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Students of tomorrow, here today
Gráinne ConoleThe Open University, UKACODE Workshop, 18th March 2009Melbourne
My Personal Digital Learning Environment
InformationWord (writing)Google (searching)Wordpress (blogging)Keynote (presentation)Audacity (recording)
CommunicationEmailMobile & skypeSMS & twitterLyceum (audio conferencing)Eluminate (video conferencing)
Laptop, iphone, ipod, portable hard disk, camera, flip video camera
Changing technologies
Changing content
Netgeneration, Digital Natives.... (Oblinger, Prensky, etc.), Ecar reports, Kennedy survey, Chris Jones, Mary Thorpe, JISC LEX projects, PI roject
Learning processesTask orientatedExperiential Cumulative
Attitudes and approachesEngaging and relevantMulti-facetedJust-in-timeSocially mediated
Changing students
Technology mediation & co-evolution
The net generation
The claims about today’s learners…
•Technologically immersed•Group orientated•Experiential•Able to multi-task•Just in time mindset•Comfortable with multiple
representations•Disconnect between student &
institutional approaches
JISC Learner experience programme
•Phase 1 ▫LEX and LXP projects
•Phase 2▫STROLL▫BLUPs▫PB-LXP▫THEMA▫e4L▫LEaD▫LExDis
ELESIG
Methodologies
•Surveys▫Ecar annual survey of u/g use of
technologies▫Gregor Kennedy et al., Melbourne
•Interviews (face to face and email-based)▫PB-LXP
•Cultural probes▫Cambridge learning landscapes project
•Audio and video diaries▫LXP, LEaD, STROLL
Net generation e-learners?
•Sample: 5 UK universities•Methods: survey, interviews, cultural
probe•Findings:
▫High level of PC ownership▫Low use of blogs, wikis and virtual worlds▫High use of email, course websites, VLE, e-
journals
Chris Jones
Conclusions so far…
•Caution re: net gen claims, importance of taking account of student differences
•Do seem to be age related changes taking place and these are strongly linked to social networking and the use of a range of new
PB-LXP•Sample: 6 practice-based courses at the OU
UK•Methods: Survey, interviews•Findings
▫All courses made extensive use of ICT▫ICT supporting their practice-based learning▫Access to materials online, different forms of
communication▫Study more practical and active▫Set of practical guidelines on effective use of
ICT for course designMary Thorpe
ImplicationsChanging learning & teaching paradigms
Strategy & policy
Staff & learnerskills set
Roles & structures
Conole, (2008),Research methodological issues with researching the learner voice, in Hin & Subramaniam
Questions•Students increasingly digital – demands
on institutions? •Students and teachers - personalised
environment of tools vs. institutional tools?
•What new forms of blended learning spaces are needed?
•How do we support new approaches to design and delivery of courses to make more effective use of technologies and lead to an enhance student learning experience?
Representing pedagogy
Guiding design Sharing ideas
Empirical evidence base
Design challenge
Cloudfests
Design summits
Clouds: Learning and teaching ideasDesign or case studiesTools or resourcesQuestions or problems
Cloudscapes:ConferencesWorkshopsCourse teamStudent cohortResearch themeProject
Sites
•OULDI▫http://ouldi.open.ac.uk
•Cloudworks▫http://cloudworks.ac.uk
•CompendiumLD▫http://compendiumld.open.ac.uk
•Olnet▫http://olnet.org
References• Conole, G., De Laat, M., Dillon, T. and Darby, J. (2008),
‘Disruptive technologies’, ‘pedagogical innovation’: What’s new? Findings from an in-depth study of students’ use and perception of technology’, Computers and Education, Volume 50, Issue 2, February 2008, Pages 511-524.
• Conole, G. (accepted), Stepping over the edge: the implications of new technologies for education in M. Lee and C. McLouglin (forthcoming), Web 2.0-based e-learning: applying social informatics for tertiary teaching, ICI Global: Hersey, PA
• Conole, G., Culver, J., Well, M., Williams, P., Cross, S., Clark, P. and Brasher, A. (accepted), Cloudworks: social networking for learning design, Ascilite Conference, 30th Nov – 3rd Dec 2008, Melbourne.
References• Conole, G. and McAndrew, P. (submitted), A new approach
to supporting the design and use of OER: Harnessing the power of web 2.0, M. Edner and M. Schiefner (eds), Looking toward the future of technology enhanced education: ubiquitous learning and the digital nature.
• Conole, G., Brasher, A., Cross, S., Weller, M., Clark, P. and White, J. (2008), Visualising learning design to foster and support good practice and creativity, Educational Media International, Volume 54, Issue 3, 177-194.
• Conole, G. (2008), New schema for mapping pedagogies and technologies, http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue56/conole/
• Conole, G. (accepted), Research methodological issues with researching the learner voice, in Handbook of Research on New Media Literacy at the K-12 Level: issues and challenges, L. T. W. Hin and R. Subramaniam (Eds), IGI Global: Hershey, PA