elearning summit feb_2012
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Empowering Staff to Empowering Staff to Redesign Courses and Redesign Courses and Enhance Learning and Enhance Learning and Teaching in E-Learning Teaching in E-Learning
EnvironmentsEnvironments
Empowering Staff to Empowering Staff to Redesign Courses and Redesign Courses and Enhance Learning and Enhance Learning and Teaching in E-Learning Teaching in E-Learning
EnvironmentsEnvironments
Professor Mike KeppellProfessor Mike Keppell
Director, The Flexible Learning InstituteDirector, The Flexible Learning Institute
Charles Sturt UniversityCharles Sturt University
Professor Mike KeppellProfessor Mike Keppell
Director, The Flexible Learning InstituteDirector, The Flexible Learning Institute
Charles Sturt UniversityCharles Sturt University
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OverviewOverview
Context for distance
learners
Designing through
perspectives
Course symposiums
Teaching Fellowship
Scheme
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Context for Distance LearnersContext for Distance Learners
Growing acceptance that learning occurs in
different ‘places’ - on-campus/off-campus
Approaches emerging include ‘flexible’, ‘open’,
‘distance’ and ‘off-campus’ that assist the ubiquity
of learning in a wide range of contexts (Lea &
Nicholl, 2002).
Growing acceptance of life-long and life-wide
learning.
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VisionVision
To inspire best practice in blended and flexible learning
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Flexible Learning...Flexible Learning...
...provides opportunities to improve the
student learning experience through
flexibility in time, pace, place, mode of
study, teaching approach, forms of
assessment and staffing.
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Blended & Flexible Learning...Blended & Flexible Learning...
...is a design approach that examines
the relationships between flexible learning
opportunities (Keppell, 2010, p. 3).
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Curricular Landscape of Distance Learners
Curricular Landscape of Distance Learners
Contemporary curriculum needs to be designed
to account for a variety of perspectives so that
distance learners can engage as successful
learners.
Designing curriculum through multiple
perspectives ensures that the different
circumstances of the distance learner are
considered in a thoughtful and considered way.
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PerspectivesPerspectivesPerspectivesPerspectives
Multi-literaciesMulti-literacies
ICTICT
InteractionsInteractions
Multi-literaciesMulti-literacies
ICTICT
InteractionsInteractions
Learning spacesLearning spaces
PedagogyPedagogy
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Physical Virtual
Formal Informal InformalFormal
Blended
Mobile Personal
OutdoorProfessional
Practice
Distributed Learning Spaces
Academic
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Pedagogy & Multi-literaciesPedagogy & Multi-literacies
Designing curricular from a
pedagogical perspective
directly influences the
student experience.
Designing curricular from a
multi-literacies perspective
embeds teacher and
student digital interactions
into the curriculum.
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Informal Virtual Learning Spaces
Formal Virtual Learning Spaces
ICTICT
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InteractionsInteractions
Information access (subject expectations)
Interactive learning (learner-to-content interactions)
Networked learning (learner-to-learner, learner-to-
teacher interactions)
User-generated content (learners-as-designers,
assessment-as-learning) (Herrington & Oliver,
2001).
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Inspiring Best Practice in
Blended and Flexible Learning
Process
PrinciplesPerspectives
Strategy DevelopmentAspirational Framework
Resources
Delicious linksSlideshare
PresentationsTwitter News
Inspiration
Exploring Good Practice DVD
BFL BlogCase Studies
Support
Course Symposiums
FLI Fellowships
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Aim: To support Course teams in
Multiple Ways using formal and
informal Strategies
Aim: To support Course teams in
Multiple Ways using formal and
informal Strategies
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Teaching Fellowship SchemeTeaching Fellowship Scheme
Funded by DVC (Academic)
Development of potential leaders through distributive leadership
Facilitate collaborative professional relationships.
Proactively redesign courses and subjects
Promote and facilitate CSU Interact as a pivotal teaching and learning hub.
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Teaching Fellowship SchemeTeaching Fellowship Scheme
Participation of all twenty-four schools at the University
2008 – 6 fellows, 2009 – 5 fellows, 2010 – 5 fellows, 2011 – 6 fellows, 2012 – 3 fellows
The fellowship scheme provides a .5 release from regular teaching duties over a 12 month period.
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Transformative LearningTransformative Learning
An enhanced understanding of pedagogy and of their own pedagogical approach.
An increased capacity and willingness to reflect upon their own practice
A willingness to think critically about received ideas and conventional approaches
Readiness to innovate to accept technological change and to build effective pedagogic connections between face-to-face and online teaching strategies
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Transformative LearningTransformative Learning
Renewed confidence with regard to leading and adopting change and innovation among their peers and within their own schools.
Being empowered to negotiate perceived technological and institutional barriers to change.
Preparedness to maximise the time/space opportunity of the fellowship to actively engage in meaningful and relevant activities for their individual context.
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Transformative LearningTransformative Learning
Keppell, M.J., O’Dwyer, C., Lyon, B., & Childs, M. (2010). Transforming distance education curricula through distributive leadership. ALT-J, 18:3, 165-178.
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Disruptive InnovationsDisruptive Innovations
Interrupt our usual policies, practices, assumptions.
Disruptive innovations are technological innovations, products, services, processes, or concepts that disrupt the status quo (Meyer, 2012; Christensen, 2008).
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Course Symposium GrantsCourse Symposium Grants
• The FLI introduced Course team Symposium Grants.
• In support of this strategy the FLI Developed a set of principles for good practice in blended and flexible learning,
• ‘5 perspectives’ framework to assist course teams.
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Fostering of Scholarly LeadersFostering of Scholarly Leaders
• FLI Teaching Fellows have been fostered and supported to become future learning leaders at CSU.
• Many have assumed formal leadership roles at CSU.
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FLI Website: http://www.csu.edu.au/division/landt/flexible-learning/FLI Blog: http://blendedandflexiblelearning.blogspot.com/FLI Twitter: http:// twitter.com/#%21/FLINewsFLI Delcious: http://www.delicious.com/flexiblelearninginstituteFLI Design: http://blendedandflexiblelearning.wikispaces.com/homeFLI YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/FLIMediaMike’s Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/mkeppellMike’s Blog: http://mike-keppell.blogspot.com/