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SOCIALLY NETWORKED

LEARNING SOME NEW TOOLS . . .

BUT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOREVER

By Dr. Eileen O’ConnorFor All College – Empire State College March 23, 2016

SETTING THE STAGE FOR YOUR THINKING

What’s the problem / activity?

What do you need to learn?

How will you know

if its working?

How can SNL make your life

today more effective?

Will it be open or by invitation?

WHAT ARE THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE RISE IN SOCIAL NETWORKING AND MEDIA?

•DISTRIBUTED ORGANIZATIONS - GEOGRAPHIC / TIME •CONTINUOUS LEARNING (ONLINE – 24/7)•A STORED “INTELLIGENCE”•WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT “FOREVER” – WE NOW CAN ADD DIMENSIONS OF TIME & GEOGRAPHY

COMPONENTS OF SOCIALLY NETWORKED LEARNING

Communication• Vygotsky• D-cog

Learning• Piaget

(disequilibrium)• Backwards

design

Process• Volatile?• Permanent?• Semi-permanent

(Snapchat)

Assessment• Is it working?

• Specific outcome?

• Novel outcome?

COMMUNICATION•IF VIDEO / AUDIO CAME FIRST, WHERE WOULD TEXT

BE TODAY? •BUT, WHAT IS THE VALUE OF TEXT?

•BRIEFER / MORE REFLECTIVE •PLUS’S / MINUS’S

LEARNING FACTORS •SOCIALLY SUPPORTIVE – VYGOTSKY

•MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE OTHER

•SOLVING COMPLEX PROBLEMS – COGNITIVE DISSONANCE - PIAGET•NEEDING TO WORK WITH THE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

•DISTRIBUTED COGNITION -

ACADEMICIAN – PLS FORGIVE WIKIPEDIA

ASSESSMENT •HOW DO YOU KNOW YOUR SOCIAL NETWORK IS WORKING RIGHT? •LISTEN TO THE “EVIDENCE” – WHAT IS EMERGING?

• SIDE BRANCHES? • RESOLUTIONS? • SUGGESTIONS?

DECISION POINTS FOR SOCIALLY NETWORKED LEARNING

Access / entry – open or invited?

Shared materials /

posted materials /

both?

Spontaneous or

structured / both?

HOW MANY TEXT ON YOUR PHONE TODAY?

•HTTPS://WWW.PSYCHOLOGYTODAY.COM/BLOG/MENTAL-MISHAPS/201401/CELL-PHONES-ARE-CHANGING-SOCIAL-INTERACTION

CELL PHONES ARE CHANGING SOCIAL INTERACTION - Breaking up by text message

Posted Jan 26, 2014

          Ira Hyman Ph.D

YOUR CELL PHONE CHALLENGE•WHAT IS A PRESSING WORK ISSUE OR TOPIC? YOU CAN KEEP IT TO YOURSELF

•HOW WILL YOU DEVELOP & ASSESS YOUR SOCIALLY-NETWORKED LEARNING OR OUTCOME?