Mark Curcher

Lead FacultyDept. of Learning InnovationDubai Men’s CollegeUnited Arab Emirates

"Lear.Ning Together"

A Case Study Examining the Introduction of Social Collaborative Learning

Supported by Technology.

Context

Monetary Theory

Bachelors of Applied

Business

Fifth & Final Year of Study

Three Cohorts

of Students

Around 55 students

"Lear.Ning Together"

A Case Study Examining the Introduction of Social Collaborative Learning

Supported by Technology.

Why Change?

Prior experience of learning

The Knowledge Transfer Model of Learning.

AKA – The Airplane Model

Sit in Rows facing the front

Put your trust in the people up front

Switch off all electronic devices

Sit in Rows facing the front

Put your trust in the people up front

Switch off all electronic devices

Sit in Rows facing the front

Put your trust in the people up front

Switch off all electronic devices

Learning is a Social Activity.

How ?

NewTechnologies

1. Social Networking and Blogging

2. Social Bookmarking

Social Bookmarking

Users store lists of internet resources that they believe they will find useful.

The social aspect is that these can then be shared with the public at large or with a specific group.

Social networking encourages collective contribution, not individual ownership. (Mason & Rennie, 2008. P 14)

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Omar on 03 Jun 09 - edit - delete

Interesting article on the financial crises . I think it explains sub prime lending very well.

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Cancel abdulla on 05 Jun 09 - edit - delete

thank u for the article omar. Its good.

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www.investopedia.com/...moneysupply.asp

omar on 03 Jun 09 - edit - delete

another helpful money supply information, lots of info - M1, M2 and M3. monetary plicy, monetary

theory are linked in the same page

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Ahmed on 03 Jun 09 - edit - delete

If, for example, the reserve requirement ratio is 10 percent, then banks need $1 of reserves for each $10 of deposits, a reserve to deposit ratio of 1 to 10. Flipping this ratio around generates a deposit to reserve ratio of 10 to 1. That is, banks can have $10 of deposits for each $1 of reserves. This further means that the deposit expansion multiplier m is the inverse of the reserve requirement ratio. If the reserve requirement ratio is 10 percent (that is, 0.10), then the deposit expansion multiplier is 10 (= 1/0.10). If the reserve requirement ratio is 5 percent (0.05), then the deposit expansion multiplier is 20 (= 1/0.05). If the reserve requirement ratio is 20 percent (0.20), then the deposit expansion multiplier is 5 (= 1/0.20).

Why is the deposit expansion multiplier is the inverse of the reserve requirement ratio.

The key to the deposit creation process is that each bank keeps only a fraction of anynew deposits that it receives (as reserves), then sends along the rest to another bank.

Social Networking and Blogging

What were the views of

Students ?

How many resources did you share and discuss?

How useful did they rate it in terms of helping their understanding?

How enjoyable did they rate using Diigo?

35 Students answered survey

on Survey Monkey Website.

How useful was the Ning site in helping your understanding

of the Monetary Theory course?

“It allowed me to be more open in my learning and express myself to fellow students and get their feedback”

“I believe it helped me reflect the level of my understanding towards the course and the real economics as well as made me think outside of the box.” .

In Conclusion

The use of educational technology and in particular the use of social bookmarking contributed to the development a small learning community in the Monetary Theory classes of 2009 & 2010

..-it moved learning from beyond the classroom and its formal setting.

Thank You

mcurcher@hct.ac.ae