connected learning week three

Connected Learning

Dr. Paul Richardson

Topics

• Connected Learning

• Network Literacy

• The Connected Society and Global Citizenship

Week Three

The Connected Society and Global Citizenship

http://www.flickr.com/photos/webwizzard/3931165508/sizes/m/in/photostream/

http://www.unesco.org/en/esd/

http://www.esd-wales.org.uk/English/RCE_development/default.htm

"For the first time in history, we

know now how to store virtually

all humanity's most important

information and make it

available, almost instantly, in

almost any form, to almost

anyone on earth. We also know

how to do that in great new

ways so that people can interact

with it , and learn from it."

Dryden Gorden & Vos, Jeannette (2005). The New

Learning Revolution: How Britain Can Lead the World

in Learning, Education, and Schooling. UK: Network

Educational Press Ltd. p. 127.ISBN 978-1855391833.]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/2120715411/

Smart mobs emerge when communication and

computing technologies amplify human talents

for cooperation.

The Personal Learning Network

• People you ‘know’ and trust

• Can be anywhere

• Status is no barrier

• Anyone can be an author…

User Generated content…..

What tools help you to create content?

What tools help you to create content?

• Mindmaps

• Photos

• Slide shows

• Movies

• Office suite

• Facebook

• Myspace

• Forums

• Blogs

• Widgets

• Twitter

• RSS

User Generated Content

• Wikipedia

• Wordpress

• Blogger

• Flickr

• YouTube

• MySpace

• Digg

• eBay

• Amazon

The Citizen Journalist

http://www.flickr.com/photos/88927846@N00/3412436293/

After the Buncefield disaster the BBC

received over 5,000 photos from viewers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buncefield2.jpg

http://blogactionday.change.org/

Gapminder

• http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=42

37353244338529080#

http://www.writetothem.com/

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/

http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/media-literacy/media-lit-resources/dii/

http://www.wisekids.org.uk/

Some web services supporting citizenship

• Wikipedia

• Gapminder

• Write to Them

• iSpot

Investigating the services

• Is the information reliable?

• How is the quality governed?

• Who contributes the information?

• How is the information useful?

• iSpot• Anyone can contribute

• Limited range of people

• Some erroneous data

• Likely most mistakes will be corrected

• Significant scientific value

• Gapminder

• They work for you

Gapminder

• UN data

• Made data accessible

• Undermined preconceptions

Write to themThey work for you

• Made data data accessible

• Allows access to politicians

Wikipedia

• Mostly reliable – it depends on the subject

• Extremely comprehensive

Your Project..

• 1,500-2,000 words equivalent. Create a collaborative space within a

chosen online social environment, and invite other students to participate

in a learning activity. Report on the outcomes, indicating how these were

influenced by the key decisions which were made, including choice of

software, activities undertaken, and the level and type of engagement of

the participants. The work may be presented as a document, or in an

alternative format (e.g. web pages, or a blog (50%). (LOs 1-6).

Planning your Project

• What are your aims?

• What do you need to do?

• What resources will you need?

• How long will it take?

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