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Innovation through design: new approaches to learning &teaching

Gráinne Conole, Open University, UKThe Cambridge International Conference on Open and Distance Learning Cambridge University, 24/09/09

More info, slides and references:

http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/2282

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+Outline

The paradoxes between the promise and reality of technologoes

Why do so many innovations fail?

Connecting research and practice and towards a vision for open design

Illustrative case studies: OU Learning Design Initiative & Olnet (an Open Educational Resource Network)

Reflections and questions in cloudworks!

+Paradoxes

Open Educational Resources

Little evidence of reuse

New technologies offer new pedagogical opportunities

Potential for reuse with Open Educational Resources

Liberating learning beyond formal structures

Array of technologies

Not fully exploited

New pedagogies New learning models

+Why do great initiatives often fail? Common reactions:

“I haven’t got time” “My research is more important” “What’s in it for me?” “Where is my reward?” “I don’t have the skills to do this” “I don’t believe in this, it won’t work”

Common resistance strategies: I’ll say yes (and do nothing) Undermine the initiative Undermine the person involved Do it badly

Classic mistakes: Emphasis on the technologies, not the people and processes Funding for technology developments but not use and support

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Policy

Teacher practice

Research & development

The learner’s experience

The solution? Connection…Institutional & national fundingEmbedding in strategyAligning to technology trends

Changing user behaviourDrivers and challenges

Actual use in practiceWhat’s in it for me?

Evidence of impact

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“Open Design”

Characteristics of good pedagogy

Affordances of new technologies

Bridging the gap

PersonalisedSituativeSocialExperientialReflective

AdaptiveContextualNetworkedImmersiveCollective

+Open Design: a definition/approachAims to widen access to good ideas and designs, to share

practice

Design for all types of learning activity Formal course Individual learning activity Informal study group activity

Blurring of boundaries Teacher – Learner Formal – informal Real – virtual

Principles Open Sharable Explicit: design process explicit & sharable Designers and users Builds on open source principles

Assessment

Learning outcomes

Tasks

Aspects of design

+Realising “open design”

Open University Learning Design

Initiative&

The Olnet network

Evidence base(interviews, surveys,observation, web stats, expert panels, focus groups)

Development(resources, methods, tools, session types, interventions)

Trialing (within the OU, workshops & conferences, project partners)

+OU Learning Design Initiative

Design methods:schema & patterns

Tools: Visualisation & guidance

Events:

Cloudworks: sharing & discussing

Olnet: redefining openness

+Converging practices

Modern technologies Modern pedagogy Web 2.0 practices

Location aware technologies

Adaptation & customisation

Second life/immersive worlds

Google it!

“Expert badges”, World of warcraft

User-generated content

Blogging, peer critiquing

Cloud computing

From individual to social

Contextualised and situated learning

Personalised learning

Experiential learning

Inquiry learning

Peer learning

Open Educational Resources

Reflection

Distributed cognition

+Cloudworks: Harnessing web 2.0

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Clouds: Learning & teaching ideasDesign or case studiesTools or resourcesQuestions or problems

Cloudscapes:ConferencesWorkshopsCourse teamStudent cohortResearch themeProject

Key concepts

+User profile

+Activity stream

+Features Dynamic list of clouds + new comments

Comments on clouds + cloudscapes

Can “follow” people + cloudscapes

RSS feeds of cloudscapes + people

Embedding: pictures, video, presentations

Twitter feeds for people +cloudscapes

Email alerts

Activity streams

+Emergent patterns of use

Events: conferences and workshops ALT-C conference, 8-11th September 2009 http://cloudworks.ac.uk/index.php/cloudscape/view/1870

Discussions: Flash debates Is Twitter killing blogging? http://cloudworks.ac.uk/index.php/cloud/view/2266

Eliciting expertise Literature review of educational technologist http://cloudworks.ac.uk/index.php/cloudscape/view/1872

Aggregating resources En Rumbo Spanish course http://cloudworks.ac.uk/index.php/cloudscape/view/776

+Open design and mediation

Designer DesignHas an inherent

Learning activityor OERCreates

Mediating artefacts

Mediating artefacts1.Visualisation: CompendiumLD2.Methods: Schema & patterns3.Sharing: Cloudworks

Can we develop new innovative mediating artefacts?How can we make the design more explicit and sharable?

User – can now repurpose

Open Design in practice

Design, use, reuse

Designer

OER

Design

Creates

Deposits

Deposits

Learner A

OER

DesignLearner B

Tutor

Chooses

UsesQuiz + beginners route

UsesQuiz + advanced route

Repurposes & deposits

Process designPrior designs & resources New designs

Content: (OER repositories, etc)

Designs: (Pedagogical Patterns, CompendiumLD designs)

New OER & designs

+Conclusions

Motivation: helping teachers/designers make more innovative use of technologies to create better learner experiences

Approach: development of a range of resources, tools, methods and events to support this

Evidence-base and agile development: on-going evaluation and reflection to enhance understanding and drive future developments

Reflection: How effective is this? Where to next? Is it transferable? How “open” can we really expect teachers/learners to be?

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Innovation through design: new approaches to learning &teaching

Gráinne Conole, Open University, UKThe Cambridge International Conference on Open and Distance Learning Cambridge University, 24/09/09

More info, slides and references:

http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/2282

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