Drinking from the fire hose

Drinking from the fire hose

‘Loving it’ by Oakley OriginalsCC (b) http://bit.ly/sblyeI

KerryJOnline learning specialist

Level 1, Flinders Streetp 8216 5223

e k.johnson@rasa.org.au

Acknowledgment of countryWe acknowledge this Land as the Traditional Lands

of the Kaurna People and we respect and support their Spiritual, Physical, Economical, Intellectual and Emotional relationship with their Country.

We also acknowledge the Kaurna people as the custodians of the Adelaide Region and their inherent Cultural and Spiritual beliefs continue to sustain the living Kaurna People today.

WISDOM

KNOWLEDGE

INFORMATION

DATA

Adler, Tuan, Bell, Cooley, & various

Data• Person A thought online learning would be helpful

in helping him/her screen for family violence• Person B is a FDRP• Person C isn’t sure if online learning would be

helpful• Person D is male

Information• 67% of FDRPs, lawyers and counsellors we

surveyed in a sample of 366 felt that online learning about domestic violence screening would be helpful

• There have been many surveys done in the VET sector that show online learning is in demand

• More than 50% of our sector feels they need additional skills.

• 1/3 of our sector is over age 50• People over 45 say e-learning is a good

alternative for them when done well

Knowledge• Our sector is hungry for training• There is a reasonable component of our sector

over age 50• All we know about adult learning shows that

e-learning will work with older learners if we get the induction right

Wisdom• We are expanding our

e-learning offerings and are building better inductions.

‘Loving it’ by Oakley OriginalsCC (b) http://bit.ly/sblyeI

How do we make internet data useful?

MetadataFinding & organising informationSharing informationBuilding knowledge

Metadata:What does sound look like?

Audio

1. Format: MP32. Metadata/ID 3 tags3. Storage: ViostreamIm

age Metadata

Research

Collaborative research platform

Social search engine

PLN

Publishingplatform

Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff

Favourites

http://www.diigo.com/user/kerryj

Diigo for informal research• Organise info using tags (METADATA)

you create• Find info – other peoples’ data

Diigo for collaborators• View – advanced view to get options• Groups • Find People

– Update your profile TRUST– Users of Interest, – followers and the followed, – Tags

• Web-based and desktop tools• Tag papers• Add metadata for citation• Auto-formatted citations

Mendeley

http://www.mendeley.com/

RSS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU

PLNs

•Professional associations•Alumni groups•Acquaintances

sharing information/tapping into

knowledge

(c) Nancy White, Full Circle Associates http://bit.ly/tAoHKU

Staying connected• One to one• Small groups• Project groups• Many to many

CoPs – building knowledge• Organised• Small• Focused/purpose• Collaborative• Shelf life

Overlap• CoP and PLN tools• Diigo and Mendeley have PLN and CoP toools

Diigo for trainers1. Create course group2. Create unique course tag3. Add a few examplar resources4. Get learners on Diigo and tagging/annotating to

the group5. Add comments/feedback in the group to tagged

items6. Grade students

– have them copy URL from their resources with unique tag, paste into online text assignment in Moodle

Sharing wisdom - publishing• Blogs• Podcasts• YouTube, Vimeo• Flickr• Slideshare• Prezi