#Blend13 Workshop: Supporting Blended Learners #blended62255

Supporting Blended Learners’ Need to Develop Social &

Connected Skills through Digital Pedagogy

@laurapasquini June 8, 2013Blended Learning Conference #blend13

Milwaukee, WI

#blend13

Our

Workshop

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Workshop Overview

Part I: Digital Skills Needed to Supported Blended Learners

Coffee Break

Part II: Technology Assessment, Implementation & Planning

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Image c/o CRUSTINA! http://www.flickr.com/photos/crustina/3196036316/

Tell me what you want to learn today…

New Media Ecology Realities

• Media & gadgets are everywhere• Internet = center of the revolution • Easy communication• Anywhere & anytime• Multitasking = norm• More change to come

• (Raine, 2007)Flickr photo c/o of Dryicon

“Over 94% of undergraduate, graduate, and community college students are Internet users and approximately 80% of this same group use social networking sites.”College students and Technology, The Pew Internet Research

Image c/o Luke Mahan http://www.flickr.com/photos/kremovich/4471473109/

Web 2.0

#SocialMedia

Social Web

New Media

#SM

Transmedia

Emerging Tech

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“Students experience an increasing need for connectivity and digital access to excel beyond the higher education learning environment.  They must access and interact with information, learning materials, and colleagues from around the globe.”Implications for use of technology in advising 2011 NACADA National Survey

Image c/o The Out Sourcing Company http://www.theoutsourcingcompany.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/idea.jpg

There must be others ways to support our students

Required for Today’s Blended Learners:

1.Exploration

2.Connection

3.Curation

4.Collaboration

5.Openness

Exploration

New challenges help you EXPLORE!

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Dr. Alec Couros (@courosa) & #eci831

Play = “the tension between the rules of the game and the freedom to act within

those rules” (Thomas & Seely Brown, 2011)

How do you support EXPLORATION on YOUR campus?

Image from http://thesituationist.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/istock-social-network.jpg

Discovery

Creativity

Exploration…

Use your imagination

Create time to play

Find a new way of learning

Embrace alternatives

Participate in learning

Perform knowledge

Connection

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Via @intersection1http://www.intersectionconsulting.com/

Cultivate an Your Network

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#asbABQ13

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Flickr photo c/o xotoko

Flickr photo c/o vickel_n

@tanyajoostenhttp://tanyajoosten.com/

#edusocmedia #edtech

#phdchat

#sachat

#highered

#untLT

#satech

#edchat

http://bitly.com/TwitterChatSchedule

Do you have something to talk about?

#ugstJOUR

http://ugstjour.wordpress.com/

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Curation

Online information flows like…

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NO FILTER

Critical Thinking

Communities of Practice

http://www.ewenger.com/theory/

@nancywhite

Wenger, 2006

dailyshoot.comNew Learning Spaces

http://storify.com/Open Forum & Debates

Mentoring

Curation & archiving…

Information

News & events

Social streams

Images & Videos

Class discussions

Collaborative efforts

Collaboration

Turn to your neighbour… Share WHO you collaborate with on

your campus?

Is this really active & engaged learning?

Participation = Engagement

@catspyjamasnz

Research

&

Support

LT Facebook Page

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To Ask Questions & Disucss

Informal Learning BreakDrink.com

Are you having fun yet?

Then why bother?

@JeffJackson

Collaborative works…

Group projects

Shared writing

Common learning spaces

Team development

Collective assignments

Aggregated knowledge

Openness

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Don’t Be A Sharing Fail Whale.

Digital Identity

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Digital Scholars

• @mweller … The Ed Techie

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Reflectionhttp://techknowtools.wordpress.com/

http://www.sageperformance.com/ojs/index.php/LPQ

• Lurking is learning (at first)• Give credit where it is due

Be creative• Engage & participate• Find where you want to SHARE • Note the “rules” of netiquette• Participate!

Encourage Open Learning

You cannot always wait for the perfect time. Sometimes you

must dare to jump.

Coffee Break

• 30 minutes

• Return for • Planning for • Blended • Learners

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Workshop Part II

• Technology Assessment &

Planning Ways to Support Blended

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Needs Assessment

1. Determine Advising Technology Goals2. Determine Resources3. Create, Design, and Edit4. Pilot the Project5. Review and Evaluate6. Update and Development

The Iceberg Effect

© Mark Smiciklas Intersection Consulting

Purpose(why?)

What Do YOU Want to Improve for Blended

Learning?-Goal Setting-Reviewing the Technology Assessment-Plan – Action Items to Return to Campus

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Created by @Ekutsko & @equalmanhttp://youtu.be/ZQzsQkMFgHE

Flickr photo c/o hoodlumper

“Focus on connecting with the

people, and the tools will all make

sense.”

~Chris Brogan

PLAN(Who? where? what?)

