virtual words in education
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A lot of slides, but click'em fast. Presentation on virtual worlds to pre-teachers studying ICT. Talking about challenges and opportunities. Couple of video clips: Kapplan (Professor) and Anyone, Anyone (Ferris Beuler).TRANSCRIPT
Virtual LearnersDean Groom, Head of Educational Development, Macquarie University.
Our industrial heritage
Our industrial heritage
Learning has text books - which have content.
Our industrial heritage
Learning has text books - which have content.
Learning has exercise books - to write the facts.
Our industrial heritage
Learning has text books - which have content.
Learning has exercise books - to write the facts.
Learning has the teacher out the front of class
Our industrial heritage
Learning has text books - which have content.
Learning has exercise books - to write the facts.
Learning has the teacher out the front of class
Teachers ask questions, students learn answers
Our industrial heritage
Learning has text books - which have content.
Learning has exercise books - to write the facts.
Learning has the teacher out the front of class
Teachers ask questions, students learn answers
Exams show who is smart
Our industrial heritage
Learning has text books - which have content.
Learning has exercise books - to write the facts.
Learning has the teacher out the front of class
Teachers ask questions, students learn answers
Exams show who is smart
Classrooms are places for learning
scarcity of information
too much informationtoo much
information
ICT - The third space
ICT - The third spaceSchool
Home
ICT - The third space
"The character of a third place is determined most of all by its regular clientele and is marked by a playful mood, which contrasts with people's more serious involvement in other spheres.”
Ray Oldenburg
School
Home
ICT - The third space
ICT - The third space
students use ICT as ‘third spaces’
ICT - The third space
students use ICT as ‘third spaces’Gameplay
ICT - The third space
students use ICT as ‘third spaces’Gameplay
Virtual Worlds
ICT - The third space
students use ICT as ‘third spaces’Gameplay
Virtual WorldsMobile Phones (txt)
ICT - The third space
students use ICT as ‘third spaces’Gameplay
Virtual WorldsMobile Phones (txt)
Messenger
ICT - The third space
students use ICT as ‘third spaces’Gameplay
Virtual WorldsMobile Phones (txt)
MessengerSocial Networks
ICT - The third space
students use ICT as ‘third spaces’Gameplay
Virtual WorldsMobile Phones (txt)
MessengerSocial Networks
informal virtual learning
This is not your classroom today.
Unless you make it your business
Gonna teach IST, IPT, SDD, ITVET?
Gonna teach IST, IPT, SDD, ITVET?
You will also be teaching - teachers.
Teachers
Teachers
Control the class
Teachers
Control the class
Ask the questions
Teachers
Control the class
Ask the questions
Set the agenda
Teachers
Control the class
Ask the questions
Set the agenda
Mark the tests
Teachers
Control the class
Ask the questions
Set the agenda
Mark the tests
Design the lessons
Teachers
Control the class
Ask the questions
Set the agenda
Mark the tests
Design the lessons
Deliver ‘edumacation’
Teachers
Control the class
Ask the questions
Set the agenda
Mark the tests
Design the lessons
Deliver ‘edumacation’
Students
Teachers
Control the class
Ask the questions
Set the agenda
Mark the tests
Design the lessons
Deliver ‘edumacation’
Students
Behave in class
Teachers
Control the class
Ask the questions
Set the agenda
Mark the tests
Design the lessons
Deliver ‘edumacation’
Students
Behave in class
Answer Questions
Teachers
Control the class
Ask the questions
Set the agenda
Mark the tests
Design the lessons
Deliver ‘edumacation’
Students
Behave in class
Answer Questions
Follow the plan
Teachers
Control the class
Ask the questions
Set the agenda
Mark the tests
Design the lessons
Deliver ‘edumacation’
Students
Behave in class
Answer Questions
Follow the plan
Take the tests
Teachers
Control the class
Ask the questions
Set the agenda
Mark the tests
Design the lessons
Deliver ‘edumacation’
Students
Behave in class
Answer Questions
Follow the plan
Take the tests
Show up to lessons
Teachers
Control the class
Ask the questions
Set the agenda
Mark the tests
Design the lessons
Deliver ‘edumacation’
Students
Behave in class
Answer Questions
Follow the plan
Take the tests
Show up to lessons
Get ‘eduamacated’
Teachers
Control the class
Ask the questions
Set the agenda
Mark the tests
Design the lessons
Deliver ‘edumacation’
Students
What is wrong with instructional learning?
