An Ubun2.0 Paradigm for Technology-Enabled Higher Education
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Transcript of An Ubun2.0 Paradigm for Technology-Enabled Higher Education
Rosemary Quilling & Craig Blewett UKZNTimothy Shea, UMass (UMD) & David Lewis, UMass (UML)
Patrick Kanyiwamuyu Daystar Kenya
: An Ubun2.0 Paradigm
for Technology-Enabled Higher Education:
What to expect?!What to expect?!
Today…
• NextEd • 2 collaborations• What to expect• How to go forward…
NextEd Context
Virtual
(Web2.0)
Collaborative
(Ubun2.0)
Network
Education
NextEd Philosophy
Digital campfire – Ubun2.0– A place of no judgment – A place of no assumptions– Each has a reason for being there– Each is welcome– Each tells their story– Each learns– Each leaves to share
NextEd Assumption
Ubun2.0 Learning Happening
A place for imperfect learners, imperfect teachers,
with imperfect tools bound together by an important philosophy
5C Engagement Model
1.Come
2.Consume
3.Collaborate4.
Create
5.Contribute
New Cycle Initiated
Collaborations 2008/ 2009
UKZN• South Africa
• Originating institution
• BCom IS&T Hons (4th yr)
• 2 flexible modules: CMC & Special Topics
Collaborations 2008/ 2009
UMass• USA• MBA students• Grad students from
e.g. accounting, marketing, operations
• Core MIS class• Topic link to “Special
Topics in IS&T” (2008)
Daystar• Kenya• BSc Applied Comp Sc
(4th year)• HCI module• Topic link to “CMC”
(2009)
What 2 expect...
• Courses & Students
• Requirements & Assessment
• Participants
W2E-1: Courses & Students
• Courses– Courses with common content?– Compartmentalised into topics?– Aligning timing of topic?
• Student academic level– Knowing your own & collaborator’s
W2E-2: Requirements & Assessment
• Requirements being made of students– Multidisciplinary teams – Variety of Skills– Notional study hours available for collaboration
• Assessment– Modes of assessment: assignments? exams?– Grading norms ~ NB for initiator
• Equally difficult for initiator and collaborator to judge?!
W2E-3: Participants
• Expectations? Students & FacultyExpectations? Students & Faculty
• Success requires motivated Success requires motivated participants…So what? …What’s participants…So what? …What’s in it for me?in it for me?
• ““Seeing is believing” Seeing is believing”
“THE” Lesson we learnt….
• Not primarily about technology?!– Although there are challenges
• Not about money?!– Although funding delays did de-rail one
collaboration
• The engagement model is critical and the 5C model is flawed! 1.
Come
5.Contribute
2.Consume
3.Collaborate
4.Create
New Cycle Initiated
Model of Engagement
• Trust and motivation is NB • Exposure to NextEd is NB• From 5C …• …..to 6C
1.Come
5.Contribute
2.Consume
3.Collaborate
4.Create
New Cycle Initiated
Connect
What next??a journey…not a destination
• Reviewing the model
• Pilot the“Connect”
• Spreading the message: UKZN, SA, Africa, globally
• Expanding to other disciplines