Exploring emergent forms of scholarship

Exploring emergent forms of scholarship

George Veletsianos, PhD Canada Research Chair, Associate Professor

School of Education and Technology Royal Roads University

Seattle Pacific University February, 2016

All of this work is partly funded by the

Canada Research Chairs program

and is in collaboration

with amazing colleagues. See,

The Digital Learning & Social Media

Research Group:

http://www.thedlrgroup.com/

An invitation to explore and critique

What is scholarship?

Universities (and academics) are facing numerous powerful forces

that may shape their future.

a worldwide economic downturn

globalization and competition

changing demographics

reduction of public funding

accountability pressures

impact of emerging technologies

(e.g., Morrison, 2003; Schwier, 2012; Siemens & Matheos, 2010; Spanier, 2010).

Adjunctification

The “impact” agenda

Emergent forms of scholarship to discuss today:

1. Online learning

2. Alternative ways to mobilize knowledge

3. Data mining social media data

Online Learning & Teaching:

two opposing perspectives

Online learning as wondrous

Online learning as monstrous

Beautiful

+

Harrowing

Online learning can be…

Synonymous with:

appealing. caring. empowering.

flexible

Beautiful Online Learning


“Examples of

outstanding [online] instruction

are hard to find.”

Wilson, Parrish, & Veletsianos, 2008


“My oldest [child] will be 4 this June, and I'm thinking about her education and…what resources I want to be able to offer her…so I'm looking at spending my time in [open courses] acquiring some of this knowledge, so that I can enable her education”

Female, 38, homemaker Engages w/ online learning through iPhone

during “downtime” described as “feeding and nursing and stuff”

Harrowing Online Learning

disempowering. student as

consumer. detached. replicates f2f.

Harrowing Online Learning

Delivering education

Designing Learning Experiences

Scholarship

If you write it, will they read it?

Do you “disseminate” or “mobilize”

your scholarship?

Why? Why not?

How?

Research & its mobilization

Peer-reviewed journal publications, Book chapters, Books.

Blog social media (twitter, facebook, slideshare, youtube)

Whiteboard animation videos, audio (podcasts)

co-production of e-books

op-eds in academic-focused outlets (e.g., The Chronicle) or

for broader audiences (e.g., The Conversation)

Exploring: graphic novel


Blog social media (twitter, facebook, slideshare, youtube)

Whiteboard animation videos, audio (podcasts)



co-production of e-books

•  Creation of worthwhile digital artifacts – E.g., E-books and online textbooks


Veletsianos, G. (2013). Learner Experiences with MOOCs and Open Online Learning. Hybrid Pedagogy: Madison, WI. Retrieved from http://learnerexperiences.hybridpedagogy.com



exploring: graphic novel

Engaging students in knowledge production

Scholarship

If you write it, will they read it?

Do you “disseminate” or “mobilize”

your scholarship?

Why? Why not?

How?

Data Mining social media

What is it?

Ongoing work relating to it:

-  Scholars being online

-  Institutions being online

-  Making sense of participation

Thank you!

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www.veletsianos.com/publications

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