Rosemary Quilling & Craig Blewett UKZNTimothy Shea, UMass (UMD) & David Lewis, UMass (UML)

Patrick Kanyiwamuyu Daystar Kenya

: An Ubun2.0 Paradigm

for Technology-Enabled Higher Education:

What to expect?!What to expect?!

Today…

• NextEd • 2 collaborations• What to expect• How to go forward…

NextEd Context

Virtual

(Web2.0)

Collaborative

(Ubun2.0)

Network

Education

NextEd Philosophy

Digital campfire – Ubun2.0– A place of no judgment – A place of no assumptions– Each has a reason for being there– Each is welcome– Each tells their story– Each learns– Each leaves to share

NextEd Assumption

Ubun2.0 Learning Happening

A place for imperfect learners, imperfect teachers,

with imperfect tools bound together by an important philosophy

5C Engagement Model

1.Come

2.Consume

3.Collaborate4.

Create

5.Contribute

New Cycle Initiated

Collaborations 2008/ 2009

UKZN• South Africa

• Originating institution

• BCom IS&T Hons (4th yr)

• 2 flexible modules: CMC & Special Topics

Collaborations 2008/ 2009

UMass• USA• MBA students• Grad students from

e.g. accounting, marketing, operations

• Core MIS class• Topic link to “Special

Topics in IS&T” (2008)

Daystar• Kenya• BSc Applied Comp Sc

(4th year)• HCI module• Topic link to “CMC”

(2009)

What 2 expect...

• Courses & Students

• Requirements & Assessment

• Participants

W2E-1: Courses & Students

• Courses– Courses with common content?– Compartmentalised into topics?– Aligning timing of topic?

• Student academic level– Knowing your own & collaborator’s

W2E-2: Requirements & Assessment

• Requirements being made of students– Multidisciplinary teams – Variety of Skills– Notional study hours available for collaboration

• Assessment– Modes of assessment: assignments? exams?– Grading norms ~ NB for initiator

• Equally difficult for initiator and collaborator to judge?!

W2E-3: Participants

• Expectations? Students & FacultyExpectations? Students & Faculty

• Success requires motivated Success requires motivated participants…So what? …What’s participants…So what? …What’s in it for me?in it for me?

• ““Seeing is believing” Seeing is believing”

“THE” Lesson we learnt….

• Not primarily about technology?!– Although there are challenges

• Not about money?!– Although funding delays did de-rail one

collaboration

• The engagement model is critical and the 5C model is flawed! 1.

Come

5.Contribute

2.Consume

3.Collaborate

4.Create

New Cycle Initiated

Model of Engagement

• Trust and motivation is NB • Exposure to NextEd is NB• From 5C …• …..to 6C

1.Come

5.Contribute

2.Consume

3.Collaborate

4.Create

New Cycle Initiated

Connect

What next??a journey…not a destination

• Reviewing the model

• Pilot the“Connect”

• Spreading the message: UKZN, SA, Africa, globally

• Expanding to other disciplines

Any Questions?

quillingr@ukzn.ac.za rosemaryquilling@gmail.com