learning 2.0 in a military context
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Keynote speech given to the Tri-Service Advanced Learning Technology Symposium at HMS Raleigh, England. September 30, 2009.TRANSCRIPT
Learning 2.0in a Military Context
Steve WheelerUniversity of Plymouth
What is Learning 2.0?
How does it fit into a military training context?
Theory of relativity
Didactics and Education
<binary or spectrum?>
Instruction
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Leading and directing
Drill and practice
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Pedagogy
Leading but not directing
Facilitation but not instruction
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Construction
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construct knowledge for one another, collaboratively creating a small culture of shared artefacts with shared meanings. When one is immersed within a culture of this sort, one is learning all the time about how to be a part of that culture on many levels.
Source: Wikipedia
Connection
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creating connections and developing a network. It is a theory for the digital age drawing upon chaos, emergent properties, and self organised learning.
(It’s not what you know but who you know)
Source: Wikipedia
Rhizomatic Learning “A rhizomatic plant has no
centre and no defined boundary; rather, it is made up of a number of semi-independent nodes, each of which is capable of growing and spreading on its own, bounded only by the limits of its habitat.”
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Source: Cormier, D. (2008) http://davecormier.com/edblog/
Rhizomatic Learning
““In the rhizomatic view, knowledge can only be negotiated, [and is] a personal knowledge-creation process with mutable goals and constantly negotiated premises.”
Source: Cormier, D. (2008) http://davecormier.com/edblog/
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Progression
Instructionism = Personal computer
Constructionism = Web 1.0
Connectionism = Web 2.0
Self organised = Web 2.0 + Mobile + ?
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4 stages of learning +1 (Baume)
• Unconsciously Incompetent
• Consciously Incompetent
• Consciously Competent
• Unconsciously Competent
• Reflective Competence
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Increasing skill & know
ledge
Baume’s model
What is Web 2.0?
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What is the Social Web?
Web 1.0
Britannica
Personal Website
Page views
Publishing
Content Management
Directories (Taxonomy)
‘Stickiness’
Maps
Source: Tim O’Reilly http://www.oreillynet.com
What is the Social Web?
Web 1.0 Web 2.0
Britannica Wikipedia
Personal Website Blogging
Page views Cost per click
Publishing Participation
Content Management Wiki
Directories (Taxonomy) Tagging (Folksonomy)
‘Stickiness’ Syndication
Maps Mapping (Mashup)
Source: Tim O’Reilly http://www.oreillynet.com
Still can’t get a
signal...
@#! Internet Explorer’s
down again!
3 months without a tweet...
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Now find Google maps...
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... and it’s self organised
We cannot ‘manage’ self-organised learning for our students.
We can only create conducive environments within which students will organise their own learning.
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Self organised learning
Formal and Informal learning
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Formal Learning Informal Learning
Self organised learning
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Formal Learning Informal Learning
Self Organised Learning
In SOL students take responsibility for their
own learning and put this into successful action.
Source: http://www.equal-works.com
How can we create spacesfor self organised learning?
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Modes of learningInformalFormal
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Collaborative
ReflectiveE-portfolios
Essay writing
Group workCo-operative learning
Social networking
BloggingMicroblogging
Nomadic learningA form of learning in which a
learner has continuous access to services through sessions
and possibly through different locations.
Source: http://www.erudium.polymtl.ca/
Learning ‘on the move’
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Who are the nomadic learners?
• Military (Royal Marines and Navy)• Police• Prison service• Nursing and midwifery• Medicine and health• Business• Other itinerant professions
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blogging?•web log <online diary>•others can read and comment
•conversation
Telemachus and Mentor
In Greek mythology Odysseus of Ithaca went to fight in the Trojan War and entrusted the care of his son, Telemachus, to an older and wiser friend, Mentor.
Telemachus and Mentor developed a strong relationship built on the foundations of guidance and support.
The word “mentor” has become synonymous with teacher, counsellor, coach, facilitator, motivator and friend.
Telematic Mentoring
Geographical Distance
Online reflective diary (shared between 2 people)
Mentoring on the move through Moblogging (Mobile blogging)
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Trends in Education
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Just in case
Just in time
Just for me
Just for me Apprenticeship model
Standard Curriculum
Bespoke Curriculum
Personalised Learning
Personal Learning Environment
A system that helps learners take control of and manage their own learning. This includes
providing support for learners to
Personal Learning Environment
Source: Wikipedia
set their own learning goals
manage their learning
communicate with others
What does my own personal learning
environment look like?
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Devices Interface Tools
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My Personal Learning Environment
Devices Interface Tools
My Personal Learning Environment
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Document search
Image search
ScholarGoogleBooks
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Search for reading materials
Web
Devices Interface Tools
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Reflective blog postand amplification
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My Personal Learning Environment
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Image sharing and amplification
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My Personal Learning Environment
Personal Learning
Environment
Blog
LMS
Social NetworkSocial
Network
External Services Web
2.0
E-Portfolio
AggregatorAggregator
Adapted from David Delgado, 2007
Personal Learning Environment Model
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External Services Web
2.0
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Institutionallymanaged
Adapted from David Delgado, 2007
E-Portfolio
AggregatorAggregator
Social NetworkSocial
Network
Personal Learning Environment Model
Blog
LMS
Personal Learning
Environment
E= MC2
How can we manage the tensions between the chaos, democracy and openness of Web 2.0 and the precisely structured and disciplined requirements of military training?
Thank you for listening
Steve WheelerFaculty of EducationUniversity of Plymouth
W: www2.plymouth.ac.uk/distancelearningE: [email protected]: steve-wheeler.blogspot.com