Virtual LearnersDean Groom, Head of Educational Development, Macquarie University.

Our industrial heritage

Our industrial heritage

Learning has text books - which have content.

Our industrial heritage

Learning has text books - which have content.

Learning has exercise books - to write the facts.

Our industrial heritage

Learning has text books - which have content.

Learning has exercise books - to write the facts.

Learning has the teacher out the front of class

Our industrial heritage

Learning has text books - which have content.

Learning has exercise books - to write the facts.

Learning has the teacher out the front of class

Teachers ask questions, students learn answers

Our industrial heritage

Learning has text books - which have content.

Learning has exercise books - to write the facts.

Learning has the teacher out the front of class

Teachers ask questions, students learn answers

Exams show who is smart

Our industrial heritage

Learning has text books - which have content.

Learning has exercise books - to write the facts.

Learning has the teacher out the front of class

Teachers ask questions, students learn answers

Exams show who is smart

Classrooms are places for learning

scarcity of information

too much informationtoo much

information

ICT - The third space

ICT - The third spaceSchool

Home

ICT - The third space

"The character of a third place is determined most of all by its regular clientele and is marked by a playful mood, which contrasts with people's more serious involvement in other spheres.”

Ray Oldenburg

School

Home

ICT - The third space

ICT - The third space

students use ICT as ‘third spaces’

ICT - The third space

students use ICT as ‘third spaces’Gameplay

ICT - The third space

students use ICT as ‘third spaces’Gameplay

Virtual Worlds

ICT - The third space

students use ICT as ‘third spaces’Gameplay

Virtual WorldsMobile Phones (txt)

ICT - The third space

students use ICT as ‘third spaces’Gameplay

Virtual WorldsMobile Phones (txt)

Messenger

ICT - The third space

students use ICT as ‘third spaces’Gameplay

Virtual WorldsMobile Phones (txt)

MessengerSocial Networks

ICT - The third space

students use ICT as ‘third spaces’Gameplay

Virtual WorldsMobile Phones (txt)

MessengerSocial Networks

informal virtual learning

This is not your classroom today.

Unless you make it your business

Gonna teach IST, IPT, SDD, ITVET?

Gonna teach IST, IPT, SDD, ITVET?

You will also be teaching - teachers.

Teachers

Teachers

Control the class

Teachers

Control the class

Ask the questions

Teachers

Control the class

Ask the questions

Set the agenda

Teachers

Control the class

Ask the questions

Set the agenda

Mark the tests

Teachers

Control the class

Ask the questions

Set the agenda

Mark the tests

Design the lessons

Teachers

Control the class

Ask the questions

Set the agenda

Mark the tests

Design the lessons

Deliver ‘edumacation’

Teachers

Control the class

Ask the questions

Set the agenda

Mark the tests

Design the lessons

Deliver ‘edumacation’

Students

Teachers

Control the class

Ask the questions

Set the agenda

Mark the tests

Design the lessons

Deliver ‘edumacation’

Students

Behave in class

Teachers

Control the class

Ask the questions

Set the agenda

Mark the tests

Design the lessons

Deliver ‘edumacation’

Students

Behave in class

Answer Questions

Teachers

Control the class

Ask the questions

Set the agenda

Mark the tests

Design the lessons

Deliver ‘edumacation’

Students

Behave in class

Answer Questions

Follow the plan

Teachers

Control the class

Ask the questions

Set the agenda

Mark the tests

Design the lessons

Deliver ‘edumacation’

Students

Behave in class

Answer Questions

Follow the plan

Take the tests

Teachers

Control the class

Ask the questions

Set the agenda

Mark the tests

Design the lessons

Deliver ‘edumacation’

Students

Behave in class

Answer Questions

Follow the plan

Take the tests

Show up to lessons

Teachers

Control the class

Ask the questions

Set the agenda

Mark the tests

Design the lessons

Deliver ‘edumacation’

Students

Behave in class

Answer Questions

Follow the plan

Take the tests

Show up to lessons

Get ‘eduamacated’

Teachers

Control the class

Ask the questions

Set the agenda

Mark the tests

Design the lessons

Deliver ‘edumacation’

Students

What is wrong with instructional learning?

