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Creating a learning community... And opening it to the world
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Creating a learning community. . .
And opening it to the worldRichard Gordon, IT Communication Group
Mathieu Plourde, IT Academic Technology Services
Richard Gordon, Computer and Information Sciences
Mathieu Plourde, School of Education
Creating a learning community. . .
And opening it to the world
This is what we do when we actually teach.• Neither of us use one monolithic tool.
• We both use individual tools as building blocks—linked from one starting place.
• Technology must advance learning objectives!
• Richard: Undergraduate class -> learning community
• Mathieu: Opening a graduate “learning community” to the world
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Forging a learning community
• Diverse group of students, multiple majors, in CISC355 (Ethics) & CISC356 (IP)
• Community and Collaboration:• Share discoveries with each other
• Answer each other’s questions
• Work together in small (and larger) problem-solving groups
• If tech won’t help with this, I discard it.
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Simple things
• What are some of the common sense steps you take to build community?
• My list includes (but is not limited to)• Learn everyone’s name.
• Call on students by name.
• Score assignments within one week – if possible by next class meeting.
• Respond politely and publicly to online posts.
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The Usual Suspects
• E-Home• One place that links to all other tools—a landing place.
• Discussion
• Collaboration
• Sharing
• Review & Accountability
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The Usual Suspects
• E-Home (landing place): Sakai (or Canvas)
• Discussion: Google Groups (or Sakai Forums, or a PHPBB, or ….)
• Collaboration: Google Sites & Drive (or Canvas Pages or Sakai Wiki or….); Gore 218
• Sharing: Google Drive, Sakai Resources, etc.
• Review & Accountability: Android Attendance App, UD Capture, Quizzes
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Accountability and Community
• Technology makes me more accountable to my students at the same time it makes them more accountable to me—and each other.
• “You’re all responsible for all the reading and what happens in class every day.”
• “We are all responsible for advancing each other’s understanding.”
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Accountability and Community
• On Line Discussion (Google Groups or ….)
• You can’t just spout what you want.
• Graded assignments – with a published rubric
• Responsible to each other: Comment on each others’ postings.
• Responsible to each other: Summarize, provide basic biblio info, build points logically, and invite discussion.
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Accountability and Community
• Sakai quizzes due at class time: • Are you prepped for discussion?
• UDCapture: part of the class culture• Did I miss anything important?
• Android Attendance App• Miss class? Responsible to add to the online discussion
to keep quiz credit.
• Backend spreadsheet to help track.
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Accountability and Community
• Use Sakai Resources to share slides.• Review material from class or UDCapture
• Collaboration: students responsible to each other• Google Docs (or similar tools): shared note-taking (in-
class, out-of-class)
• Google Sites: publish research to rest of class
• Gore 218: • ATS wants me to talk about the technology.
• The students would want me to tell about the chairs.
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Accountability and Community
• Tried other things, too. For example, Diigo:• Social bookmarking or shared
bookmarking/bibliographic tools – would keep for a research or grad class
• Accountable for sharing research with each other
• Undergrads got confused by using two tools to share research and commentary on the research….
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Tools for building Community
• When we blend in-person and on-line elements to build our classes into learning communities, we enhance the value of our students’ education and experience.
• When I select tech tools, I try to keep that in mind.
• During question time, or afterwards, I’ll gladly answer any questions about what I do….
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It’s time for Mathieu Plourde
• My undergrad classes—build the group into a community.
• Mathieu’s grad classes—look outward—look at the class’s place in the larger open learning community.
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About EDUC439/639, aka #udsnf12• Title: Social Networking (for educators)
• New class, elective
• Built from the ground up by me
• Audience:• 20 students, half K12 teachers, half other professionals
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The multiple facets of openness
Credit: Steve Jurvetson on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/156830367/
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Open Feedback
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My course evaluation
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Your final grade
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Open Toolbox
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Wordpress as a course gateway
http://openteaching.ud-css.netGordon and Plourde, WFI2013, 2012-01-22 22
Open by default
PUBLIC PRIVATE
Social bookmarking
Social media
Google Group
Cloud storage
LMS
http://openteaching.ud-css.net/social-presence/Gordon and Plourde, WFI2013, 2012-01-22 23
Open invitation to outsiders
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Outsiders have answered the call!
• Experts are everywhere online• Pat Sine
• Steven Mangat, Alumni relations
• Laura Gibbs, online educator, University of Oklahoma
• Jane Bozarth, author, social media guru
• Kristen Swanson, author and Google-certified educator
• Jenny Brand, social media marketing professional
• Kim Hayworth, Stanford University
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Open Syllabus
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Open Content
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Open content
Used
• Only used materials openly available online
Created
• Licensed all materials I created as Creative Commons - Attribution
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Open Learning
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Student blogs
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Open Classroom
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Synchronous
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Classroom roles
• Google Jockey
• Backchannel Moderator
• Archivist
• Recapper
• Ed Tech Analyst
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Open Archive
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#udsnf12’s digital footprint
• UD Capture
• Google Hangouts on Air
• Posts
• Slides
• Google Docs
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Open Community
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Credit: Jon Mott and David Wiley, Open for Learning: The CMS and the Open Learning Networkhttp://www.ineducation.ca/article/open-learning-cms-and-open-learning-network
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“Chance favors the connected
mind.” Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
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Creating a learning community. . . . And opening it to the world• Questions?
• Discussion?
• Richard Gordon• [email protected]
• Mathieu Plourde• [email protected]
• mathplourde.wordpress.com/about
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