i am curious; digital
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An OER by nefg which summarises the Digital Practitioner Research commissioned by LSIS; teachers are now confidently curious in using a range of new digital technologies and their personal use is now informing their professional practice. We provide research information and some context and ask how people might intend to improve their digital practice professionallyTRANSCRIPT
I am Curious Digital
timely
I am Curious; #Digital
What the Digital Native did nextA timely intervention by nefg #2 – October 2012
Seems we are surrounded by technology
Pushing new affordances at us
• Samsung Galaxy S III• 16GB Marble white. • The stunning Samsung Galaxy S III lets you
make a call without pressing a button using the Direct Call feature.
• Huge 4.8" HD Super AMOLED display• Super-fast 1.4 GHz quad-core processor• Android™ 4.0 operating system
(Ice Cream Sandwich)• 8 megapixel low-light camera with auto-
focus and LED flash• Full HD video recording and playback• Up to 16GB internal memory• S Voice recognition system • Available in Marble White or Pebble Blue
Software to do this
Networks to do that
Are we moving into a connected world?
Or one of digital utilities? #FB
Are you Curious about the future?
So are we…
A long time ago Mark Prensky named Digital Natives
”now we are all co-creating in Net connectedness"
Participation is in permanent beta
Communication became really fastSo what happened next?
The Digital Natives went to college
& used their digital curiosity creatively
Curiosity lets us use our empathy to generate dialogical opportunities
Staff need to search, provide and evaluate
Level Responsibility Aim
Strategic Senior Managers
Technical Infrastructure
Enabling Platform
Staff Course Team Learning Resources
Learning Ecology
Students Students Union New Technologies
Resource Discovery
as Technology Stewards in Digital Habitats
learners need to play, discover & share
So, how can we encourage curiosity?
With performance-targets & benchmarks?
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By getting hold of the latest gadgets?
Or through reflection & feeling?
& communicating with our peers?
in intentional Communities of Practice
Well! How did we get here?
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We surveyed 1000 practicing college professionals
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Higher level thinking Indicative description1 Drive to think & work flexibly The ability to use technology in different ways than originally covered in training or
the Manual. Making technology bring learning to life. Personalising learning through the use of technology
2 Ability to adapt technology to purposeful pedagogy
The ability to make technology contribute to learning for learners rather than seeing technology as an end in itself. Includes widening participation, increasing retention, particularly amongst hard-to-reach learners
3 Vision to create imaginative blended learning design
Learning and demonstrating the skill of redesigning teaching and learning by blending in technology to other forms and methods of teaching and learning. This refers to skills developed through practice and engagement with peers and learners rather than in formal sessions or using formal learning resources
4 Curiosity to involve learners in curriculum delivery & design
The Learner Voice. Involving learners in the design and personalising of learning. Student e-learning monitors in classes. Involving learners in the experience of learning in the widest sense
5 Imagination to develop future learning plans
Using technology in helping learners to develop management of their own journey, to account for their learning and plan future learning. Improving the tutorial process, making learning more relevant to the needs of each individual learner
6 Desire to account for personal and purposeful effectiveness
Using technology to develop the skills of reflective thinking. Capturing ideas and themes to inform teacher learning journeys through personal learning space. Developing professional accountability
7 Capacity to develop collaborative and cooperative working
To look across and out of the organisation to work with and for others. An open mindedness. Working adaptively to accommodate the ideas of others. Assimilation of the best ideas.
to reflect on their feelings bout using technology
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Turns out they were curious digital
so what did their curiosity reveal?
Curiosity leads to “flexible & adaptive thinking”
Jonathan Mugan – The Curiosity Cycle
Starting with their personal experiences of using technology
They enhanced their professional practice with confidence
They were student-centred, reflective practitioners
Developing new teaching and Learning strategies
In their lives, Moodle is a given
Apps offer opportunities
Ideas emerge from exploring technology personally
Transformation comes from;
Designing “Artfully-constructed, student-centred learning experiences”
We found that Digital Practitioners; Explore; • With Confidence• Think Divergently
Trust in;• A Tapestry of Technology• Student Play• Bring Your Own Device
Use; • Personal curiosity to Discover resources& Collaborate confidently
The personal is professional
Confident digital practitioners will help create e-mature institutions
How will you develop your practice?
• Digital Practitioner • (http://www.slideshare.net/fredgarnett/digital-practitioner-2011
• Craft of Teaching
• http://www.slideshare.net/fredgarnett/the-craft-of-teaching-2011
• Technology Stewards• http://www.slideshare.net/fredgarnett/heutagogy-technology-stewardship
• Co-creating Open Scholarship• http://www.slideshare.net/fredgarnett/cocreating-open-scholarship
• mlearning • http://prezi.com/kr94rajmvk9u/mlearning/
• Networked Learning
• http://www.scoop.it/t/networked-learning-learning-networks
Further Resources• Web 2.0 tech for Learning; Charles Crook et al• What is Web 2.0? O’Reilly• Digital Habitats; Etienne Wenger• Intentional Communities of Practice; Thomas Cochrane• Social Networks of Learning; Caroline Haythornthwaite• Open Context Model of Learning & the Craft of Teaching• Aggregate then Curate with xtlearn.net• Architecture of Participation
• Images Fred Garnett, Naomi Grew, Geoff Rebbeck as well as creative commons via Google Images, let us know any errors - thanks
What’s Next? The curious, digital practitioner,needs new forms of adaptive institutional support
Fit for context to be continued nefg#3
I am Curious Digital
timely
I am Curious; #Digital
What the Digital Native did nextA timely intervention by nefg – October 2012
@fredgarnett LKLNigel Ecclesfield JISCGeoff Rebbeck & Naomi Grew LSIS