Students in the sandbox - developing professionals?

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Presentation for solo10: http://www.scienceonlinelondon.org/programme.php Science education remains largely stuck in a didactic mode, where information is transmitted from qualified professionals to aspiring students. Ironically, because social tool adoption by practicing scientists has been slow, many people involved in delivering science education are visitors rather than residents in social spaces, and their expertise with these tools is outstripped by the students they teach. This session will start with a whistle-stop tour of the pedagogies of online education. Participants will then discuss the barriers to tool adoption, examples of best practice, and suggestions for institutional and individual advances.

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Students in the sandbox - Students in the sandbox - developing professionals?developing professionals?

A.J. Cann

School of Biological Sciences

University of Leicester

UK

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AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements

Jo Badge Neil Saunders

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What do you do?What do you do?

• Primary?

• Secondary?

• Tertiary (H.E.)?

• Postgraduate?

• Professionals?

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Pedagogies of Online EducationPedagogies of Online Education

Martin Weller: A Pedagogy of Abundance

• Content is free and abundant• Sharing is frictionless• Social interaction is key• Complexity resides in the network• Complexity arises because people don’t

collaborate• The filter is significant

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Pedagogies of Online EducationPedagogies of Online Education

Graham Attwell: Vygotsky and e-learning

Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development

- the gap between “actual development” which students can accomplish independently and the “potential development” which they can accomplish when interacting with others who are more capable peers or teachers.

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Pedagogies of Online EducationPedagogies of Online Education

Terry Anderson: Connectivism

• Learning and knowledge rests in diversity of opinions• Learning is a process of connecting specialized

information sources• Learning may reside in non-human appliances• Capacity to know more is more critical than what is

known• Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to

facilitate learning• Ability to see connections is a core skill• Currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the intent• Decision-making is itself a learning process

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That’s the way we’ve always done itThat’s the way we’ve always done it

• Too much work

• Too many students

• Loss of quality

• etc

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Quality?Quality?

Does online = less?

More with less - is it cheaper?

More with less - is it quicker?

Laboratory skills?

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Personal Learning EnvironmentPersonal Learning Environment

Systems that help learners take control of

and manage their own learning

Delicious / CiteULike

Google Docs

Google Reader

PubMed / Google Scholar

etc

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Personal Learning NetworkPersonal Learning Network

The people a learner interacts with

and derives knowledge from

- Information / technology overload

- Peer networks - professional development?

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Peer networksPeer networks- professional development?- professional development?

Friendfeed = Facebook but not Facebook

Minimalist guidance

Reflection

Feedback

Discussion (object centred)

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