eLearning Spaces:Managing Collaborative Technologies

in Schools

Cecilie MurrayDelphian eLearning Pty Ltd

dream discover docecilie@delphian.com.au

Australian Bureau Statistics 2005

2005 data

In Australia:

37% of children accessed the internet daily33% of children accessed the internet 2-3 times per week

Increasing use of the internet from 5-6 year oldsMore frequent use by 12-13 year olds Less frequent access in Australia than UK or Hong Kong

More frequent use in homes with broadband 99% parents think the internet is beneficial for their children

2005 data

• 66% of nursery school children and 80 percent of kindergartners have used computers

• At school and home:– web sites with interactive stories and animated lessons that

teach letters, numbers, and rhymes– favorite computer activity is writing an eMail message to a

grandparent

U.S. data

National Center for Education Statisticshttp://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005111

Research : • they multi-task in innovative and divergent thinking styles

(Raines, 2002)• characteristics differ from previous generations:

– Prefer group activity– Close to parents and home background– Spend more time on screens; less TV time– “Clever” is cool– Fascinated by technologies– Racially and ethnically diverse (Oblinger,2003)

Net generation

eLearning spaces

PLAY

• The Nokia Game: interactive, all-media adventure game (inquiry based learning)

• Mobile phones • Instant Messenging• Television• Internet movie downloads

http://www.abc.net.au/science/lcs/mobiles.htmhttp://www.nokiagame.com

mobile devices

Mobiles ring death knell for the PC

In a radical attempt to develop the concept of a 'classroom without walls', many UK schools are starting to abandon PCs in favour of mobile technology. Sean Dodson reports

Tuesday November 15, 2005The Guardian

A few short years after PCs began appearing wholesale in UK schools, it seems they are on their way out. What started in the US has now reached our shores - the mobile phone, wireless, portable and powerful, is moving into class with teachers' blessing.

http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,10577,1642277,00.html

http://www.m-learning.org

PDA demonstrator resources prepared by the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens

pete's vegie patch

Custom content or Student assessmentCafé Latte video

podcasting

blogs

$100 Laptops

"One Laptop per Child." Open source, Linux based, Wi-Fi enabled500MHz, 1GB, 1 Megapixel. 6 countries in MarchBrazil, Thailand, China, Egypt

http://laptop.media.mit.edu/

global learning

Schools & teachers responding to:

• Global pressure – Australian economy and need for skilled workforce

• Technological pressure – rapid change impacting on teaching practice

• Curriculum pressure – VELS and POLT• Personal pressure – to make a difference to the students

in our classes

pressures

The teacher-librarian

WHO AM I?

• What is my role?

• What are my responsibilities?

physical………………………..virtual

Online courses and activities

managing eLearning spaces

eLearning platforms

• eLearning environment/platform• learning portal • virtual learning environment• managed learning environment• learning management system• content management system• learning content management system• videoconferencing

terminology

why have one?School leaders have:Immediate online access to student dataEffective communications with parents & staff via email, discussions groups

IMPROVED

STUDENTLEARNING

Parents have:•Home access to resources and homeworkOnline access to school bulletins and staff

Teachers have:•Access to global digital resourceseClassroom for online learning, student tracking and assessmentCollaborative tools for professional learning

Students have:•Home access to resources, assignments from anywhereOnline submission of assignments, ePortfolioPeer collaboration tools, chat and discussion groups

when choosing for learning:

• Mobility• Interoperability• Convergence • Divergence • Integration • Richness of content • Security • Creativity, interactivity and collaboration • Open source

criteria

when assessing business costs:

• hardware purchases and maintenance• software acquisition and upgrade costs• vendor management costs• security and anti-virus management• service and lease costs• telecommunications and network costs• dedicated costs for housing and running ICT• direct labour support costs • technical training • teacher professional development

total cost of ownership

management

Who am I? My roles? My responsibilities?• library/learning centre

– creative use of spaces– storage and retrieval of physical and digital resources– computing configuration– care of mobile technologies

• eLearning environment/platform – intranet development/maintenance– virtual learning environment

development/maintenance

leadership

• become informed of what’s out there in eLearning spaces

• analyse your school’s needs• ask the right questions • research the benefits, risks, costs• develop your role and responsibilities• develop your school’s library/resource or learning centre• lead new thinking with innovation