Beyond the Walled Garden: Distance Education

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Michael Stephens, PhDAssistant Professor, San Jose State University SLIS

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Beyond the Walled Garden: Distance Education in an Era

of Participatory Culture

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Some Background

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Foundations


http://www.flickr.com/photos/striatic/101594790

Continuous Computing

http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech/wtr_14664,258,p1.html


http://www.flickr.com/photos/takomabibelot/2311719869/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/plenty/3360322975/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrichard/3743686850/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenpoff/3091258409

Current Issues


“I want risk-takers...innovators.. and creatives.”


http://benjaminlainhart.com/2011/02/17/is-online-education-still-stuck-in-2001-some-still-unformed-thoughts/


“....sign into BB, read the “lecture,” read the articles, make my obligatory posts on the discussion board and occasionally write a paper. How uninspiring!”


MOOCs


http://www.flickr.com/photos/scampion/2792352899/

What is the new normal?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/justintosh/251672565/


http://www.setonhill.edu/techadvantage/


Twenty-first century students live in a world of technology and collaboration where learning happens 24 hours a day and is supported by professors, friends, professional experts, and fellow learners in the classroom, on the web, and around the world.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/62457680@N00/89879407/

Learning evolves.


Transformative learning “requires that new information be incorporated…into an already well developed…frame of reference, an active process involving thought, feelings, and disposition...”

http://www.ecolas.eu/content/images/Mezirow%20Transformative%20Learning.pdf


Learning



Formal


Informalhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mclibdotnet/2876371210/


Curiosity


http://www.flickr.com/photos/circulating/273246262/

New ways...

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A New Generation of Learners


http://www.flickr.com/photos/expressmonorail/2760562460/

Scannning the “Horizon”


http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/HR2011.pdf


Horizon Report 2011

• 1 Year or Less - Electronic Books

• 1 Year or Less - Mobile Devices

• 2-3 Years - Augmented Reality

• 2-3 Years - Game Based Learning

• 4-5 Years - Gesture Based Computing

• 4-5 Years - Learning Analytics


http://horizon.wiki.nmc.org/file/view/2012-Horizon.HE-Preview.pdf


http://www.nmc.org/publications/2013-horizon-report-higher-ed


People expect to be able to work, learn, and study whenever and wherever they want to.


LearningEverywhere

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/04/opinion/michael-stephens/learning-everywhere-office-hours/


What happens to learning when we move from the stable infrastructure of the twentieth century to the fluid infrastructure of the twenty-first century....?”


“...it is a platform to share and network imaginations.”

“The world is changing faster than ever and our skill sets have a shorter life.”

Thomas & Brown


http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaspi/12944421/

“Play is the basis for cultivating imagination and innovation.”

Thomas & Brown


Hyperlinks are people too.

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Approaches


Participatory Culture


Artistic Expression & Civic Engagement

Sharing CreationsInformal MentorshipContributions MatterSocial Connections

http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1067&context=slissrj


My main point is that participatory teaching methods simply will not work if they do not begin with a deep bond between teacher and student.

http://chronicle.com/article/A-Tech-Happy-Professor-Reboots/130741/



How do we approach emerging technologies?


As Much Chaos as We Can Stand

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spykster/6221799231/


Traditionalist Approval

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Negotiated Transaction

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vokakvklim/4522285839/


As Much Chaos as We Can Stand

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spykster/6221799231/


New Digital Literacies


http://twitter.com/meganmulherin/status/4128934554


Technology is just a Tool


http://twitter.com/EDUCAUSEPodcast/statuses/7951123582


http://www.flickr.com/photos/christchurchcitylibraries/3187581564/

Goals of an LIS Educator


Some heretical thoughts....


If the online world is not for you, then neither may be a career in librarianship.

http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/ljinprintcurrentissue/886961-403/office_hours_october_15_2010.html.csp


http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwritter/3488870514/


To prepare LIS students for a decidedly digital future in libraries.


http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adelaide-City-Council-Libraries/24315192063


http://www.flickr.com/photos/nov03/3888711308

http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1067&context=slissrj



How can we go forward?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/svenwerk/169916936/

The HyperlinkedCampus


Rethink PoliciesBe Transparent

Create Participatory Environments

Promote Immersive EngagementEncourage Creativity




Rethink Policies


To remember 20th Century policies don’t always work in 21st Century learning/sharing spaces.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/warrenski/1988286985/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/144297435/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/circulating/273246262/


It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

Albert Einstein


http://www.flickr.com/photos/librariesrock/3591455210/



Be Transparent

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdumlao98/237755557/

A Road Map to Transparency

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6510682.html


Open, Inclusive Planning


http://www.flickr.com/photos/lorena-david/35207599/

Open Conversations.


http://depts.washington.edu/presblog/blog/


http://twitter.com/michaelcrow


http://www.socialcustomer.com/2008/04/reaching-out-fo.html http://mystarbucksidea.force.com


http://lib206.lib.wwu.edu/14days/ideas



LISTEN.


Anonymity

http://www.flickr.com/photos/meredithfarmer/397388708/



Create Participatory Environments


To give students environments for exploration and experience.


Provide a playground.http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaspi/12944421/


PLAY


http://www.flickr.com/photos/alefbetac/874362753/


Play— the capacity to experiment with one’s surroundings as a form of problem-solving.

