ELN 104 Assignment 5
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Charting a CourseHow Social Media Can Help Today’s eLearners Reach Their Goals
Presented By:
Jill McNairELN 104
SUSIE STUDENTOnline LearnerAnytown, planet earth
Past Education GED, High-school graduate, some college, BA, or Masters Degree
Learning Goals Get trained for a career in the new economy or advance current position
How I like to Learn From my computer, working around all the other responsibilities in my life. I like to have as much control/choices as possible. I like to connect with other students and instructors
What I Expect from My Instructors Teach me what I need to know to get a great job, be understanding if I am late with my assignments, be available to me if I have questions . . . Online office hours would be nice
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Can You Help Me?
We can help, but there is something very different about school now.
You’ve got to learn to collaborate!
The Collaborative Imperative
The world of work is increasingly collaborative, giving rise to reflection about the way student projects are structured.
The 2011 Horizon Reporthttp://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/HR2011.pdf)notes
Working together . . . The new normal
The Collaborative Imperative
“What it means to be skillful is going to change. No job has ‘be individual and isolated’ as a requirement. For almost everyone, a crucial mark of success is their ability to work effectively with others . . . The ability to work collaboratively is actually the ‘coin of the realm.’ And in a world where developing individual excellence is less and less important, school is going to increasingly need to be about developing the capacity to collaborate . . . developing the capacity to build distinctive strength and to use that strength in conjunction with others.”
Larry Summers, Keynote address about the future impact of technology in education. New York Times School for Tomorrow Conference. http://www.livestream.com/schoolsfortomorrowa/video?clipId=pla_035f90fb-ff23-4cd5-8706-2101d918e828
If you want to succeed in this new economy . . .
Are Students and Schools ready to take on this challenge?
How do we do this?
Studies show that students are like this . . .
How do we do this?
But what are their other learning characteristics?
Learner Characteristics:
Strengths
Multicultural
Ability to Multitask
Appreciation for Structure
Techno Savvy – Uses Technology and Social Media
Wants Instructors to Use Technology
Teamwork-Oriented
Preference for Interactive or Networked Activities
The Digital Native
Learner Characteristics
Weaknesses
Shorter Attention Span
Slower Reading Speed
Lower Reading Accuracy
More Susceptible to Distraction
Lack of Reflection
Cavalier Attitude Toward Quality of Sources
The Digital Native
Learner Characteristics
Strength or Weakness
Advanced scanning skills
Biased toward Experimental Acts
Appreciation for Structure
Non-Linear Learning
Adept at Processing and Interrupted Information Flow
Preference to Learn Via Pictures and Social Media
The Digital Native
Schools are often like this . . .
Schools have their strengths and weaknesses too
So what can schools do?
How Schools can Help
Design Student-Centered CoursesKeep learners’ needs at the top of the list
Balance Structure and FreedomStructure to keep them on track . . . Freedom to work creatively
Add Collaborative Elements to CoursesDiscussions, Debates, group projects, wikis, blogs, Peer Assessments. Keep a focus on real-world assignments and hands-on practice.
Create and Support an Active Learning CommunityRequire participation, but make it interesting and fun with opportunities to get to know others, practice skills, and learn new information
Have high ExpectationsExpect students to collaborate – and teach them how to. Expect students to utilize credible sources – teach them what credible sources are.
Today…
Retirement?
The Digital School
If schools can do this, graduates will look like this . . .
A happy ending!
And have skills like this . . .
Successful
Graduate
Nurtures and maintains
connections in Learning
Communities
Creates an e-Portfolio
Has experience using Web 2.0 tools
Knows how evaluate the worthiness of
learning materials
Values diversity of
opinions
Sees him/herself as active
contributors of knowledge
The Prepared Digital Native
Students are ready. Schools are ready. Let’s make this happen together!
The End