ist africa - professional development in a network era
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The Power of Collaborative Learning
>> For professional development
Workshop 10c, 21May 2010 IST-Africa 2010
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AGENDA
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EFQUEL Innovation Forum 2009: Laying the foundations for your University 2.0
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ICDE/EADTU Conference: Envisioning a new kind of university
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eLearning Africa 2009: Towards a University 2.0
Use e-learning to enhance access to education to students from diverse backgrounds and locations.
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E-learning as a tool for transformation
Makarere, Uganda
SAIDE, South Africa
Yaoundé I, Cameroon
Cape Town, South Africa
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E-learning can improve the quality of learning.- fit for the knowledge economy- student-centered- collaborative- flexible- participatory- global
Changing teaching & learning practices
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Continuing the discussion online
Stay connected! • Exchange experience • Get support • Discuss the way forward
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Collaborative Learning
• Using peers was traditionally limited to f2f meetings
• Technology has changed the way for people to be together
www.science-connect.net/?q=forum/115
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Online conferences for Professional Development
Tony Carr
Centre for Educational Technology
University of Cape Town
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Rethinking Conferences
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Online conferences: Key Challenge
“attempting to construct equivalence between online and face to face conferences is difficult as the medium offers an entirely new way of “doing” conferencing one which is not widely exploited because we don’t really know how”
Laurillard (2006)
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e/merge 2008
224 participants
11 African countries
5 continents
31 discussion forums
30 live online meetings
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Meeting at the Boundaries
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mortsan/1196418322/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/2282470339
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Different ways to participate
“Some lurked, some dropped occasional pearls of wisdom, and others left footprints of their visit everywhere. Some were online permanently, others parachuted in and out for concentrated times, and some multiplied themselves virtually.´
e/merge 2006 participant
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Special Event
• Time bound
• Disruptive
• Intense
• Celebratory
http://www.flickr.com/photos/exper/2103021765/
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IST-AfricaTriangulating Our
Professional Development: Learning from Adjacent Practices
Nancy WhiteFull Circle Associates
Seattle, WA [email protected] @NancyWhite (Twitter)
http://www.fullcirc.comSession Materials Wiki:
Vhttp://bit.ly/cUhqDnAdditional materials wiki:
http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/Triangulating+for+Professional+Development
All materials in this session are Creative Commons, Attribution license
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/opendemocracy/267705194/
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Disciplinary knowledge (university, formal programs)Experiential knowledge
Adjacent knowledge
DISCOVERY…
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Alone... isolated
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Hopefulness…support
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Connection
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Innovation…
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External Validation
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How?
• External support person(s)
• Learning Connection to a domain-
related network or community
• Intentional external validation
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http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/Technology+for+CoPs+-++Collaborative++Learning+for+Professional+Development
http://bit.ly/cUhqDn