Learning should be enquiry drivenauthentic in nature

and provide bucket loads of

intrinsic motivation

Learning should be enquiry drivenauthentic in nature

and provide bucket loads of

intrinsic motivation

Learning should be enquiry drivenauthentic in nature

and provide bucket loads of

(if you want deep learning)

This is looks ‘right’ (to parents)

This is looks ‘wrong’ because itis not cognitively ‘correct’

Learning with ‘virtual’ toolsand virtual environments

in not (yet) normal inenough schools.

Learning with ‘virtual’ toolsand virtual environments

in not (yet) normal inenough schools.

We have an industrialist‘factory’ approach

to pedagogy.

Rethinking LearningUsing Virtual Learning Environments

Rich White Edusim

Blooms Revised Taxonomy

List

MakeHarder

Easier

Does this promote deeper learning?

searching

powerpoint

note taking

talking

How about this? - more motivating?

What do most teachers thinkabout when we say ‘virtual learning’

(apart from ‘huh’?)

This is whatthey do with

ICTs?

ICT in High School

What did you use when youget to use in high school?

PowerpointWord

PublisherGoogle

Wikipedia

PresentationsEssaysLeafletsSearchingResearching

This is EdTech

VW

MMOVLE

MMOG

MMORPGWWW

GAMESIM

SERIOUS LMSIM

This is EdTech

VW

MMOVLE

MMOG

MMORPGWWW

GAMESIM

SERIOUS LMSIM

Which is best for learning?

This is EdTech

Which is the most educational?

VW

MMOVLE

MMOG

MMORPGWWW

GAMESIM

SERIOUS LMSIM

Which is best for learning?

This is EdTech

Which is the most educational?

VW

MMOVLE

MMOG

MMORPGWWW

GAMESIM

SERIOUS LMSIM

Which is best for learning?

Which is the most fun?

This is EdTech

2D VLEs

Office Automation

Office Automation

social networking

You must learn to teach withoutusing Microsoft Office and Google.

(seriously)

You must learn to teach withoutusing Microsoft Office and Google.

(seriously)

If you want to be relevant.

3D VLEs

Over 200 3D ‘immersive’ Virtual WorldsEach with over 2 million subscribers

12-17 year olds78% play online MMOs

65% use social media.

Pew Internet “Generations online 2009”

Moshi Monsters, Rappelz, Metin 2, 

Runescape, Neostream, Crimecraft, 

Sea9ight, Neopets, Fiesta, Hello Kitty 

Online, S4 League, Tales Runner, 

Shaiya and Twelve Sky. 

The current ‘top’ browser MMO/G/RPGs

Millions of players

“there is a generation gap in how youth and adults view the value of online activity. Adults tend to be in the dark about what youth are doing online, and often view online activity as risky or an 

unproductive distraction. Youth understand the social value of online activity and are generally highly 

motivated to participate.” 

MacArthur Foundation Report, 2008

“Traditional Educational Values”

The 3RsReadingWriting

Arithmetic

“Traditional Educational Values”

The VLE does not have to be one technology, one space or one instance. The main goal is not to attempt to replicate a traditional classroom experience. The VLE is a pedagogical tool Cirst and foremost.It can be Teen Second Life, Moodle, Sloodle, Blackboard, WebCT or a page on a Wiki with hyperlinks.

Digital 3Rs

Digital 3RsRealism

Digital 3RsRealism

Relevance

Digital 3RsRealism

RelevanceRetention

We are virtual

We are virtual

Txt Messaging

We are virtual

Txt Messaging

Email and Instant Messaging

We are virtual

Txt Messaging

Email and Instant Messaging

Facebook and Myspace

We are virtual

Txt Messaging

Email and Instant Messaging

Facebook and Myspace

MSN and Skype

We are virtual

Txt Messaging

Email and Instant Messaging

Facebook and Myspace

MSN and Skype

Internet banking, shopping - transactions

We are virtual

Txt Messaging

Email and Instant Messaging

Facebook and Myspace

MSN and Skype

Internet banking, shopping - transactions

YouTube, iTunes, BitTorrent - infotainment

Devices

Headsets

PSPs

iPods

Mobile Phones

Nintendo DS

Wii

Myst

Warcraft

Open Sim

Teen Second Life

Quest Atlantis

Mathletics

Apps

stuf

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Learning for Teachers in Second Life

What can we do with this?

What does this teach them?

Quest Atlantis - Primary School Virtual World

MQ Virtual Campus

Learning is a global conversation!

http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/http://classroom20.ning.com/

Clay Shirky : Here comes everybody

thanks.