Beyond the virtual campus: Technologies for virtual learning communities

Technologies  for  virtual  learning  communi3es  

Su  White,  University  of  Southampton  @suukii  

Lifelong Learning Programme Erasmus Multilateral Projects

UbiCamp: Integrated Solution to Virtual Mobility Barriers Project ID: 526843-LLP-1-2012-ES-ERASMUS-ESMO

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•  How  do  our  students  actually  learn?  

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•  “We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist . . . !!using technologies that haven’t been invented . . . !

•  in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.”

Shi$  Happens,  Karl  Fisch  and  Sco4  McLeod,2007  

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Ins/tu/onal  space  

Personal  space  

Good  for  learning  

Support  space  

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• You  provide  it  • Admin  • informa/on  

• You  provide  it  • It  guides  you  

• I  choose  it  • I  use  it  

• You  find  it  • We  learn  to  use  it  

Good  for  learning  

Personal  space  

Ins/tu/onal  space  

Support  space  

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2012…  but  ins/tu/ons  are  slow  to  change    

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Capterra.com  2015  

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wearesocial.sg  2015  

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wearesocial.sg  2015  

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wearesocial.sg  2015  

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wearesocial.sg  2015  

•  We  set  up  our  own  groups  

•  We  send  group  emails  •  We  organise  mee3ngs  •  We  plan  and  discuss  ….  •  We  lost  previous  notes  •  We  can’t  see  last  year’s  notes  

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Educause  2013  

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Infrastructure  at  University  of  Southampton  

•  Tumblr  ++  •  Pinterest  ++  •  Rent  a  coder  ++  •  LinkedIn  ++  •  MOOCS  -­‐>  Blended  MOOCs  

•  ++  

•  Learning  can  be  authen3c  

•  It  has  to  be  construc3vely  aligned  

•  We  can  build  the  framework  

•  The  learners’  create  their  learning  

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My  Personal/Informal  learning  

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Interna/onal  collabora/ons  

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Socio-­‐cultural    framework  

A  framework    

virtual  learning    

virtual  mobility    

virtual  infrastructure  

•  Case  based  learning    o  Online  content  cura/on  –  Scoop  It  

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hRps://storify.com/GeorgeOnline/using-­‐storify  

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•  Your  students  can  find  stuff  

•  They  can  share  stuff  •  You  can  turn  finding  and  sharing  into  courseworks…  

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•  Who  remembers…  o  MySpace  o  Second  Life  o  Blackberries  

•  Your  students’  reality  is  framed  by  their  experience  

•  It  may  be  shaped  by  yours  

…but  stay  relevant  

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Remember….  The  past  is  another  country  

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•  Students  as  producers  •  Students  as  curators  •  Students  as  learners    

•  Partnership  •  Self  efficacy  •  Lifelong  learning  

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

Su  White  University  of  Southampton  @suukii    

Ques3ons?