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Flexible, Distance and Online Learning an open course using COOL FIShhttp://fdol.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @openfdol #fdol131

unit 3: collaborative learning and communitiesSue Beckingham

18 March 13, 7-8pm(GMT)

Chrissi

drawing together:opportunities ofonline learning

Collaborative Learning and Communities

Rationale: Proponents of collaborative learning have long heralded the power of well managed group-based interaction as a means of promoting positive interdependence, individual accountability, social skills, and group processing. This third unit will encourage learners to explore aspects of collaborative and community learning especially in relation to networked online spaces for learning, personal learning networks and environments and discuss the relevance of peer learning and the development of learning communities in the context of self-directed and self-organised learning within and beyond institutional boundaries (formal, informal and non-formal learning).

unit 3

Chrissi

• Google community discussions

• Learning together in PBL groups

• Autonomous learning opportunities

unit 3: activities

Chrissi

Collaborative Learning and Communities

Sue Beckingham MA FSEDA FHEA@suebecks

Flexible, Distance and Online Learning #FDOL131

• MUMChief Cook and Bottle washer

• STUDENTSecond Masters : MSc Technology Enhanced Learning Innovation and Change

• EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPERFellow of SEDA Staff and Educational Development Association

• LECTURERProfessional Communication and Digital Skills

Wears multiple hats

Learning Experiences

Eaton 2010 http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED508254.pdf

What would you add?

Is it so easy to label?

It can happen out in public placesalleyways and funny spacesunderneath and in betweenlocations where you’ve never beenbefore..It can happen on an airplaneat 30,000 feet above the groundyou’ve found the person sittingnext to you has lived the life youmight have..It can happen walking down the streetyou meet someone you haven’t seenin ages who tells youeverythingbefore the light changes..

It can happen in mid sentence whenyou interrupt the program fora messagefrom one sponsoror another.

It can happen at a partyonce I met a guy who told me howsub atomic particles romancewith partners rooms awaythat made my day..It can happen in a puban angel at the bar sharing whiskywhile a stranger tellsa history of the worldin six glasses..It can happen when you go to bedand in your head you findan alleyway at 30,000 feetwhere faster than light neutrinos aredancing the night away..And it all makes sense.

Where Learning Happenshttp://m

arkmcguire.net/2012/08/18/w

here-learning-happens/Mark McQuire 2012

collaborationmake learning communities creative and fun

Haiku 俳句

5-7-5

http://www.flickr.com/photos/apenguincalledelvis/5378437490/

Fun self-directed and self-organised ‘informal’ experiential learning

‘Formal’ Tutor-Led Experiential Learning

Tutor as Facilitator

Vygotsky

Thinking about your own learning experiences what are the pros and

cons of each?

 "online" indicates a state of

connectivity, while "offline" indicates a disconnected state.

Connectedness

Dennis McGrath http://technogogical.wordpress.com/

Connectedness

mentionmap

Technology removes boundaries such as language, time and geographical distance

However my first experience....

The principal goal of education is to create men [and women] who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done - men and women who are creative, inventive and discoverers.

The second goal of education is to form minds which can be critical, can verify, and not accept, everything they

are offered.Piaget

We need to learn to take risks, to challenge and above all find fun in

learning

comments & questions

Chrissi

FDOL131 updates

Lars

PBL groups6 in total

working in PBL groupsbe organisedcapture your actionskeep your facilitator informed

think about how are you going to share your findings at the end of unit 3? FDOL131 community space for feedback

unit 4: supporting learnersMarch 25 – April 5 (2 weeks)

Lars

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Facilitator: Lars

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Flexible, Distance and Online Learning an open course using COOL FIShhttp://fdol.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @openfdol #fdol131

Thank you for joining us today

and see you online

next webinarunit 4: supporting learners online

Dr Keith SmythTuesday, 2 April 13, 7-8pm (GMT)

#FDOL131 organisers

Chrissi NerantziAcademic DeveloperUniversity of Salford, UK

FDOL organiser PBL facilitator

Lars UhlinEducational DeveloperKarolinska Institutet, Sweden

FDOL organiserPBL facilitator