Learning should be enquiry drivenauthentic in nature
and provide bucket loads of
intrinsic motivation
Learning should be enquiry drivenauthentic in nature
and provide bucket loads of
intrinsic motivation
Learning should be enquiry drivenauthentic in nature
and provide bucket loads of
(if you want deep learning)
This is looks ‘right’ (to parents)
This is looks ‘wrong’ because itis not cognitively ‘correct’
Learning with ‘virtual’ toolsand virtual environments
in not (yet) normal inenough schools.
Learning with ‘virtual’ toolsand virtual environments
in not (yet) normal inenough schools.
We have an industrialist‘factory’ approach
to pedagogy.
Rethinking LearningUsing Virtual Learning Environments
Rich White Edusim
Blooms Revised Taxonomy
List
MakeHarder
Easier
Does this promote deeper learning?
searching
powerpoint
note taking
talking
How about this? - more motivating?
What do most teachers thinkabout when we say ‘virtual learning’
(apart from ‘huh’?)
This is whatthey do with
ICTs?
ICT in High School
What did you use when youget to use in high school?
PowerpointWord
PublisherGoogle
Wikipedia
PresentationsEssaysLeafletsSearchingResearching
This is EdTech
VW
MMOVLE
MMOG
MMORPGWWW
GAMESIM
SERIOUS LMSIM
This is EdTech
VW
MMOVLE
MMOG
MMORPGWWW
GAMESIM
SERIOUS LMSIM
Which is best for learning?
This is EdTech
Which is the most educational?
VW
MMOVLE
MMOG
MMORPGWWW
GAMESIM
SERIOUS LMSIM
Which is best for learning?
This is EdTech
Which is the most educational?
VW
MMOVLE
MMOG
MMORPGWWW
GAMESIM
SERIOUS LMSIM
Which is best for learning?
Which is the most fun?
This is EdTech
2D VLEs
Office Automation
Office Automation
social networking
You must learn to teach withoutusing Microsoft Office and Google.
(seriously)
You must learn to teach withoutusing Microsoft Office and Google.
(seriously)
If you want to be relevant.
3D VLEs
Over 200 3D ‘immersive’ Virtual WorldsEach with over 2 million subscribers
12-17 year olds78% play online MMOs
65% use social media.
Pew Internet “Generations online 2009”
Moshi Monsters, Rappelz, Metin 2,
Runescape, Neostream, Crimecraft,
Sea9ight, Neopets, Fiesta, Hello Kitty
Online, S4 League, Tales Runner,
Shaiya and Twelve Sky.
The current ‘top’ browser MMO/G/RPGs
Millions of players
“there is a generation gap in how youth and adults view the value of online activity. Adults tend to be in the dark about what youth are doing online, and often view online activity as risky or an
unproductive distraction. Youth understand the social value of online activity and are generally highly
motivated to participate.”
MacArthur Foundation Report, 2008
“Traditional Educational Values”
The 3RsReadingWriting
Arithmetic
“Traditional Educational Values”
The VLE does not have to be one technology, one space or one instance. The main goal is not to attempt to replicate a traditional classroom experience. The VLE is a pedagogical tool Cirst and foremost.It can be Teen Second Life, Moodle, Sloodle, Blackboard, WebCT or a page on a Wiki with hyperlinks.
Digital 3Rs
Digital 3RsRealism
Digital 3RsRealism
Relevance
Digital 3RsRealism
RelevanceRetention
We are virtual
We are virtual
Txt Messaging
We are virtual
Txt Messaging
Email and Instant Messaging
We are virtual
Txt Messaging
Email and Instant Messaging
Facebook and Myspace
We are virtual
Txt Messaging
Email and Instant Messaging
Facebook and Myspace
MSN and Skype
We are virtual
Txt Messaging
Email and Instant Messaging
Facebook and Myspace
MSN and Skype
Internet banking, shopping - transactions
We are virtual
Txt Messaging
Email and Instant Messaging
Facebook and Myspace
MSN and Skype
Internet banking, shopping - transactions
YouTube, iTunes, BitTorrent - infotainment
Devices
Headsets
PSPs
iPods
Mobile Phones
Nintendo DS
Wii
Myst
Warcraft
Open Sim
Teen Second Life
Quest Atlantis
Mathletics
Apps
stuf
f I u
se to
teac
h
Learning for Teachers in Second Life
What can we do with this?
What does this teach them?
Quest Atlantis - Primary School Virtual World
MQ Virtual Campus
Learning is a global conversation!
http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/http://classroom20.ning.com/
Clay Shirky : Here comes everybody
thanks.