Eurodidaweb 2012

13-14-15 of March 2012 -

Stefano Lariccia – Digilab - NoematicsSapienza Università di Roma

Alberto PigliacelliEuropaclub

From e-learning to Web-learning:placeless, connected, expansible, flexible,

effective learning

stefano.lariccia@uniroma1.it

Premises and objectives• What are the objectives of this course?

– The main objective of this course is to expose the student to a vast body of knowledge and competences on the different uses of ICT (information and communication technologies) throughout the globe, focusing especially on new learning methods based on the ubiquitous worldwideweb. This is what we call web-learning. Much of the class focuses on discussion based on readings assigned out of class.

– Another objective of this course is to give students hands-on experience with web 2.0 tools to cope with the complexity of the cloud based, ubiquitous, new style of knowledge management; with international practices of web-learning through web technology; with a critical analysis of what our students are exposed to in their nomadic usage of the Web.

– Throughout the course of the week, we work on globally-based projects that leverage the benefits of information and communication technologies to positively affect many diverse learning community.

Premises and objectives• What are the objectives of this course?

– The main objective of this course is to expose the student to a vast body of knowledge on the different uses of information and communication technologies throughout the globe, focusing especially on new learning methods based on the ubiquitous worldwideweb. This is what we call web-learning. Much of the class focuses on discussion based on readings assigned out of class.

– Another objective of this course is to give students hands-on experience with international practices of web-learning through web technology. Throughout the course of the week, we work on globally-based projects that leverage the benefits of information and communication technologies to positively affect many diverse learning community.

• How will be achieved?

premises

• How will be achieved?In grasping experience some of us perceive new information through experiencing the concrete, tangible, felt qualities of the world, relying on our senses and immersing ourselves in concrete reality. Others tend to perceive, grasp, or take hold of new information through symbolic representation or abstract conceptualization – thinking about, analyzing, or systematically planning, rather than using sensation as a guide. Similarly, in transforming or processing experience some of us tend to carefully watch others who are involved in the experience and reflect on what happens, while others choose to jump right in and start doing things. The watchers favor reflective observation, while the doers favor active experimentation.

premises

• How will be achieved?Each dimension of the learning process presents us with a choice. Since it is virtually impossible, for example, to simultaneously drive a car (Concrete Experience) and analyze a driver’s manual about the car’s functioning (Abstract Conceptualization), we resolve the conflict by choosing. Because of our hereditary equipment, our particular past life experiences, and the demands of our present environment, we develop a preferred way of choosing. We resolve the conflict between concrete or abstract and between active or reflective in some patterned, characteristic ways. We call these patterned ways “learning styles.”

Kolb, D. A. (1984) Experiential Learning. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Prentice Hall

Read more: Experiential Workplace Learning | E-Learning Curve Blog

Web learning: basics

• What is the WorldWideWeb?• When it was developed?• Who controls its progress and its evolution?

• Why the web is so fast-growing?• Why a teacher / learner should learn about

the WorldWideWeb?

WorldWideWeb=learning

• You are using e-mail: e-mail started since 1970• You are using e-learning: e-learning started in

1980• 2010 and forward: you will probably use web-

learning: where the web 2.0-3.0 and ease of use are bridging together to enhance teaching and learning activities

Web-learning 2.0 basics: let me introduce to you some useful tool

Web-learning 2.0 basics: let me introduce to you some useful tool

1. Internet is a safe place… provided you behave safely. Once you will begin to use the Web 2.0 you will discover soon that a Web 2.0 user is overwhelmed by many access passwords.

2. First of all, then, you need a keychain3. My suggestion is: Lastpass; Open Source,

free,

Web-learning 2.0 basics: (cont.)

1. Internet is a safe place… provided you behave safely. Once you will begin to use the Web 2.0 you will discover soon that a Web 2.0 user is overwhelmed by many access passwords.

2. First of all, then, you need a keychain3. My suggestion is: LastPass ****; Open

Source, free,

1. Internet is a huge place… and you can loose yourself in the clouds…

2. Once you will begin to use the Web 2.0 you will discover soon that a Web 2.0 user is overwhelmed by many bookmarks ...

3. And the right one is ever in the wrong place. Let’s transform Bookmarks into “placeless tags”: xmarks will do this work for you

Web-learning 2.0 basics: (cont.)

1. Internet is a huge place… and you can loose your own teaching material …

2. Once again you will need a placeless safe location to save your didactic presentation ...

3. You’ve got thousands of slideshows presentation … And the right one is ever in the wrong place. Let’s transform PowerPoint into “placeless slide repository”: Slideshare will do this work for you

Web-learning 2.0 basics: (cont.)

1. Internet is such a huge repository … and you can loose your own book reference list …

2. Once again you will need a placeless safe location to save your book references...

3. You’ve got thousands of reading list for your students … And the right one is ever in the wrong place. Let’s transform “Biblioscape” into a “placeless references repository”: Citeulike will do this work for you

Web-learning 2.0 basics: (cont.)

Web-learning 2.0 basics: (cont.)

1. Internet is such a huge repository … and you can loose your own Contact List …

2. Once again you will need a placeless safe location to save your book references...

3. You’ve got thousands of reading list for your students … And the right one is ever in the wrong place. Let’s transform “Outlook” into a “placeless contact list and calendar”: Plaxo will do this work for you

Web-learning 2.0 basics: (cont.)

1. Internet is such a huge repository … and you can loose your own Contact List and Calendar …

2. Once again you will need a placeless safe location to save your book references...

3. You’ve got thousands of reading list for your students … And the right one is ever in the wrong place. Let’s transform “Outlook” into a “placeless contact list and calendar”: Google Calendar will do this work for you as well

Web-learning 2.0 basics: (cont.)

Web-learning 2.0 basics: (cont.)

Web-learning 2.0 basics: (cont.)

• University of Auckland, • The Auckland University of Technology,

Web-learning 2.0 basics: (cont.)

Web-learning 2.0 basics: (cont.)

Web-learning 2.0 basics: (cont.)

Web 2.0 -> Web 3.0

Web 2.0 -> Web 3.0

Web 2.0 -> Web 3.0

Web 2.0 -> Web 3.0

Web 2.0 -> Web 3.0

Web 2.0 -> Web 3.0

Crowdsourcing - Crowdcast

Plone CMS – thinking as a PluralOne

Plone CMS – thinking as a PluralOne

Plone CMS – thinking as a PluralOne

Plone as a repository

• IMS Consortium• IMS vision

Resources and referencesResource type and name: References:

Plone; A definitive Guide to Plone

Exe LO Editor Manual http://wikieducator.org/Online_manual/Embedding_eXe_resources