Digital literacies for a changing learning context
Gráinne Conole, University of Leicester6th November 2012CSU ed Conference
Wagga Wagga, Charles Sturt University
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Outline
• The technological context• Learner experience• Digital literacies• Pedagogical approaches• Disaggregation of education• Learning design• Changing practices
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User generated content
Peer critiquing
Networked
Collective aggregation
Personalised
Open
Technological trends
• Mobiles and e-books• Personalised learning• Cloud computing• Ubiquitous learning• BYOD (Bring your own device)• Technology-Enhanced
learning spaces• Learning analytics
Technologies• Transforming everything we do• New forms of communication
and collaboration• Multiple rich representations• Tools to find, create, manage,
share• Networked, distributed, peer
reviewed, open• Complex, dynamic and co-
evolvinghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/oceanflynn/6638184545/
Technologies for learning
• Audio-graphics• Blogs• E-Books• E-Portfolios• Games• Instant Messaging• Mashups• Mobile learning• Photo sharing
• Podcasts• RSS feeds• Second life• Social bookmarking• Twitter• Video Mesaging• Wikis• Video clips and YouTube• Video chat
Rennie and Morrison, 2012
Learning Management Systems
Content Communication tools
Collaborationtools
Assessment tools
Upload tools
Trackingtools
Library
Finance
Student records
Registration
Timetabling
Conole, forthcoming, UNESCO briefing paper
The MATEL study
• Productivity and creativity• Networked collaboration• Content creation• Visualisation and simulation• Learning Management Systems• Learning environment• Games• Devices, interfaces and
connectivity
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/462376660/
http://www.menon.org/matel/
Aspects of learning
Individual Collaborative
Creating and accessing content
Learning organisation
Google glasses project
• Can ‘see’ the Internet on glasses
• Context sensitive information
• Context lenses planned
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4
Game changers
• Harnessing the power of new media
• Need to rethink education• Key questions
– How can we reach more learners, more effectively?
– What is the impact of free resources, tools and expertise?
– What new business models are emerging?
– What new digital literacies are needed?
http://www.educause.edu/game-changers
• Technology immersed• Learning approaches: task-
orientated, experiential, just in time, cumulative, social
• Personalised digital learning environment
• Mix of institutional systems and cloud-based tools and services
• Use of course materials with free resources Sharpe, Beetham and De Freitas, 2010
Learner experience
http://www.educause.edu/studentsAndTechnologyInfographic
Digital literacies
• Range of terms and definitions– Information literacies – Digital literacies – Digital competences – E-skills
Digital literacies =Tool knowledge + Critical thinking + Social engagement (Fraser)
www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2012/may/15/digital-literacy-in-universities
Digital literacies: definition
• Set of social practices and meaning making of digital tools (Lankshear and Knobel, 2008)
• Continuum from instrumental skills to productive competence and efficiency
http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/JRC67075_TN.pdf
IPTS report
• Confident/critical use of technologies for work, leisure and communication
• Digital divide• The network is key• More participatory and
open practices
Benefits
• Social• Health• Economic• Civic• Cultural• Societal
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mediaquell/4329902002/
Issues• Personal safety and
privacy• Responsible, ethical, and
legal issues • Understanding digital
media• Inequalities and the
digital divide
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/3668208527/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/r8r/4109502436/
Play
Performance
Simulation
Appropriation
Multitasking
Distributed cognition
Collective intelligence
Judgement
Transmedia navigation
Networking
Negotiation
Jenkins et al., 2006
Digital literaciesCreativity
Transmedia navigation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3gMGqcZQc
Distributed cognition
Salamon, 1993
Tools and people
Across networks
Networked
Filtering
Personalised
Aggregation
Play
http://www2.le.ac.uk/projects/swift/
Networking
Collective intelligence
Performance
• Digital identity • Degree of openness• Communication and collaboration
Creativity• Derived from Latin ‘creo’ to
create/make• Creating something new
(physical artefact or concept) that is novel and valuable
• Ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, partners, relationships and create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaxzine/2278300537/
Why is it important?• Essential skill to
deal with today’s complex, fast and changing society
• Discourse and collaboration are mediated through a range of social and participatory media
Stages• Preparation: identifying
the problem• Incubation:
internalisation of the problem
• Intimation: getting a feeling for a solution
• Illumination: creativity burst forth
• Verification: idea is consciously verified, elaborated and appliedhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/williamcromar/5230835657/
Technologies
• Can promote creativity in new and innovative ways
• Enable new forms of discourse, collaboration and cooperation
• Access and repurpose knowledge in different forms of representation
• Aggregation and scale – distributed and collective
Augmented Reality Games (ARGs)• Began with a code 91211• Twitter hash tag• Mysterious character Rufus• Series of clues – real and
virtual• Video screen in
Manchester spontaneously playing students’ videos
Helen Keegan
Keynote, Eden Research Workshop, Leuven, 24th October 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qESNQMDupfY
Pedagogical approaches
Drill & practicelearning
Mobilelearning
Situated learning
Immersive learning
Drill and practice learning
Study calendarsE-booksLearning resourcesOnline modulesAnnotation toolsMind mapping toolsCommunication mechanisms
Mobile learning
Situated learning
Archeological digsMedical wardsArt exhibitionsCyber-lawVirtual language exchangeBeyond formal schooling http://www.jibbigo.com/
Immersive learning
Resources Learning pathways
Support Accreditation
Disaggregation of education
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emclibrary/2459359483/
Resources
• Over ten years of the Open Educational Resource (OER) movement
• Hundreds of OER repositories worldwide
• Presence on iTunesU Podcasts - iTunes U
The OPAL metromap
http://www.oer-quality.org/
Evaluation shows lack of uptake by teachers and learnersShift from development to community building and articulation of OER practice
POERUP outputs
• An inventory of more than 100 OER initiatives http://poerup.referata.com/wiki/Countries_with_OER_initiatives
• 11 country reports and 13 mini-reports http://poerup.referata.com/wiki/Countries
• 7 in-depth case studies• 3 EU-wide policy papers
MassiveOpen Online Courses
http://www.olds.ac.uk/
Support
• Computer assisted• Peer support• Tutor support• Community support• Mentoring
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24289877@N02/5851058394/
Accreditation
www.p2pu.org/en/
Peer to Peer University
wikieducator.org/OER_university/
OER University
Promise and reality
Social and participatory media offer new ways to communicate and collaborate
Wealth of free resources and tools
Not fully exploited
Replicating bad pedagogy
Lack of time and skills
Learning Design
Shift from belief-based, implicit approaches to design-
based, explicit approaches
Encourages reflective, scholarly practices
Promotes sharing and discussion
Learning DesignA design-based approach to creation and support of
courses
ConsolidateEvaluate and embed your design
ConceptualiseWhat do we want to design, who for
and why?
http://beyonddistance.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/carpe-diem-the-7cs-of-design-and-delivery/
Carpe Diem:7Cs of learning Design
Changing practices
• Nature of learning, teaching and research is changing
• It’s about– Harnessing new media– Adopting open practices
• New business models are emerging
• Exploiting the digital network• New forms of dissemination
and communication• Promoting reflective practice• Embracing the affordances of
new technologies
Digital scholarship
Weller: http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/
My digital environment
Citation indicators
The future of learning
• Changing nature of education
• New forms of communication and collaboration
• Rich multimedia representation
• Harnessing the global network
Implications
• Blurring boundaries• New business models• More open practices• Changing roles• Importance of new
digital literacy skills• Disruptive and
complex
http://www.slideshare.net/GrainneConolehttp://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/beyond-distance-research-alliance
[email protected]://e4innovation.com
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