vilna three paths
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Presentation in a conference on web2.0 teaching in Vilnius October 2nd 2010TRANSCRIPT
Social Media Supporting Learningat Otava Folk High School
- three paths to the destination
Vilnius
October 2nd 2010
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Otava Folk High School established 1892
Upper Secondary School for Adults Online since 1996
Openness
• Open 24/7/12• Round the clock• Round the world• Access to the material• All courses available
non-stop
Photo: Jukka Nikkilä
Trust
• No police or customs control• No exams• Possibility to choose
learning material
Photo: Jukka Nikkilä
Students
• No police or
Photos: Jere Lauha
• No police or customs control• No exams• Possibility to choose
learning material
Buffet non-stop-courses
• open any time• interaction between
two people• independent and flexible• skype, chat, e-mail etc.• might be lonely at the
dinner table
Photo: Drunken Monkey - CC Lisenssillä: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samsmith/31248686/
Á la cartecollaboration courses
• Reservation required• Working together• Wikis, discussion forums,
virtual conferencing
Photo: Hanna Putkonen
Kitchenphenomenon based learning
• Learning to cook together• Grasping bigger entities,
real life phenomena• Integrating subjects• Various approaches• Students take active roles• Open and public learning
environment• Blogs, wikis,
video conferencing, social bookmarking etc.
Photo: Hanna Putkonen
From listening towards dialogue
teacher – student
collaboration
technology and tools social media
Photo Jukka Nikkilä
Social media change of culture
• Hopping on a moving train• Taking risks• Tolerating uncertainty• Tolerating an uncomplete
world • Flexibility to change plans
while on the road
Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nj_dodge/97061524/
Do we dare to let the students in the kitchen?
Thank you!
Taru KekkonenOtava Folk High School
Online Upper Secondary [email protected]
www.nettilukio.fi+358 44 794 3517
Photo: Jukka Nikkilä