nwelearn
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Let's change the world!
Leveraging participatory culture
in the online classroom for powerful learning
This IS a participatory session
edtech.acrobat.com/nwelearn/
Over 1,000
“...on average, students in online learning conditions
performed better than those receiving face-to-face classes.”
Impossible!
I knew it!
The effectiveness of online learning is tied to
learning time, curriculum, pedagogy,
and opportunities for collaboration
Online learning can be enhanced by giving
learners control of their interactions with media
http://openreflections.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/rip-a-remix-manifesto.jpg
http://voicethread.com/share/704030/
Online learning can be enhanced by prompting
learner reflection
What are your participatory cultures?
Participatory Culture & The New Media Literacies
• Play• Performance• Simulation• Appropriation• Multitasking• Distributed Cognition• Collective Intelligence• Judgment• Transmedia Navigation• Networking• Negotiation• Visualization
Play• the capacity to experiment with one’s
surroundings as a form of problem-solving
Performance• the ability to adopt alternative identities for the
purpose of improvisation and discovery
Simulation• the ability to interpret and construct dynamic
models of real-world processes
Appropriation• the ability to meaningfully sample and remix
media content
Multi-tasking• the ability to scan one’s environment and shift
focus as needed to salient details
Distributed Cognition• the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that
expand mental capacities
Collective Intelligence• the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes
with others toward a common goal
Judgment• the ability to evaluate the reliability and
credibility of different information sources
Transmedia Navigation• the ability to follow the flow of stories and
information across multiple modalities
Visualization• the ability to interpret and create data
representations for the purposes of expressing ideas, finding patterns, and identifying trends
Negotiation• the ability to travel across diverse communities,
discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms
Networking• the ability to search for, synthesize, and
disseminate information
Networking• ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate
information
Educator Networks In and Around
Second Life
1,550 members
Professional Presentations
Hosting formal and informal social events
Teach people how to build
Social Network Knowledge
Construction
Pedagogical framework
Develops “avatar capital”
EDTECH Island ThenJanuary 2007
EDTECH Island NowSeptember 2009
• 12 graduate courses, $200K tuition
• 8 instructors, multiple Gas
• Avg. 450 unique visitors per week
• Numerous guest speaker events
• “Home” to over 50 international educators
• EDTECH Community group over 1,500 members
• Sandbox, classrooms, amphitheater, and learning centers open to the public
• CAVE Island – Partnership with AECT, iNACOL & ARVEL SIG
Leading Students in the Global Network
I appreciate your contributions!