my personal learning journey with mahara
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Mahara Granny goes…
My PLS = Personal LEARNING Story
Salzburg research conference 2008
A drop in the water in 2008 …
… is drawing circles …
…and creating a stream…
….of learning
Katia Aiko Murato Arend Linda Pospisilova Christine Duelfer
• Nigel McNie
• Penny Leach • Kristina Hoeppner • Don Presant • Sam Taylor
• all dear colleagues who helped overcome obstacles! • The MAHARA community!!!!
No learning without inspiration
Sir Ken Robinson Dr.Helen Barrett Steve Wheeler
No learning without imagination
… of the learner
No lonesome journey …
Learning with peers, friends, networks
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@Networking_lady on twitter
Be the change … … you would like to see
Changing your perspective
Ownership of learning
from the institution
… to the learner
Building a hut ….
… to survive
Building a castle for life..Building a Castle …
… for Life
The Builder matters
closed building
open space
Teaching knowledge
Meaningful
Learning
Studying Learning
CompetencesCompetences cannot be taught, they need to be aquired by learners.
Fahse, Christian: Wie unterrichtet man Kompetenzen? MNU 57/8 (12/2004)
‘’ … students gain a personal space on the web which they can control, and which is the antithesis of the institutional VLE/LMS. This, said Groom, is the essence of digital literacy. Students were given an innovation tool kit within their own domain, so that when they leave the university, they take it with them to use as they will.”
Steve Wheeler on EDUPUNK Jim Groom’s “Good morning Barcelona!! „ talk
Power to the
Learner
How can Mahara help with learning
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and the learning journey
• Connecting with other learners • Collecting artefacts • Collaborating in groups • Reflecting in blogs • Communicating in forums • Sharing results • Presenting to others • Getting feedback
Colla-‐borate
Connect
Commu-‐
nicate
Feed-‐back
Share Present
Reflect
Collect
Connecting with other learners• Finding friends • Creating groups • Sending direct messages
• Sharing pages • Getting /giving feedback • …..
Connect
Collecting artefacts
• Creating a repository of own artefacts • Using artifacts stored in other cloud services flickr, dropbox etc..)
• Using mobile upload from smartphone
• Embedding objects from the cloud
Collect
Collaborating in groups• Setting up own group for teamwork
• Sharing stuff within group • Creating group pages, working from different places at different times
• Sharing group pages with peers, tutors, public…
Colla-‐borate
Reflecting in blogs• Writing blog entries on learning progress
• Integrating videos or podcasts • Visualizing processes with pictures • …..
Reflect
Communicating in forums• Using forums for scaffolding learning • Using the forum for quick opinion forming • Setting up forums for learning groups • Setting up forums for various purposes to avoid chaos • Setting up various topics for different questions • … • …
Commu-‐
nicate
Sharing achievements • Sharing pages with friends, peers, tutors, specific groups, public
• Presenting a page to an audience to give evidence of learning
• Handing in a page/ collection for assessment
• ……
Share
Presenting to others• Present a project to an audience with the help of a page
• Give evidence of learning by presenting to a tutor
• Do an online presentation via skype or conference tools
• Do a group presentation of a project with peers
• …
Present
Getting QUALIFIED feedback• Give permission to get feedback
• Getting feedback on single artefacts • Getting feedback for page/collection
• Getting feedback from peers/tutors/public
• Learning from qualified feedback
Feed-‐back
Learning … anytime … anywhere … anyhow
Light at the end of the learning tunnel
Power to the
Learner
BONUS SLIDES ;-‐)
Robert John Meehan"As teachers we spend little time focusing on what has been accomplished; we focus mainly on what remains to be done."-‐
"As a teacher you have to be committed to learning for a lifetime first before you can lead your students down that path
"Learning becomes relevant when we connect it with reality."
"A great teacher is someone who can learn from his students, who can learn with them, and learns for them
"I seldom needed to encourage my students to follow their dreams, I simply gave my students the tools and as much freedom as they needed to chase after them
"If we are truly effective teachers, then we are creating autonomous, independent, and self directed learners."-‐
"If real learning is to take place, our classrooms must be dependent on the collaboration of its learners, not solely on the knowledge of its teachers." Robert John Meehan
Learning -‐ school -‐ knowledge -‐imagination"Those that make test scores and grades the heart of education hit their targets while entirely missing the point." -‐ Joe Bower
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."-‐ Albert Einstein
"Standardized Testing tells us about learning as much as Reality TV tells us about reality."-‐ Joe Bower
"The greatest sign of a success for a teacher, is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."-‐ Maria Montessori
"The teachers who get "burned out" are not the ones who are constantly learning, which can be exhilarating, but those who feel they must stay in control and ahead of the students at all times."-‐ Frank Smith
Sigi Jakob-‐Kühn, OStR‘in
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