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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
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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