words to shape 'ways of being' in the online classroom
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As learning shifts the written word can be used to shape our online learning space and provide rafts to new possibilities.TRANSCRIPT
“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
We must see our students for who they are – and who they can be…
