learning, teaching and web 2.0

Mark van Harmelen

Learning, Teachingand Web 2.0

Where education could go

Practice

Exemplars of problem areas

Conclusions

Wither?Goals and constraints

We knowPeople work with each otherThey learn from each otherThey are capable of determining whatthey want to learn

Some questionsWhat are the values that wewant to promulgate?

How do we want to affect society?

Do we want autonomous,independent,self-actualised life-long learnerswho decide what they want to learnand how they learn itIf so, how do we ‘grow’ them

A Goal: Empowerment

Learners

who can take responsibility for theireducation in HE and beyond

who are enthusiastic about learning

and who might play apositive role in society

Independent learnersIndependent learnersAutonomous learnersAutonomous learners

Learners in peer groupsLearners in peer groupsLearners in Learners in CoPsCoPs

Learners in HELearners in HELearners in the work placeLearners in the work placeLife-long learnersLife-long learners

Set learning goalsSet learning goals

Formulate learning strategiesFormulate learning strategiesand plansand plans

Monitor progressMonitor progressand mid-term correctand mid-term correct

Formatively reflect onFormatively reflect onmethods and contentmethods and content

It doesn’t matterwhat we teach….

It doesn’t matterwhat we teach….

so long as we teachstudents to become

autonomous learners

…really?

What if Dave, or you, orI have togo to hospital?

Should the doctorsand nursesjust have learnedwhat theywanted to?

[Problem solved forPBL in medicaleducation]

There are limitsto what we canand should do

In all of this remember thatindependent & peer learning,& Web 2.0 catalysis shouldn’tbe the tail that wags the dog

Like it or not, we need to maintain thesocietal role of universities -to prepare useful members of society,certified as approved, employable, withparticular levels of skills and knowledge

Some class practice

A couple of approaches I like

Social Constructivisim (Vygotsky)learning in social settingslearning in groups and teamsZone of Proximal Development / scaffolding

Constructionism (Papert)learn by constructing artefacts to show

Teamwork is taught

Peer learning is taught

Facilitated by (Web 2.0) tools

currentknowledge

future knowledge with ano’s scaffolding

not reachable as yet

Zone of Proximal Development

ZPD

…applied scaffolding

pagestructurecontentsuggestionsmulti-waysuggestion /feedback

…constructionism

…communication / participationwithGoogle Groups

168 messages68 topicsguess 75% mebut significant effectfeedback from one class member:felt involved in a course for the first time

Interim resultsDid the course create independentlearners?Maybe, not measuredDid the course produce team-workersYes, definitelyWas these a result of Web 2.0?Not directly….But did Web 2.0 enhance the learningprocess?Yes, via social constructivist andconstructionist approaches

Exemplars for us

AssessmentMeta-cognitive skills

For independent learnersneed to facilitate the acquisition of

meta-cognitive skills

For these learners to operate inpeer-group settings, need to

solve the groupwork assessmentproblem

Start from learning theory andpedagogy

Develop new tools

Perform practical experiments,observe, feedback, redevelop, etc

a kind of

conclusion

The question

“Is Web 2.0 the point at which wefinally begin to challengeacademic mindsets around bothpedagogy and learning technology?”

[Mondays session, a question on text chat]

The question

“Is Web 2.0 the point at which wefinally begin to challengeacademic mindsets around bothpedagogy and learning technology?”

[Mondays session]

Yes, but….

Is it true that

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Is it true thatIs it true thatwith Web 2.0with Web 2.0we will enterwe will entera new world ofa new world ofself-motivated,self-motivated,actualising,actualising,life-long,life-long,participatoryparticipatoryeducation ?education ?

Not on its own!

Decide goals what we wantConsider what components we needpedagogy, TEL, Web 2.0 catalytic tools

Carry on the experimentsdevelop new tools and try them out

Mark van Harmelen

Independent Consultant

Honorary Research FellowSchool of Computer ScienceUniversity of Manchester

mark@cs.man.ac.uk

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New tulips by only aliceDave in hospital by headurDog’s tail by boraboraJonas’s graduation supplied by Josh BouselQuestion mark by pittamDinasours by unknown (sorry!)Spiral by slightly-less-randomA thing is growing by pulpoluxPowerswitch by thomwatson

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Class photos by Eric Raffin, with one by Mark van Harmelen