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
h<p://virtual4me.vmcolab.eu/vm-‐alumni-‐tes3monials/
• How do our students actually learn?
• “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
• 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
2012… but ins/tu/ons are slow to change
Capterra.com 2015
wearesocial.sg 2015
wearesocial.sg 2015
wearesocial.sg 2015
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
Educause 2013
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
My Personal/Informal learning
Interna/onal collabora/ons
Socio-‐cultural framework
A framework
virtual learning
virtual mobility
virtual infrastructure
• Case based learning o Online content cura/on – Scoop It
hRps://storify.com/GeorgeOnline/using-‐storify
hRps://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=93FF46F5BC6A27CF
• Your students can find stuff
• They can share stuff • You can turn finding and sharing into courseworks…
• 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
Remember…. The past is another country
@suukii hRp://eprints.soton.ac.uk/363714/
• Students as producers • Students as curators • Students as learners
• Partnership • Self efficacy • Lifelong learning
“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?