Virtual Learning in Schools: Thriving in Web 2.0

Vincent JansenLEARN

Email: vjansen07@gmail.com

Skype: vjansen07

http://virtualschooling.wikispaces.com/

Work smarter

not harder

Key points:

• Resource optimization

• Process-oriented

• Blended learning

• Work / Learn / Play / job-embedded

• Collaborate / Communicate

• Just do it

2.0

Disorganized in

Web 2.0

Put First Things First - Principles of Personal Management

Virtual Learning Community

• Electronic communities of practice

• Group of people with same interest

• Deepen knowledge and expertise

• Situated learning

The missing piece

• RSS feeds (Pull vs Push)

Build Capacity

• Personal and professional growth

• Balance of work and play

• Blended learning

• Thinking and collaborating differently

• Social network

• Educational transformation - teacher / student leverage

Key components

Focus – relevant to you

Friends – with people you trust

Feel – confident to contribute

4L model

Measuring success

• Shared vision

• Core group, key participants

• Opportunities (chats, publish, PD, lesson sharing)

• Innovation (ideas)

• The right stuff

Virtual Learning Community

LMS

Virtual tools

Professional / Social Experience

Professional / Social Experience

Professional / Social Experience

Professional / Social Experience

EXPERIENCE ACADEMIC PROGRAM

COURSES

Research

Self directed learning

ONLINE TOOLS

Critical thinking skills

Peer editing

Evaluation skills

Writing skills

Teamwork / collaboration

conversation

Expression of ideas

Forum discussion

simulations

Discussion boards

Negotiation and

collaboration

Information literacy

Content creators

Digtial culture

Audio and video

producers

Validating information

Students bring experience to discussion

Students apply informal learning techniques

Students practice in simulated environments

Students understand and fulfill applications

Mentoring onlne

How online tools mediate application of program to Experience

Notifications

Groups

Forums

Chat

ePortfolio

Course Content

Notifications

Groups

Forums

Chat

ePortfolio

Course Content

Learner centred online learning

environment

Notifications

Notifications

Notifications

Social networking

Personal photos

Communication

Social networkingVideo publishing

ePortfolio

Chat

Alerts RSS

Personal Website

Social software student uses to store and manage files, participate in online communities.

Knowledge net is school based LMS whereas moodle can be housed by another site, for online learning.

Student-centered learning

Web as ecosystem– Small pieces loosely joined– Emergent behavior from connections– Sharing / learning with friends

Web as conversation– Read / write web– Blogging– Content is continuously created– Real audience

What are the essential classroom tools for collaborating and communicating worldwide?

Miguel Guhlin

Personal Learning Environment

PLE

http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/ple

LMS vs PLE

• In an LMS, the architecture of virtual space is derived from the model of the institution– Functions are institutional functions– Divisions are institutional categories

• In a PLE, the architecture of virtual space is a web of connections centred on the learner– Functions are learner tasks– Divisions are a mix of learner-created

and acquired categories

PLE Project

1. Identify patterns that emerge from your “personal learning”

(e.g. Email, chat, aggregators, media tools, social networking, groupware, blogs, wikis, tags)

2. Relate these patterns to a web 2.0 technology model

Workflow Process

Constructing your own model

Content: eLearning 2.0

Community of Practice

You

Documents

FleetingInteractions

Help desk

Conversation

Project Spaces

Ongoing integration of work and knowledge

Instruction

E-learning spaces

Discussion Groups

Knowledge Store

Expertise

Synchronous interactions

RSS

RSS

RSS

RSS

RSS

RSS

RSS

Social Structure

Self-Directed Learning

• Curriculum preparation

• Evaluation situations

• Assessment

• Collaborative docs

• Discussion groups

• Shared resources

Math 9

I can see creating a Wiki in math class would be a great way to get students thinking outside the box, coming up with their own real life examples and putting together something that is more interesting than ever before.

Bridget Perry-Gore

http://www.google.com/ig

… to what extent is it now a teacher's responsibility to make use of these tools in his or her own learning?

Will Richardson

Tools for key processes

• RSS

• Tags

• Alerts

• Docs

• Calendar

• Notebook

• IM

Automating

mating•

– Virtual workspace– Shared workspace– Online store of active content– Author/contributor/owner of

active content

• This is where everything falls apart as Vince attempts to demonstrate some virtual tools (technology factors, hotel wifi, power…)