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Jon Dron and Terry Anderson
Fun and Fear in Open Spaces
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Media ZooUniversity of
Leicester
Issues in DistanceEducation Series
aupress.cawww.irrodl.org
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Values
We can (and must) continuously improve the quality, effectiveness, appeal, cost and time efficiency of the learning experience.
Student control and freedom is integral to 21st Century life-long education and learning.
Education for elites is not sufficient for planetary survival
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Pervasive Openness
University as a More Open Community
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agoraphobia
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the fear of open spaces
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agoraphilia
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the love of open spaces
Which networks do you use and find useful? Why?
Any others?
setnet
group
collective
Social forms
The Learning Management Systemsor VLE
• Fixed periods of engagement• limited learner control• teaching-led• Closed• Private
group
Athabasca Landing
5A Wordle view of Landing rationale
An open space to share...
Anyone can share
anything with anyone.
Open in time and in space.
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Multiple rationales
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set
net
group
collective
CoursesCommitteesResearch groupsStudy groupsCentres and departments
Sustaining tiesMaking tiesAd hoc networksKnowledge diffusionSocial capitalSocial presence
CooperationSharingSerendipityInterest -orientationSense-makingCollective intelligenceIntentional discovery
“Your Friends Make you Fat”
Fowler & Christakis (2007)A study of Obesity http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070725_obesity.htm
They can also make you smart!
Fowler & Christakis (2007)A study of Obesity http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070725_obesity.htm
The Closed Garden versus Facebook
• Boutique networks• Differentiating work, from school, from fun• Context is king• social networking a
feature, not a destination
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A Guided Tour of the Landing https://landing.athabascau.ca
Athabasca Landing
Tool InstancesUsers: 2657Messages: 21762Files: 3561Blog posts: 3348Wire posts: 1921Bookmarked items: 1550Discussion topics: 1305Pages: 853Photos: 788Top-level pages: 530Event Calendar: 171Albums: 109Bookmark Folder: 87Polls: 69
New Users Added per Month
Monthly Blog Posts
Landing Groups
•271 Groups
•Average of 9 .39 members each
•42% of population a member of one or more groups
•Of these, members of 8 groups (on average)
Social networking a feature, not a destination
• 35% of people followed by someone else (long tail shown here)
• 22% following someone else
• 17% reciprocal• 4% members of nets and not groups
• 24% in groups but not nets
Content creation and the long tail
• 28% are content creators
• 61% of content created by 1% of those
• 33% by next 10%
• 90% of the 28% of people creating content create 6% of it
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A soft space
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Public vs private
• It all depends on context and purpose...
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PUBLIC SET NET GROUP
Blogs 36% 50% 2% 11%
Wikis (8.5% private)
18% 45% 2% 26%
Bookmarks 9% 65% 0.5% 24%
Images 6% 75% 6% 10%
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Public vs private
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Groups
• Safety• familiarity (in education)• formality• trust• scaffolding• structure• Reliability• Group think• Cliques, hidden curriculum
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group
Scariness
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Networks
• Connectivity• strength of weak ties• blurred boundaries• shifting contexts• risk• insecurity• partial openness• (appear) unstructured
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net
Scariness
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Sets
• anonymity• Openness• Aggregated traces• analytics• Danger• Imposed structure• loss of identity• unreliability
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set
Scariness
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Why open?
• Greater interaction and feedback• Transparency• Social capital• Self-promotion• Altruism• Course requirements• Good ideas
•Fear of ....
• loss of face
• loss of privacy
• legal issues
• loss of control
• permanence
• freeloaders
• being unkind (especially wikis)
• exposure
• the unknown
Why not open?
Original MetricsTo increase the ease and effectiveness with
which people at AU can create, sustain and
discover relationships and work
collaboratively, both professionally and
personally
Quantitative
Spread of social networks (number of users)
Profile Use
Qualitative
Interviews
Focus groups
Original MetricsTo increase the ease with which
information and knowledge can be
shared outside formal channels
Quantitative
Number and change in wire useage
Creation of groups
Number of blog posts
Use by university leaders
Qualitative
Interviews
Focus groups
Original MetricsIntegrate of services with existing
provisions
Quantitative
Successful integration of software
with Moodle, external blogs, twitter,
Wonderland, Zimbra, library, etc
Effectiveness of single sign on
Original MetricsTo enable the use of such services in
formal as well as informal education
and research
Quantitative
Use in formal courses
Use by research groups
Creation of ‘learning’ groups
(task, subject focused)
Number of “beyond the course”
learning groups
Qualitative
Interviews
Focus groups
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Strategies for openness in social spaces
• Selective access control• Context control• Use of defaults• Establishment of norms• Valorisation of open content• Help and resources• Open discussion• Policies and rules
Final Questionable Implication
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equivalencytheorem.info
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The Interaction Equivalency (EQuiv) Websitehttp://equivalencytheorem.info/
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Anderson, T. (2003 )Getting the Mix Right Again: An updated and theoretical rationale for interaction.
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/149/230
OERu
• Can OERs + Student Networking eliminate the cost of teachers??
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OERu as a Disruptive Technology
Clayton Christiansen 2012
• “The pessimist complains about the wind, the optimist expects it to change, the realist adjusts the sails.” William Arthur Ward (1921 – 1994)
Your comments and questions are most
welcomed
https://landing.athabascau.ca/pg/profile/jond
https://landing.athabascau.ca/pg/profile/terrya