• External Stakeholders– Outside partners– Campus or regional

regulations/requirements– Consultants – Vendors

• Internal Stakeholders– Students– Staff– Faculty – other

Who is sitting at your planning table?

• Brainstorm

• Collaborative

• Shared workspaces

• Meeting schedule

• Ask questions early

• Review ideas

• Consider all options

• THE BIGGEST PART OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION IS THE PROCESS!

Plan to Plan

Understanding Your Advising Resources

Think-Pair-Share:How do you currently

Assess Blended Learning Or Technology Use at your Institution?

• Intake/Follow up surveys• Use of current advising

services• Applications/mobile apps• Tracking on website or LMS• FAQ use• Social media

metrics/insights• Advising notes database• Institutional research

Current Assessment

• Reach out to peers & colleagues

• Ask other departments on campus

• Planning groups at your institution

• Review campus environments with similar student demographics

• Leaders are readers - REVIEW!

• Affiliations off campus to consult

• Professional organizations

Research

• Time Costs– Staff position/job

descriptions– Advising schedule– Project timeline

• Financial Costs– Funding – Grant vs. sustainable funds– Other

• Unplanned costs– Campus buy in

Cost Analysis

Reaction: Did they like it?

Usability: Did they use it? How? Easy?

Behavior: Is there a changed behavior?

Difference in service provision? Student reaction?

Results: Is there an overall advising benefit?

Adopted from Kirkpatrick’s Model for Training Evaluation (1994)

Evaluation

Understanding Your Advising Resources

• Assessment of current unit needs

• Identifying gaps in service• Identifying target population• Utilizing effective

assessments• Evaluation of current

program, model, and/or practice in your advising unit

Determine Technology Goals

• What are the technology needs of the department or campus system?

• What are the long-term goals of the program What are the objectives for learners

• Are there gaps and needs with current technology being used?

• Can these gaps and needs be addressed with technological resources?

Step 1 Overview

• Who should be a member of the design/development team?

• What are the available resources to support the technological needs?

• How will online resources be researched?

• Who will experiment with these technology resources?

Step 2 Overview

Determine Resources

Resources

-Colleagues

-Campus experiences

-Conference connections

-Recommended reading

-Organizational opportunities

Communication Goals

#Elearn11 via @schwier

Develop an IdentityDo you like spam?

Students don’t either. What is your office

brand? What information do you need to convey to

students? Start with these questions, and

then add in personality and

variety.@julieclarsen

“...technology could be used much more strategically than is currently undertaken to commit students to their academic life.”

The Horizon Report 2012Dahlstrom, de Boor, Grunwald, & Vockley, 2012

Social Media Strategy

Editorial Calendar and Content Assessment

@julieclarsen

@thementalkavity

PILOT(considerations)

Higher Ed is HERE

Flickr photo c/o dsearls

We Need to Move Beyond These.

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Change in higher

education is NOT NUTS!

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Crowdsourcing

Google Docs, Wikis, Social Networks, Skype/G+ Hangouts, Dropbox… OH MY!

Thoughts

Sharing

IDEAS!

Use of social media does not mean that

sensitive data about students or

faculty/staff members will be released. Like all

things, proper training should be conducted to make

sure everyone is aware of protocols and best practices.

ACE: Academic & Career Explorer

• AA & CC Online peer buddy

• www.utsc.utoronto.ca/aacc/ace/

To ACE, Or Not To ACE?

• The Question: • How can we connect our

services & optimize resources?• The Focus:

• Make connections to AA & CC and UTSC resources

• The Time Line: • Get Started Orientation,

Summer 2008• The Target Audience:

• Incoming UTSC Students

ACE: Learning Outcomes

• Incoming UTSC students will:o orient themselves to the campuso connect with resources & serviceso transition into university lifeo join a collaborative communityo learn about UTSC via weekly topicso ask helpful questionso connect with other students on

campus

Where to Now, ACE?• Future Plans:

• Hire “peers” & work with students

• Marketing & promotional tools• Connect to other students:

upper year• Survey: needs & service gaps?• Learning experience: keep?

leave?• More fun! (themes, events, etc)

Consider...

Connecting to peers

Saving time to play

Finding new ways of learning

Embracing alternatives

Being a participant

Modeling social media use

Evaluate(review)

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Measure & AssessReaction: Did they like it?

Usability: Did they use it? How? Easy?

Behavior: Is there a changed behavior? Difference in service provision? Student reaction?

Results: Is there an overall advising benefit?

ANALYTICS-Google -Blog reads-Social Network Analysis-Twitter searchHashtagsInstitution/Office nameSocial Grow

-Content ManagementBufferapp.comBottlenose.comSocialBro.com

Final Thoughts…

• No "Magic Bullet"

• Failure leads to success

• Participation is key

• Collaborate & connect

• Share resources

• Keep evaluating your learner needs

Flickr photo c/o furiousgeorge81

about.me/laurapasquini Laura.Pasquini@unt.edu

Stay connected #blend13

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