e-Learning, working life and language education

TEKKO, March 21 2012

Hanna TeräsTampere University of Applied Sciences

Thursday, March 22, 2012

First things first.

Why use e-Learning to begin with?

Kuva: Bailey & Muppet (Flickr)

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Just as there is different f2f learning

image: university of Sydney

http://www.flickr.com/photos/theefer/4376194714/in/set-72157623355066721/Image: Valley Library / Oregon State University

Thursday, March 22, 2012

There is different e-Learning.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Learning with or learning from technology?

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Virtuaalimaailmoja

Mitä on sosiaalinen

media?

Yhteisöjä

Mediapalveluita

Linkkien ja uutisten

jakopalveluita

Mikroblogit

Blogit

Wikit

Wikipedia ‘Sosiaalinen media’

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Social Media

OtherInformation aggregators

Communicationblogs, microblogs, social

networking, events

MultimediaPhoto/video sharing,

Livecast, Audio/music sharing

CollaborationWikis, Social bookmarking,

social news, opinion site

Wikipedia ‘Social media’

Reviews and OpinionsProduct/business reviews,

Community Q/A

EntertainmentMedia/Entertainment platforms,

Virtual worlds, Game sharing

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Thursday, March 22, 2012

‘smil

The new, fancy packages often revealthe same old content

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Unfortunately, educators have almost always tried to use technologies to

teach students in the same ways that teachers have always taught.

(David Jonassen)

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Which one do we learn from?

image: boetter

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Levels of cognition (Anderson & Krathwohl 2001)

Remembering

Understanding

Applying

Analysing

Evaluating

Creating

“Do we need to know this in the exam?”

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Levels of cognition (Anderson & Krathwohl 2001)

Remembering

Understanding

Applying

Analysing

Evaluating

Creating

“Do we need to know this in the exam?”

Thursday, March 22, 2012

21st Century Skills - What are professionals of today made of?

❖ Core competencies of the knowledge society expert, independent of subject matter

❖ Trilling & Fadel (2009) 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times

Image: Seier+Seier

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Learning and Innovation Skills

❖ Critical thinking

❖ Problem-solving skills

❖ Collaboration

❖ Creative thinking and innovation skills

Image: theonlyone

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Digital Literacyimage: cristobal cobo romani

• Media literacy

• Advanced ICT skills

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Social skillsIntercultural communicationResponsibilityLeadership

FlexibilityAdaptability InitiativeSelf-direction

Career and

Life Skills

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Authentic e-Learning

Authentic tasks

Access to expert performances

Images starting from context: vgm8383, Bodum, Destiny’s Agent,Brian Hatchcock, Commons, Minette Layne, Robert Higgins,

James F Clay, clairity (Flickr)

Multiple perspectives

Authentic context

Collaborative knowledge

construction

ReflectionArticulationScaffoldingAuthentic assessment

Thursday, March 22, 2012

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Writing the project report

Preparing andgiving a

presentation

Independentgroup formation

SWOT analysis

Topic selection:Project management

/webconferencingsoftware

Authenticproject plan

Independentteam work,

free-choice tools

Online teachingand mentoring

Project meetingand consultation

Thursday, March 22, 2012

The right tool to match the purpose

Pedagogy + technology

Teacher as a facilitator, not invisible

Learning with, not learning from tech

Thursday, March 22, 2012