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Transcript of Cevw09 Pt
Peter TwiningJISC CETIS/Eduserv Conference
Glasgow, January 2009
Acknowledgements: The Schome Park Community
NAGTY, Innovation Unit, Becta, OUwww.schome.ac.uk
• Virtual worlds → pedagogical exploration• Evolution of the Schome Park Programme• Dimensions of practice
• Pedagogy• Theoretical stance• Curriculum definition and choice
• Conclusions• Discussion …
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Learn about
Learn by becoming
Learn by doing Learn through role play
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Individual constructi
vist
Sociocultural
AcquisitionParticipati
onKnowledge
Commodity
Creative process
(knowing)
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‘Curriculum’
Externallydefined
Externallyconstrained
Freelynegotiated
Self-determined
Cur
ricul
um d
efin
ition
Traditionalschool
Group A’sprep work
Imposed Free choiceImposed choiceSelf-imposedcommitment
Curriculum choice
Discrete
Integrated
Dissociated
Authentic
No control
In control
De-motivating
Motivating
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Schome Park ≠ schome Virtual worlds = another tool
Virtual worlds = unknown Unknown = potential
What should education be like?Where do we go from here?
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Experimentation vs control
Focus on Product Focus on Process
Product-Process dimension
Bureaucratic
Simple
Reg
ulat
ion
dim
ensi
on
‘Serio
us’
Playful
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Learner Teacher
Empty Vessel
Expert
Learners
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Teacher power
Equality(of power)
Schome Park
‘Relationships’
Current
MUTINY AGAINST THE STAFF… the issue of the US students maybe not being as open and showing as much as their personality due to the fact that their teacher is there. In SL, …, we do have an unusual situation. The staff and the students are much more friendly and comfortable with each other than those that are in the same situation in Rl are.In Rl, there are certain unspoken and spoken rules that everyone has to abide by. When it comes to teacher-student relationships, it would be even more difficult. Students are expected to respect teachers, which is correct and i agree with. But we are trying to use a new environment, a virtual world where non of us have ever met, to break down those barriers. Even when the US students are in-world, they will automatically fall into the role of student and will act accordingly.What i hope we can achieve with this party is not segregation between student and staff, but a chance for the students to be with other students only, so that they can relax and be themselves. Once they have got used to all the new people they have met, and gotten to know us, they hopefully they will be more relaxed and independant when the staff and their teacher is there also. (Schomer D in forum)
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‘Curriculum’
Imposed Free choiceImposed choiceSelf-imposedcommitment
Curriculum choice
Externallydefined
Externallyconstrained
Freelynegotiated
Self-determined
Cur
ricul
um d
efin
ition
Discrete
Integrated
Dissociated
Authentic
No control
In control
De-motivating
Motivating
The Schome Park Programme
Phase 1
Mar - May 2007
Phase 2
Jun - Dec 2007
Phase 3 part1
Jan - Mar 2008
Phase 3 part 2
Mar - May 2008
NAGTY Group
Open Invitation
After School Club
SEGfL School Based Groups
Others
Educational Programmes
Typology
Vision building activities +Aspire Pilot
eSIR Reference Statement
The potential of using an Open Virtual World
led to…
Which is developing our thinking about…
Dimensions of practice Education Systems
…
…
…
…
13 to 17 year olds – from NAGTY, SEGfL, home education, CLCs, etc. from UK, USA (& Falkland islands) plus adults (paid, volunteers, teachers, etc)
• Aims o empowerment (personalisation)
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www.becta.org.uk search for Educational change and ICT
• Environmento anywhere anytime learning
• Actorso increased rangeo learner responsibility & controlo collaboration• Curriculumo increased rangeo knowledge-age skills
• Supporto Increased range; student choice
New forms of representation
Second LifeTM Virtual World
WikiFocus GroupsAspire PilotHome Ed workshops+ Forum
Like now only better
Like now only better
Like now only better
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Coercion Trust
Schome Park
‘Stance’
Current
"I think that what Schome is doing through breaking down the barriers between 'teachers' and 'students', making it hard to see where one stops and the other begins, is fantastic, because when everyone is on a learning curve together, it brings about less of a feeling of segregation and a greater feeling of equality, and this leads to people trusting more." Schomer A (wiki)