Flexible Pedagogies in Further and Higher Education: preparing for the future

Dr. Kevin BurdenReader in Educational Technology

The University of Hull15th May 2014

Emirates Stadium, London

•access to content (textbooks, websites, blogs, wikis, etc.); •exploration of interactive content/activities – (to discover relationships, to master concepts)•consolidation of processes (e.g to build mastery and fluency)•demonstration of mastery and skills (e.g. capturing a performance)•creation of interactive activities to share understandings•creation of conceptual vignettes to support the learning of others.

Uses of iPads in post-compulsory education

Dr. Tim Pelton: Victoria University http://ipadsineduc.blogspot.com/2013/03/istesigml-webinar-explain-everything.html

Flexible Pedagogies:providing students with choices

about

•pace - delivery schedules

•place - physical location

•mode - learning technology

Flexible Pedagogies; Neil Gordon, 2014, p.5

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Increasing levels of choice

Mobile learning is not just?

National research and evaluations

World-wide survey of educator’s mobile learning pedagogies

(n=195)

Personalisation

Collaboration

Authenticity

Distinctive pedagogies of mobile devices

Personalisation

Agency - student choice

CustomisationAdaptive Learning - examples

Customised ‘books’

eBooks that understand your ‘reading’ habits

Collaboration

What does the research say?

Mobile technologies enhance different forms of

collaborative learning

• Through supporting ‘conversations’ (face-to-face and virtual)

• Through the creation and sharing of data

Learner Generated Content

Authenticity

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Situated learning

Heritage learning - situated

Field-work

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•the research evidence base for iPads is growing but is not organised for educators

•Personalisation; Collaboration; Authenticity are emerging as powerful affordances of iPads

•iPads support different forms of flxible pedagogies

Your take-away

Contact details:

Dr. Kevin Burden: Reader,University Teaching Fellow,Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)Faculty of Education, The University of Hull, HU6 7RXTel: (44) 01482 466731Mobile: 07815184477Twitter: @edskjb

URL: https://hull.academia.edu/KevinBurden

MESH maps (iPads) http://www.richprocter.co.uk/cgi-bin/pathways/pad.pl