an emerging suite of social learning technologies

An emerging suite of social learning technologies

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Simon Buckingham Shum Knowledge Media Institute

Cloudscape for this event: http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/2034

© Simon Buckingham Shum

Social learning technology: candidate dimensions of the design space

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everyday social media

“friends” like me

1-many from the start

rapid information exchange

no reflection required by the UI

tag clouds

generic web analytics

recommendations based on navigation, ratings, purchases…

myriad activity traces in the cloud

informal personal endorsements


Social learning technology: candidate dimensions of the design space

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everyday social media

“friends” like me

1-many from the start

rapid information exchange

no reflection required by the UI

tag clouds

generic web analytics

recommendations based on navigation, ratings, purchases…

myriad activity traces in the cloud

informal personal endorsements

social media tuned for learning?

learning peers/mentors who both affirm and challenge

plus 1-1 mentoring

learning conversations

reflection encouraged by the UI

meaningful connections

learning analytics

recommendations based on learning profiles and activities

plus a secure e-portfolio to evidence learning

verifiable accreditation by trusted platforms


Lightning ‘flashcard’ tour of OU social learning technologies

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Annotate any website with highlights, margin notes, and meaningful connections

Aggregated user profile and social graph, delivering services via cross-platform Google Gadgets

Tool for online mentoring around the ELLI lifelong learning framework

A social space to share/discuss educational ideas/resources

ELLIment

Compendium A semantic hypermedia tool for visual modelling and mapping f2f/e-discourse

SocialLearn


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Plus of course, direct interpersonal comms tools:

FlashMeeting: audio/video conferencing with just the Flash web browser plug-in http://flashmeeting.open.ac.uk


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Plus of course, direct interpersonal comms tools:

Hexagon: lo-fi peripheral awareness with just the Flash browser plug-in http://cnm.open.ac.uk/projects/hexagon


cloudworks

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Cloudworks: A social space to share/discuss educational ideas/resources (IET) http://cloudworks.ac.uk

Seed your Cloud with introductory text or embedded media,

and then invite discussion and links


compendium

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Dialogue Mapping meetings in real time, which can be further enhanced when the map provides a semantic index into video of the meeting (e.g. screen recording of a Flashmeeting conference)

Compendium: “Excel for Ideas http://compendium.open.ac.uk


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Dialogue Mapping meetings in real time, which can be further enhanced when the map provides a semantic index into video of the meeting (e.g. Access Grid using Memetic Project replay tools)

Compendium: “Excel for Ideas” http://compendium.open.ac.uk


Compendium: “Excel for Ideas” http://compendium.open.ac.uk

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Mapping therapeutic group dynamics: Which behaviours do two patients share? Tags shared in common are orange, tags from one patient in green


Compendium: “Excel for Ideas” http://projects.kmi.open.ac.uk/e-dance/2009/09/14/choreographic-video-annotation

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Direct annotation of video in Compendium, overlaying multiple interpretations (e-Dance project)


cohere

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Cohere: web annotation + semantic connections http://cohere.open.ac.uk

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Edit

Delete Add Clip Bookmark

Visualize connections map

Connect to another Idea

Tweet this annotation View clips from web



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Connections filtered by Contrast



Connections filtered by Lineage



Connections filtered by Similarity


Connections filtered by Consistency



ELLIment

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Choose your mentor

ELLIment: online tool for 1-1 mentoring around the ELLI framework (rapid prototype – Thomas Ullman, OU)


Editable ELLI profile accessed

from Learning Warehouse

Shared record of notes, activities,

objectives, etc

Private or Shared

reflections

Choose your mentor

ELLIment: online tool for 1-1 mentoring around the ELLI framework


Editable ELLI profile accessed

from Learning Warehouse

Shared record of notes, activities,

objectives, etc

Private or Shared

reflections

Choose your mentor

AV channel of choice

ELLIment: online tool for 1-1 mentoring around the ELLI framework


SocialLearn

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PhD-Skills

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SocialLearn Space 1. Profile 2. User Interface 3. Social Graph 4. Services

OU VLE

Interoperability via Google OpenSocial Gadgets/FriendConnect

The SocialLearn Space provides the ‘glue’ to connect diverse websites, providing ‘friends’, analytics and recommendations

ORO


Google Gadgets & OpenSocial http://opensocial.org / directory.opensocial.org

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Major social media players are now OpenSocial Gadget “containers”

The Gadget Directory is analogous to the iPhone AppStore – thousands of apps


Cloudworks People Recommender gadget in an iGoogle portal (or any other OpenSocial container)

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People Recommender

gadget


Embedding Google Gadgets in Cloudworks

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People Recommender

gadget

Cloud Recommender

gadget

Cloudstream Recommender

gadget


Embedding a Google Gadget in PhD-Skills website http://phdskills.open.ac.uk

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Cloudstream Recommender gadget

showing relevant activity in Cloudworks (test

example)

A generic PhD skill from the national Research Councils

framework

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