AACE SITE 2012: Out of the comfort zone

Out of the Comfort Zone -Promoting Growth and Change

in Faculty for 21st CenturyKnowledge Society

Hanna TeräsMark Curcher

Marianna LeikomaaImage: Jim Moran

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“How teachers are supposed to educate their students in what they

themselves lack education in?”

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Johnson, L., Smith, R., Willis, H., Levine, A., and Haywood, K., (2011). The 2011 Horizon Report.

Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Young teachers copy teacher

roles from their

teachers.

There is no automatic update!

Students get socialized in traditional student roles.

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Our approachto teaching

faculty development

Social technologiesas learning

environments

Progressive inquirymodel

Networking

Team learningPrinciples of

authentic learning(Herrington et al)

Ongoing dialogicassessment

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Authentic context and tasks

• Teacher’s own classroom as a part of the learning environment

• Alongside work -> context

• Avoiding oversimplification

• Team project (progressive inquiry) throughout semester

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Access to experts & multiple perspectives

• Continuing access to to other learners and stories about professional practice

• Local facilitators trained prior to beginning of the program

• Social networking

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Collaborative knowledge construction

• Encourage and require different types of collaboration in diverse teams

• Also individual tasks include a collaborative element

• Assessment also on group level.

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Reflection and articulation

• Social media offers powerful tools for reflection: compare experiences, assess one’s own skills, relate new skills to previous experience and learn from others

• Group activities require articulation of growing understanding and negotiating it with others.

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Scaffolding and assessment

• Ongoing facilitation

• Ongoing, integrated assessment

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Expectations

Technology

Community

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Learning from others

Reflection

Applying

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Transition to 21st century collaborative learning is demanding and requires support to faculty.

Initial feedback is promising and shows that the approach carries potential.

The process does not happen without stepping out of the comfort zone.

Facilitation & communication!

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Thank you!

hanna.teras@tamk.fi mcurcher@hct.ae.ae marianna.leikomaa@tamk.fi

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