Comfortable with the tools of traditional learning

Feeling more confident about

Collaborative & Social

Learning tools, too

A little theory to set the scene

Developing ‗Mutant Learners‘

Moodle Tools to develop a ‗Mutant Lab‘

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Constructivism Common issues Connectivism

Collaboration and the Learning Zone

So easy its boring

I can do this easily

A bit hard Too hard

Comfort Zone Anxiety Zone

Can be done with guidance

& encouragement from a

More Knowledgeable Other

(MKO)

Learning Zone

‗Teacher‘ Role

• Demonstration and modeling Mutant Learning.

• Learning contexts are based on PLE, conversation, and sharing of information.

• Cooperation within networks and collaboration within groups.

• Be prepared to share your own learning networks.

• Encourage and reward participation.

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Consumer Contributor

Disengaged• A Zombie Learner says, ―I don‘t

care.‖

• They are not producing or consuming— they are decomposing.

• They have no desire to explore and spend little to no effort learning new things or opening themselves up to new technologies of learning.

Learner• This learner thinks, ―I want to

know.‖

• These are the active consumers.

• This is how most of us learn everyday. We seek knowledge –finding it, reading it, and internalizing it.

• The means through which we gain knowledge has increased and dramatically changed due to technological, mobile, and wireless advances.

Initiator

• This learner initiates a

conversation by asking, ―Do you

know?‖

• They are dynamic consumers of

knowledge.

• They instigate, prod, stir, and

then wait to see what answers

they get.

Wanderer• This learner says, ―Look what I

found.‖

• They are an active contributor to the online learning community.

• A wanderer is someone who stumbles upon an interesting source of knowledge somewhere on the web and then shares it on Twitter, Facebook, or another online community.

Creator• This learner says, ―I will do it.‖

• They are dynamic contributors of knowledge.

• Creators can answer questions confidently and respond with YouTube, or blog, or other community post.

• Without these dynamic contributors the perpetual growth and value of online mutant communities would die.

Connect Systemise Plan Learn Share

Mutant Lab Activities

Socialise Specialise Collaborate

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Push Pull Retrieve

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15 X 5 Rule Block it out Stick to it

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Scan Many Review Some Study the Few

Connect Systemise Plan Learn Share

Duplicate Amalgamate Innovate

Connect Systemise Plan Learn Share

A little theory to set the scene

Developing ‗Mutant Learners‘

Moodle Tools to develop a ‗Mutant Lab‘

Comfortable with the tools of traditional learning

Feeling more confident about

Collaborative & Social

Learning tools, too

Mutant Learning iMoot2013by Soozie Bea (Susannah Brown) is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Content developed from: How to Develop a Social Learning Labby Lime Green LabsandVygotskys Social Learning Theory at learning-theories.com

Includes pictures of:POP Vinyl Bobblehead Toys (which are awesome)and other freely available icons