Hands-on Session

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24-25 June 2014, Malta

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Hands-on session plan

• Tools for interacting: Twitter , Facebook, LinkedIn, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Google+

• Tools for presenting/showcasing/expressing : Blogs , YouTube, Flickr, Slideshare

• Tools for curating, organising, commenting: Diigo; Pinterest, Scoop.it

• Tools for collaborating: Wikis, Document sharing, Brainstorming and mind mapping

More about the pedagogy

• Underlying models: – Top down to Bottom up

– Formal to Informal

– Instructor based to self directed

– Material given to content discovered

– Learning examined to learning recognised

• Vocabularies and glossaries – Consider competencies, knowledge & skills

– Clarify thinking and specify objectives

Vocabulary

http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Pedagogy

http://juliaec.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/blooms_taxonomy.jpg

http://www.bpstis.org/goal.html

Bloom and SAMR combined with web 2.0/social media examples

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/05/a-new-wonderful-wheel-on-samr-and.html

Example – Communities of Practice

http://www.jarche.com/2011/06/connecting-with-communities-of-practice/

http://convcme.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/communities-of-practice-a-framework-for-learning-and-improvement/

http://www.slideshare.net/jbostock/introduction-to-communities-of-practice

Exploring Communities of Practice in Social Media

• Twitter

• Facebook

• LinkedIn

• ResearchGate

• Academia.edu

• etc