2014-02-24 it's a jungle out there!

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It’s a jungle out there! Staff development for online tutors Presentation for Unisa by Gabi Witthaus Institute of Learning Innovation, 24 February 2014 © Gabi Witthaus, Institute of Learning Innovation, University of Leicester, 2014 (slides) and Anita Ritenour (image) CC-BY

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It’s a jungle out there!Staff development for online tutors

Presentation for Unisa by Gabi WitthausInstitute of Learning Innovation, 24 February 2014

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I’m going to tell you a story you probably know…

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But look out – there’s a twist in the tale…

A story with a twist in the

tale…

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Gotcha!

When you notice the twist, please shout out…

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Once upon a time there was a young lion prince called Simba

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He dreamed of the day when he would be king of the jungle

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But then one day, something scary happened…

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And Simba ran away…

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“Whew, I feel safe here with my new friends!”

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They played games and sang and danced together…

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and ate a vegetarian diet.

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It was kinda fun, but if he was honest with himself it was…

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Then one day, everything changed…

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The elders of Simba’s community had decided to go and look for him…

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And when they found him, they tried to lure him back to the jungle. They knew he was scared and lacking the skills he needed for

survival in the wild, and so they said…

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Come to our CPD workshop! You’ll love it!

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OK… this is what really happened…

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His childhood sweetheart suddenly appeared…

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And then he remembered his mum…

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And there was a little magic…

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And you can guess the rest of the story from here…

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Distance learning (DL) pre-online: a closed system

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Online distance learning: an open system

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Pre-online distance learning (closed system/ zoo)

Online distance learning (open system/ jungle)

All students were in the same boat

Some students are privileged (haves/ have-nots)

Students had little or no contact with other students

Interaction is possible – in so many ways!

Students followed the textbook/ course materials - static

Students have access to current info on the Web – dynamic

Students rarely challenged the tutor’s subject knowledge

Tutor’s expertise is open to challenge (Wikipedia etc!)

Plagiarising was a laborious process – students had to copy by hand

Plagiarism is easy - just copy and paste!

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DL tutors entering the online jungle

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DL tutors’ fears when entering the jungle

1. I don’t know if all my students have access to the Internet.2. Moving from individual constructivism towards a social

constructivist model of learning – if learners help each other, isn’t that cheating/ time-wasting?

3. What if my students use the discussion forum to challenge my expertise/ authority?

4. I think I “get” the discussion forum, but I don’t have a clue about wikis, blogs, virtual classrooms and so on…

5. I haven’t got time to monitor all that interactive stuff online!6. Won’t the students plagiarise more? (I’d better avoid using

online interaction for any assessment-related tasks!)7. My students and I are now partners together in learning – eeek!

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SPEED Partners

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Aim of SPEED project for all partner institutions

To help staff enhance student engagement through improved use of technologies in learning design and

delivery

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Speed was designed to include… Peer support

And a little bit of magic

Top-down support

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Summary: key SPEED links

SPEED website: tinyurl.com/speed-website

Background to the 7Cs: tinyurl.com/7Cs-diagram

SPEED course outline & links: tinyurl.com/speed-course

SPEED public blog: speedprojectblog.wordpress.com

SPEED VLE: coursesites.com

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