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Q&A: Your PLN & Cloud Tools
Joyce SeitzingerGuest lecturer
Digital Learning Technologies CourseEIT - #vmvdltMarch 2012
YOUR PLNLet’s talk about…
Your PLN - Connections
• Tools and People• Who does it connect you to? • How have new connections occurred?• What do you think are the distinctions
between online connections and F2F connections?
• Madhouse of Ideas
Your PLN - Artefacts
• Anything can be an artefact• What type of artefacts have you found? • What was your best find?
Your PLN – Information Diet
• How does your PLN support your information intake?
• How have you set up your information streams? Tailored them?
• How do you prevent information bloat?• How do you prevent filter bubble?
Your PLN – Your Curated Collection
• How does your PLN support your curated collection of artefacts?
• Connectivism and networked learning – “knowledge does not reside in the individual”
• How do you maintain your collection?• Have you had problems retrieving resources?• How do you prune it?• How do you label it?
Your PLN – Network Node
• How does your PLN support your role as a network node?
• How do you share? • What are the limits of your tools/network?• What is your reach?• Klout• PeerIndex
CLOUD TOOLSLet’s talk about…
Cloud Tools – Resource or Activity
• John Biggs’ constructive alignment• OTARA• Authentic Learning Activities – Prof Tom
Reeves• Are you creating a learning resource or a
learning activity?
Cloud Tools – Teacher Centric or Student Centric
• Some contentious ed tech tools– IWB– YouTube– Lecture Capture– They seem like innovative ed tech, but run risk of
supporting outdated teaching approaches with new tools
• Your chosen cloud tool: teacher centric, student centric, neither, both?
Cloud Tools – Risks?
• If using open free cloud tools in teaching and learning, what are some of the risks– to the student?– to the teacher?– to the institution?
Cloud Tools – Role of the LMS?
• If there are so many open free cloud tools for teaching and learning available, why would an institution still invest in an LMS like Moodle?
Joyce SeitzingerTwitter: @catspyjamasnzSkype: joyceseitzingerLinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/joyceseitzingerBlog: http://www.cats-pyjamas.net