Henry Jenkins

Jenkins: Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: http://www.projectnml.org/node/540



Encourage Creativity


To learn by doing and to create reflective pieces built from their own critical thinking.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/margolove/1810357551/

To enable them to teach the concepts as well.


http://animoto.com/play/OdQuA28l20z64FG08XYI8Q?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2VfvCp7TRM


http://www.flickr.com/photos/malbooth/10149435523


http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarabrown/8200499325/


“Where imaginations play, learning happens...”


Questions

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Teaching Tools& Platforms



TwitterOpen LMSMOOCs

PLNs


To acquaint them with the human connections created by social media.



Twitter


http://twitter.com/devinise/statuses/4800800049


http://twitter.com/lafrancememanqu/status/7834453467


Hash Tags


I am convinced that there have been days that I have learned more on Twitter than from an entire class.

http://tametheweb.com/2011/04/11/office-hours-extra-is-online-education-still-stuck-in-2001/


The Hyperlinked Library & Emerging

Technologies


Class Hashtag:#hyperlib


http://www.flickr.com/photos/nov03/3888711308

The Open LMS



Promote Immersive Engagement


To immerse students in the spaces where they may work upon graduation.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/expressmonorail/2760562460/

MOOCs


xMOOC

cMOOChttp://moocnewsandreviews.com/ultimate-guide-to-xmoocs-and-cmoocso/


http://mooc.hyperlib.sjsu.edu


Play

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danorbit/1814156778

We can make sense of things via experimentation.

Tame the Web | Michael Stephens | SJSU SLIS | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0Reflection

We explore our reactions to ideas by blogging.


Connected Learning


A Shared Purpose

http://henryjenkins.org/2012/03/connected_learning_a_new_parad.html

Learning about the Hyperlinked Library


Production Centered


Assignments are practical artifacts, such as a technology plan,

Openly Networked


Open and live on the Web

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• All students write a reflective blog

• Will choose 3 of six possible assigments

• Assignments will be evaluated by peers

• All students participate in final week symposium, sharing their learning

Features


Features

• MOOC utilizes badges as incentive and to indicate progress.

• Smaller tasks receive “checkpoint badges”

• Milestones receive “Master Badges”


• Homerooms of 30-40 students

• “Participatory Learning Guides” oversee each homeroom and offer support

• PLGs are SJSU SLIS students & volunteers from other LIS schools

• PLGs are first point of contact for questions

Features


• “Tribes” - Student generated groups

• Focus on various subjects

• Completely student created and populated

Features


Text

Sample Tribes


Tools for Success


Teaching Technologies


Guest Lectures


Embedded Video


Open Resources


Open Platform


Instructor & Guide Presence


Observations

• Activity goes beyond MOOC site to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Goodreads

• #hyperlibMOOC hashtag popular for sharing

• Student group creates Goodreads group

• Interactions with guests and authors


Thoughts from Participants


“In the last few weeks, I've been more enthusiastic about my job than I have in a long time, thanks to this MOOC...”


“I’m here to learn and figure out how I might play a role in MOOCs on my campus.”


I am making a commitment to this MOOC, and already, there are some differences that seem like they may keep me engaged. Having a “homeroom” and other “tribes” connects me to a smaller group of people.


Learning Community Facillitator & Guide

Learning PlatformCreator


PersonalLearning

Networks


Tweet Tweet


What are you doing?


What are you LEARNING?


To help them create their own personal learning network.


http://www.mindmeister.com/110599029/personal-learning-networks


http://www.flickr.com/photos/dailyinvention/497294952/

Provide multiple channels to carry on the conversation.


Transmedia Navigation

Jenkins - Participatory Culture


http://www.flickr.com/photos/dailyinvention/497294952/

How we effectively move from one channel to the next, across platforms & media.



What was that goal?


To prepare LIS students for a decidedly digital future in libraries.


To prepare students for a decidedly digital future.


The glue?


“I want a professor to throw me in a situation with his/her "radical trust." I'm a very active, hands-on, real-world type learner, and I think our classrooms are lacking in this area.”

http://salzburg.hyperlib.sjsu.edu


Discussion

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These characteristics are key to create an effective 21st Century learning experience:


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Curiosity

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Exploration


http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdumlao98/237755557/

Transparency & Openness

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Innovative Thinking


http://www.flickr.com/photos/tookie/183503927/

Creativity



Connected Collaboration


Flexibilty


http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaspi/12944421/

Play =Learning


What next?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/93896575@N00/698692268



How can we go forward?


Use evidence.


Consider the benefitsof emerging technologies.

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6529403.html



Try out some emerging tools


Involve your students every step of the way.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/justintosh/251672565/

Ask them what they want.

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Develop your own Personal Learning Network


Be Human


Remember Radical Trust


Technology with Heart



http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlosporto/775089650

Encourage the Heart


There is more than one way to measure profits and losses. On every level, institutions can and should have a heart.

Randy PauschThe Last Lecture

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/470473931/

Let the heart drive change.


Thanks!


Michael Stephens

[email protected]

@mstephens7

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Selected References

Jenkins, H. (2006). Confronting the challenges of participatory culture. Chicago: MacArthur Foundation.

Jenkins, H. (March 1, 2012). Connected learning: A new paradigm [Web log post]. http://henryjenkins.org/2012/03/connected_learning_a_new_parad.html

Stephens, M. (2011). Beyond the walled garden: LIS students in an era of participatory culture. SLIS Student Research Journal, 1(2). Retrieved from http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/slissrj/

Thomas, D., & Brown, J. S. (2011). A new culture of learning: Cultivating the imagination for a world of constant change [Kindle version]. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com

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