words to shape 'ways of being' in the online classroom

“If we compare the evolutionary cycle of film-making and technology enhanced learning, we are currently somewhere around the 'Keystone Cops' stage of elearning technology and theory” -

Diana Laurillard (2005)

Words to shape ways of being in the online classroom

Mary Loftus#celt12

1970s – Distance Learning

1995 - Internet

2004 – MScSED

2012 – Twitter, MissionVHQ, MOOCs, edX, Coursera ?

2014 – Charlie Chaplin

2027 – The Jazz Singer (sound)

2039 – Gone with the Wind (colour)

2041 – Citizen Kane

2065 – The Sound of Music

2073 – The Godfather

2077 – Star Wars Learning

Film makes meaning in the mind of the viewer. 5 Levels of effect on the viewer:

1. Sensual2. Emotional3. Intellectual4. Ethical 5. Spiritual

Diana LaurillardFeedback should relate to course objectives

Learning Design

Learning Patterns

Bridge research & teaching

Further reading:London Knowledge Lab

Paulo Freire“For apart from inquiry, apart from the praxis, individuals cannot be truly human.

Knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention, through the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in the world, with the world, and with each other.”

Stephen BrookfieldCritical Incident Questionnaire

Critical Thinking

4 Rs: Respect, Responsiveness, Research, Relationships

Further reading:StephenBrookfield.com

Carl Rogers‘Saw himself as a facilitator - one who created the environment for engagement. However, what he was also to emphasize was the attitude of the facilitator. There were 'ways of being' with others that foster exploration and encounter‘ Smith (1999)

Further reading:Joe McCarthyDonald Clark

• Realness in the facilitator of learning • Prizing, acceptance, trust • Empathetic understanding

Etienne WengerCommunities of Practice (COPs)

Education is a journey through the landscape of a discipline.

Map alone is not enough

Learning Partnerships

Belonging, Identity

Further reading:Developing Learning PartnershipsDigital Habitats

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change– Brene Brown

John O’Donohue

‘Words can form a raft that can take us to new possibilities’

Healthy disregard for ‘process’ and ‘function’

Further reading:A tributed to JOD by Michael D Higgins

Fully online 2 yr Masters in Software Engineering & Database Technologiesrun jointly by NUI Galway and Regis University

Discussion is the heart of the classroom

• Discussion Posts • Conversations

Hard Play – vLabsScaffoldSupportOpportunities & encouragement to fail

Shared RiskWe must model the risk-taking, iterative failure and comfort in ‘being wrong’ that we wish to see in our students

Assessment

• Exams • Praxis• Peter McBride

Assessment - from Exam -> Praxis – Paulo Freire

Critical Incident Questionnaire (CIQ) Brookfield

At what moment in class this weekend did you feel most engaged with what was happening?

At what moment in class this weekend were you most distanced from what was happening?

What action that anyone (teacher or student) took this weekend did you find most affirming or helpful?

What action that anyone took this weekend did you find most puzzling or confusing?

What about the class this weekend surprised you the most? (This could be about your own reactions to what went on, something that someone did, or anything else that occurs).

Feedback

The antidote to shame is Empathy Shame needs secrecy, silence and judgement

– Brene Brown

Plagiarism

Set Expectations

Set assignments that cannot be easily plagiarised

Openly discuss the issue

Assume good intent

Creativity

We must see our students for who they are – and who they can be…

Thank you!

loftus.mary@gmail.com@marloft