1. 1. MOOCs! What? A debate around professional educational jargon. Is it good for inclusion? Do we need to promote staff awareness? With Sheila Greenwood H818 Join me at the 2015 H818 Networked Practitioner conference on Open Education in an Open Landscape
2. 2. MOOCs! What? A debate on professional jargon. By Sheila Greenwood H818 Interact with my Wordle head to join in a quiz or a short survey. To participate watch the automated presentation, or click on each of the numbers as you wish.
3. 3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 References Please see accessible version KEY 1) Visual Moocs Intro 2) Professional jargon quiz 3) Jargon Video 4) Educational Prezi 5) Jargon Survey 6) Moderation Jargon Clip
4. 4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 KEY 1) Visual Moocs Intro 2) Professional jargon quiz 3) Jargon Video 4) Educational Prezi 5) Jargon Survey 6) Moderation Jargon Clip
5. 5. This project reflects the use of Jargon in education: 1. A tool of exclusion? 2. An efficient technical language? 3. "Cheeping birds? (Bolton, 2013)
6. 6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 KEY 1) Visual Moocs Intro 2) Professional jargon quiz 3) Jargon Video 4) Educational Prezi 5) Jargon Survey 6) Moderation Jargon Clip
7. 7. Test your knowledge of Jargon from another profession. Professional Jargon Quiz County Council Speak a) What does it mean when a department is top down? 1. It is short staffed? 2. It has too many managers? 3. It ignores people? b) Idea is a simple word, but what do councils use instead? 1. Seedbed? 2. Green shoot? 3. Sapling? a) Answer 3 It ignores people. b) Answer 1 Seedbed.
8. 8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 KEY 1) Visual Moocs Intro 2) Professional jargon quiz 3) Jargon Video 4) Educational Prezi 5) Jargon Survey 6) Moderation Jargon Clip
9. 9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 KEY 1) Visual Moocs Intro 2) Professional jargon quiz 3) Jargon Video 4) Educational Prezi 5) Jargon Survey 6) Moderation Jargon Clip
10. 10. "If a discipline is to effectively control its intellectual turf, it cannot afford to be too easy to understand by outsiders. Jargon may serve as a convenient medium for practitioners, but it simultaneously serves as a way of excluding interlopers, namely those who have not served their time in study and research." (Martin, 1992)
11. 11. Secret Teacher: Jargon is ruining our children's education
12. 12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 KEY 1) Visual Moocs Intro 2) Professional jargon quiz 3) Jargon Video 4) Educational Prezi 5) Jargon Survey 6) Moderation Jargon Clip
13. 13. Survey Responses So Far Click here to participate in this Jargon survey
14. 14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 KEY 1) Visual Moocs Intro 2) Professional jargon quiz 3) Jargon Video 4) Educational Prezi 5) Jargon Survey 6) Moderation Jargon Clip
15. 15. Jargon has its place in specialised technical communities, where it helps communication and understanding. Once outside the community you have to explain clearly what you mean, or risk excluding people. People using jargon to posture, evade, confuse or exclude people, should not be tolerated. TIP Ask the question, I dont understand what you mean.(Bolton 2013)
16. 16. Thank you for viewing my poster. See you at the H818 Conference 2015
17. 17. References Open University, (2015) Initial conference call for the 2015 H818 Networked Practitioner conference on Open Education in an Open Landscape. Available at https://Learn2open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=548651 Martin, B. (1992) Why academic jargon thrives published as Secret passwords at the gate of knowledge, The Australian, 23 September 1992, p.16. Available at https://www.uow.edu.au/~bmartin/pubs/92aust09.html Bolton, B. (2013) Jargon. A tool of exclusion, efficient technical language or just the cheeping of birds? Whats the PONT. Available at http://whatsthepont.com/2013/04/28/jargon-a-tool-of-exclusion-efficient- technical-language-or-just-the-cheeping-of-birds/ Jargon Video (Edited Clip) Jargon (2012), YouTube video added by Andy Plattner, [online]. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80ZCuhtn35g The Secret Teacher (2014), Jargon is ruining our childrens education. The Guardian, Saturday 9 August 2014. Available at www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/aug/09/secret- teacher-jargon-education-pupils Return to presentation