Feed

Buddy Press – add Community to your Word Press Blog

Mahara – Community + ePoroolio Tool (open source)

Elgg – Online Community Tool (open source)

Ning – Online Community Building Tool (paid)

College Is Dead. Long Live College! By Amanda Ripley

Read more: hdp://na1on.1me.com/2012/10/18/college-‐is-‐dead-‐long-‐live-‐college/#ixzz2AgIplZAb

TIME Magazine – October issue is on Reinventing College Education

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