Building a Learning Platform fit for 2017

Introducing Social-Outcomes Based LearningWith Nano Content

Lewis Carr

Most organisations are still building courses like it’s 2004?

Instead of building for tomorrow.

For too long we’ve encouraged a culture of assessment, scrolling content, file repositories and other antiquated online teaching practices.

If you have Office 365 or Google Repositories...Use them!

Microsoft have spent millions of pounds on file technology, search and sharing.

So why do we insist on using Moodle as a file dump?

Why teachers don’t use MoodleTime consuming to build content.Software is difficult to use.Lack of design skills.Little or no Return On Investment.Intellectual Property concerns.Lack of Training.Lack of Understanding.Fear of accountability.

Source: iMoot 2015 crowd-sourced discussion by actual Moodle users

What colleges wantMove away from repository style teaching.

Break down silo based courses.Adopt new eLearning Trends.Promote active learners.Increase adoption and engagement (ETAG).

89%of the UK are daily internet users

Source: Office for National Statistics

UK Social Media

Actively use Social Media

16-24 Year Olds Actively use Social Media

59%

92%Source: Office for National Statistics

Did you know? Every minute in 2014..

67,000 Instagram photos uploaded

Source: radicati.com, internetworldstats.com, pewinternet.org, google.com/trends

433,000 Tweets Sent

306 Hours of Video uploaded to YouTube

4.1m Google searches

This tells us that nearly all users are creators or curators of content.

Which tells us that our teachers and our students

can be creators & curators also.

Nano/Micro Content

Users happily consume, share or create small bits of information in their daily lives.

Yet we still ask teachers to build long winded quizzes, assignments, questionnaires and web page content…

.. and we expect learners to read them.

28%of the words on a web page is ever read

Source: http://www.nngroup.com/Based upon Harald Weinreich, Hartmut Obendorf, Eelco Herder, and Matthias Mayer:

User spend only 4.4 secs more for each additional 100 words

Source: http://www.nngroup.com/Based upon Harald Weinreich, Hartmut Obendorf, Eelco Herder, and Matthias Mayer:

Do you still want to upload that PowerPoint or PDF?

The way we use Moodle today is all wrong.

On the Web, Video is King

100musers a day

stream video.

3 hoursAverage time a

UK user watches online video per day

80%of viewers will watch a video, while only

20% will read textSource: Quicksprout, InSivia and DigitalSherpa

74%Understanding increased by watching a

videoSource: Quicksprout, InSivia and DigitalSherpa

Why visuals are important in Moodle

90% of information transmitted to

the brain is visual.

40% of people

respond better to visuals rather

than text.

93% of communication is nonverbal

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Studies find that the human brain deciphers image elements simultaneously, while language is decoded in a linear, sequential manner taking more time to process.

So what do we need to do?

As educators we need toRespond and cultivate the creative instinct of our learners and tutors and build a learning platform that is reflective of today.

Or simply do what we (should) already do

And bring it all into Moodle.

Using outcomes-based nano content.

The 5 Rules of Nano Content1. Must be mapped to a learning outcome.2. Must be small.

(Single Image, Single Question, 3 min video or 140 character text)

3. Must demonstrate understanding.4. Must be reflective and social (discussion led)5. Must be suitable for Mobile.

For a demonstration of our Social Learning Solutions or to look at Nano

Learning in action, contact us.

adaptivle.co.uk@lewiscarr