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AFLIA Webinar 2018
Blended Learning - Fusing
Library and Educational
Technology
Ayodele John Alonge, Ph.D., CLN
Lecturer, Department of Library Archival and Information Studies,
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
[email protected] ||+2348023594427
Contents…
Technology-mediated learning
Blended Learning
Models of Blended Leaning
Features of Blended Learning
Blended Learning in Library and
Information Science
Blended Learning enhancing LIS Education
Students’ Perspective
Purpose…
To relate my experience in exploring the
application of Technology-mediated
learning in teaching LIS courses;
– looking at the educational and
pedagogical aspect relating Blended
Learning…
Exploring LARIS students’ perspective
and desire concerning the use of Blended
Learning (BL) in LIS education
Preamble
Outstanding
development of
new technologies,
particularly
information and
communication
technologies (ICT)
rise of information or knowledge society that phenomenally changing the way
we live and work together, including the teaching and learning process
Information or knowledge society is changing
Technology and Distraction
Technology could
also bring about
detractions to the
flow of teaching and
learning process
Lack of Techno-maturity
Technology-mediated learning
TML is a
generic term
which
encompasses
different
teaching and
learning
approaches that
is supported by
the use of
Information and
Communication
Technologies
(ICTs).
Forms of Blended Learning
USING A COMBINATION OR MIX MODES
COMBINE VARIOUS PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES
Any form of instructional technology (videotape, CD-ROM, Web-based training, film) combined with face-to-face instructor-led training
What is Blended Learning?
Blended Learning features
10
The traditional “factory” model
50 million in monolithic, one-size-fits-
all batches
The “tech-rich” traditional model
Over $60 billion spent on computers in classrooms
Blended Learning is NOT …
…Models of Blended Learning
…Models of Blended Learning
…Models of Blended Learning
Blended Learning in Library and
Information Science
Over the years, LIS departments, teachers, and students have adapted new technology in order to bring the best teaching and learning methods and application in their classes and LIS education as a whole.
Today the LIS SECTOR IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, resulting in the use of digital technologies into pedagogy too.
As such these changes lead to CHANGES IN CURRICULUM CONTENT as well as in METHODS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING.
Recently, Blended learning has mushroommed and has attracted considerable attention.
It calls for blending of traditional face to face method and online learning method.
Blended Learning enhancing LIS Education
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EDMODO
Pros and Cons
Pros ◦ User Friendly! ◦ Looks like Facebook (social media)
Students enjoy using
◦ App for google play store / iPhone can use to grade assignments on your phone
◦ Students upload work directly to site ◦ Onsite grading
Cons ◦ Need to create each semester ◦ Have to scroll through for earlier dates/assignments
Using Blended Learning for LIS 712 , I03, 101
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INSTRUCTOR BEHAVIORS
Student Behaviors
Educational Benefits
INSTRUCTOR BEHAVIORS
PARTICIPATION/
ENGAGEMENT
Participation/engagement
describes the instructor’s
frequency of involvement and
level of interest in online content
sharing.
PERSONALIZATION
Personalization refers to the instructor’s
enabling students to reveal aspects of
their personal lives online to increase
student social presence and community
building (Zach & Agosto, 2009).
FACILITATION
OF LEARNING
Facilitation of learning involves the
instructor’s efforts to encourage
students to learn by “actively search[ing]
for new information, learn[ing] from
each other, and advanc[ing] knowledge”
(Li & Akins, 2005, p. 58).
Student Behaviors
PEER INTERACTION
Increased student interaction
generally leads to increased
student engagement and critical
thinking, thus increasing student
learning (Zach & Agosto, 2009).
EQUAL PARTICIPATION
Equal participation is a key
component to true collaboration. In
addition to variance in level of peer
interaction, there was significant
variance in total participation in the
blogging community, with the number
of total posts per student varying
from four to 34.
Educational Benefits
CONNECTION TO PRACTICE
Library Science is a professional degree, and a strong focus of most
LIS graduate programs is on preparing students to work as
librarians and information managers. Social technologies are
especially effective in providing a connection to practice (Zach &
Agosto, 2009). The blogging format afforded strong support for
connection to practice; the student blogs collectively provided a
wealth of resources connected to the reallife practice of reader’s
advisory. Through their blogs, the students shared their analyses of
genre fiction, literary fiction, poetry, and popular non-fiction,
resources likely to be useful in professional practice. Additionally,
students posted their reading lists and reader’s advisory role-
playing results, further blending their in-class interactions with
their online activities.
PEER-TO-PEER LEARNING
In peer-to-peer learning, students’ learning moves beyond interaction with
the course instructor and with course content via assignments and readings,
to learning from knowledge building and sharing with their fellow students
(Zach & Agosto, 2009). Blended learning afforded strong peer-to-peer learning
STUDENT CONTROL
The use of technologies in online learning enables increased student control over
course content and over the design of assignments (Zach & Agosto, 2009). Blended
learning in particular can afford increased student control (“personal agency”)
(Osguthorpe & Graham, 2003).
See what the students say… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUPSijst
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Speaker
Dr. Ayodele John Alonge is a Lecturer at Department of Library Archival
and Information Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He holds PhD in
Communication and Information Studies from the School of Journalism and
Mass Communication, University of Nairobi, Kenya; Master of Publishing
and Copyright Studies (MPCS) and Bachelor of Library and Information
Studies (B.LIS) from the Department of Library, Archival and Information
Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is a CARTA Graduate He is a
Certified Librarian of Nigeria (CLN). He also serves as Regional Adviser -
Sub-Saharan Africa Region for Emerald Group Publishing, United Kingdom
since 2014. Prior joining the University as academic in 2013, he worked as
Librarian and Social Media Coordinator for KPMG Nigeria for 4 years. He
is the Coordinator of the Nigeria Library Association (NLA) Digital
communication Crew with responsibility of managing all social media
platforms of the association. He has deep interest in emerging
technologies in Libraries, Digital Library, Health Information System, and
Health Communication, new media, e- Library, e-Publishing, and Social
media for communication. He is happily married.
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-6014-3271
CARTA Profile:
TWITTER: @OptimisticINFO
BLOG: http://optimisticpoin.blogspot.co.ke/
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/ayoalonge
LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayoalonge