eGuidance for silent and invisible learners - skills of a detective required?

Webinar 18.5.2016

Otava Folk High Schoolestablished 1892online since 1997

Online Upper Secondary School for AdultsOnline Comprehensive School for Adults

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students

Shift workers

Unemployed

Entrepreneurs

Travelling at work

Professional athletes

Expatriats

Retired

Health problems

Long distances

Negative school historyParents with

small kids at home

guidance

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(online) presence

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in the old school cultureno news was good news

communication channels

Anna’s story

Why should I always participate? Why can’t I just take my time and concentrate on my studies on my own?

extrovert introvert

• energy outwards• thinks aloud• reacts quickly• active in interaction

• energy inwards• forms an opinion

before expresses anything aloud

• reacts slowly• passive in interaction

contextual silence

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How to identify what kind of guidance each student needs?

Making a deal with the student at the beginningAsking right questionsBackground information through networks e.g.

workshop coaches, outreach youth workers, social workers, parents

Reading between the linesLearning logsData from the learning platformBut what about those who simply disappear - ?

In learning logs

at least part of the invisible becomes visible

learning platforms

learning analytics

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flagging

peer supportthe feeling of belonging is sometimes enough

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Happy end

Thank you!

Taru Kekkonentaru.kekkonen@otavanopisto.fi

+358 44 794 3517