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Slides from an IET Technology Coffee morning on iSpot and participatory learning, given on 2 June 2010 in the Jennie Lee Building labs, the Open University
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Doug ClowIET Technology Coffee Morning 2 June 2010
What’s iSpot?
• Millions interested in nature• Watch BBC/OU nature programmes• How can we help them learn?
• Use thrill of observing nature & sense of achievement when you identify it
• BUT identification is difficult
• Lower barriers to identification• Open to all• Provide identification checking
through a social network
= social networking for natural history
Take a photo
• A new generation of environmentalists• Five national surveys, regional outreach• Big Lottery Fund: £12m (OU £2m)• Build online learning communities• Focus on creating new data recorders,
not creating new data• Link to existing resources, not recreate
No really, what is iSpot?(live demo)
iSpot ecosystem
So how’s that working out, then?
“…I am new to iSpot and have to say that having a community of people with the knowledge and enthusiasm to help with the identification of all the creatures people come across is a brilliant thing."
“Thank you so much, With all the books I have it is so hard identifying birds.... Thank goodness for iSpot”
"I found out about iSpot in my husband's copy of Sesame and am addicted! Have been telling family and friends about it and am now waiting to start S159."
"Thank you S159 / iSpot and all its contributors for getting me interested in nature :)"
"I am really enjoying the way iSpot gets people thinking and talking about nature, and I can't go outside now without "seeing" things and I just want a camera with me all the time now!"
Usage statistics (1 June 2010)
• 120,000 visits• 4,000 registered users• 11,500 observations
• 20,000 images• 14,000 identifications• 31,000 agreements
Euonymus Leaf Notcher (Pryeria sinica) IndependentSix-year-old girl discovers Asian moth in UK Daily ExpressSix-year-old finds UK’s rarest moth TeletextGirl finds rare moth Daily Mirror A hairy moment for little Katie Daily Mail Spotted in Britain for the first time, the voracious Asian moth Newbury TodayRare moth found in West Berkshire
Experts
Observations & identification
• 98% of observations have an identification
• 83% of IDs match an NBN taxon name
• 89% of those are at species level
• = 72% of observations have an NBN-matched species ID
Plus many other groups with few observations >
So what?(Towards a theory of participatory learning)
Design concept
Design space
System
specification
ImplementationDeployed
system
Testing
Field studies
General requirements
Theory of useTask
model
Taylor, Sharples, et al (2006)
Engeström’s (1987) extended activity system
ControlTechnological
(human-computer interaction)Semiotic
(social rules)
Technological Tool(mobile learning technology)
Semiotic Tool(learn-space)
ObjectTechnological
(access to information)Semiotic
(knowledge and skills)
CommunicationTechnological
(communication channels and protocols)Semiotic
(conversation and division of labour)
Changed object (revised knowledge and skills)
ContextTechnological
(physical context)Semiotic
(community)
SubjectTechnological
(technology user)Semiotic(learner)
Taylor, Sharples, et al (2006)
Laurillard (1993)
Laurillard (1993)
OEROER
participatorylearning
participatorylearning
Fairy Rings of Participation -Makriyannis & De Liddo (2010)
Photo: Cofiem on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/kramrecords/4468578071/
Fairy Rings of Participation -Makriyannis & De Liddo (2010)
• iSpot Team: Doug Clow, Richard Greenwood, Richard Lovelock, Jonathan Silvertown, Mike Dodd, Martin Harvey, Donal O’Donnell, Jenny Worthington, Marion Edwards, Jon Rosewell, Janice Ansine, iSpot Mentors
• Photos: Mike Dodd, Jonathan Silvertown, Martin Harvey• Slides will be available on Slideshare
http://dougclow.wordpress.com
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