exploring the promise of student personal learning networks

Exploring the Promise of Student Personal Learning Networks

Dr. Bernard Bull@bdean1000

www.etale.org

May 5, 2014 - 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM - Grand D

What is a student personal learning network?

Why should I promote student personal learning networks?

How do I promote student personal learning networks?

Why?

#CheatMOOC – 2013

“University as Digital Citizen”

1. Increase attention to academic honesty issues.2. Equip to mitigate against academic cheating.3. Add depth to the current discussion.4. Challenge existing beliefs and myths.5. Promote a design approach to academic honesty.6. Experiment and play with the affordances of open

learning.

Collective Knowledge

cheating stories

cheat, confess & prevent

cheating confessional

Private & Public

limited enrollment of 500 / 1000

private threaded discussions

public weekly content & live events

collective cheating lexicon

Twitter stream #cheatmooc

Live Events

8 scheduled Google on Air time slots

mix of myself, guest scholars,

participants, & vendors

recorded and shared via YouTube

Q & A

Plan for Self-Blending

“co-learner” language

buffet instead of prepared meal

alignment of driving question, content,

activities

multiple paths to answering the

driving question

Pre-established, but Emerging

Schedule

weekly driving question & objectives

weekly suggested readings & resources

weekly challenges, missions & events

revisions and additions based on

participant input

Digital Badges

earned for contributing to the

community

credly.com

100 or more contribution points in

a week

each badge represented a role

for the week

design plans to promote academic

honesty

some collective resources were

public

informal, conversational

incorporated learner contributions

events shaped by participant requests,

comments, & interests

“Surprise” badge for exemplary

contributions

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Networked Life & Learning

Behaviorism

Cognitivism

Construstivism

Connectivism

http://www.connectivism.ca/

Why?

“Capable People”

“The world is no place for the inflexible, the unprepared, and the ostrich with head in sand, and this applies to organizations as

well as individuals.”

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/~steve/pr/Heutagogy.html

Why?

Why?

Why?

Where is the learner?Why?

The Personal Learning Network (and why it matters for your students)

“A personal learning network is an informal learning network that consists of people a learner interacts with and derives knowledge from in a personal

learning environment.” – from the learning network known as Wikipedia

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpoyatos/5292412247/sizes/o/in/photostream/

What?

The Personal Teaching Network (and why it matters for you and your students)

How to Build a Personal Teaching Network - http://wp.me/p2WRHF-q5Infographic on the Personal Teaching Network - http://wp.me/p2WRHF-se

Self-directed Learning

“...the individual takes the initiative and the responsibility for what occurs.

Individuals select, manage, and assess their own learning activities...”

http://selfdirectedlearning.com/

What?

What?

Your Personal Learning Network

1. The PLN Challenge

http://etale.org/main/2013/10/30/join-the-pln-challenge-earn-a-rare-and-prized-badge/

How?

2. The Personal Learning Plan1. What is the question that will drive my inquiry?2. How will I pursue answers to this question?3. How will I expand or leverage my personal learning

network?4. How will I document my journey?5. What will be the culminating product or performance?6. How will I monitor my progress?7. What is my timeline?8. With whom will I share my work?

How?

3. Move beyond the Walls of the Online Classroom

How?

4. The Collective Essay – Google Docs

The Collective Essay - http://etale.org/main/2013/01/07/the-online-collective-essay-reflections-on-day-2-of-moocmooc/

Get started with this Google Docs Tutorial :http://ansonalex.com/tutorials/google-docs-and-google-drive-video-tutorial-2013/

Cooperative Learning vs Digital Age Collaboration - http://wp.me/p2WRHF-aY

How?

5. Assign Tasks That Can’t Be Accomplished Alone or Only With Classmates

The problem with much group work is that it does not require a group to achieve the goal.

How?

6. Student-Designed Feedback Loops

How?

Self ComputerMentors

Peers Teacher

7. Frequent Show and Tell

How?

Exploring the Promise of Student Personal Learning Networks

Dr. Bernard Bull@bdean1000

www.etale.org