1. National
Teaching
Fellow 2012 EDEN fellow 2013 Ascilite fellow 2012
E-pedagogies, social media
and open practices
Gráinne Conole, University of Leicester
1st October 2014
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore

3. Outline
• Transformative technologies
• Digital literacies
• The learning experience
• Fostering open practices
• E-pedagogies
– Drill and practice
– Inquiry learning
– Situative learning
– Immersive learning
• Your digital network
• Social media and open practices
– Characteristics of new media
– Harnessing the net for research

4. Transformative technologies
• Have transformed
everything we do:
– New forms of communication
and collaboration
– Multiple rich representations
– Tools to find, create, manage,
share
– Networked, distributed, peer
reviewed, open
– Complex, dynamic and co-evolving
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oceanflynn/6638184545/

5. Gutenberg to Zuckerberg
• Take the long view
• The web is not the net
• Disruption is a feature
• Ecologies not economics
• Complexity is the new reality
• The network is now the computer
• The web is evolving
• Copyright or copywrong
• Orwell (fear) or Huxley (pleasure)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/2617472088/
http://memex.naughtons.org/

6. Learner experience
• Technology immersed
• Learning approaches: task-orientated,
experiential,
just in time, cumulative,
social
• Personalised digital
learning environment
• Mix of institutional systems
and Cloud-based tools and
services
• Use of course materials
with free resources
Sharpe, Beetham and De Freitas, 2016 0

7. EDUCAUSE study
• Students drawn
to new
technologies but
rely on more
traditional ones
• Consider
technologies
offer major
educational
benefits
• Mixed views of
LMSs
http://www.educause.edu/studentsAndTechnologyInfographic

8. Game changers
• Harness the power of new
media
• Need to rethink education
• How can we reach more
learners, more effectively?
• Impact of free resources,
tools and expertise?
• New business models?
• New digital literacies?
http://www.educause.edu/game-changers

9. Technologies for learning
• Audio-graphics
• Blogs
• E-Books
• E-Portfolios
• Games
• Instant Messaging
• Mashups
• Mobile learning
• Photo sharing
• Podcasts
• RSS feeds
• Second life
• Social bookmarking
• Twitter
• Video Mesaging
• Wikis
• Video clips and YouTube
• Video chat
Rennie and Morrison, 2012

10. Digital literacies: definition
• Set of social practices
and meaning making of
digital tools (Lankshear
and Knobel, 2008)
Socio-cultural view of
digital literacy
• Continuum from
instrumental skills to
productive competence
and efficiency
http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/JRC67075_TN.pdf

11. http://www.flickr.com/photos/r8r/4109502436/
Play
Performance
Simulation
Appropriation
Multitasking
Distributed cognition
Collective intelligence
Judgement
Transmedia
navigation
Networking
Negotiation
Jenkins, 2009
Digital literacies
Creativity
http://www.imv.au.dk/icreanet/

12. Fostering new open practices
Open resources Open courses
Open
accreditation
Open scholarship Open research

13. Open resources
http://www.oer-quality.org/

14. Open courses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3gMGqcZQc
http://mooc.ca/
Massive
Open
Online
Course

15. Open accreditation
Peer to Peer University
www.p2pu.org/en/
OER University
wikieducator.org/OER_university/

16. Open scholarship
• Exploiting the digital network
• New forms of dissemination
and communication
• Promoting reflective practice
• Embracing the affordances of
new technologies
Weller, 2011
Weller: http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/

17. Open research

18. Citation indicators

19. E-pedagogies Mayes & De Freitas, 2004
A
Conole 2010
Constructivist
Building on prior
knowledge
Task-orientated
Situative
Learning through
social interaction
Learning in context
Connectivist
Learning in a
networked
environment
E-training
Drill & practice
Inquiry learning
Collective intelligence
Resource-based
Experiential,
Problem-based
Role play
Reflective &
dialogic learning,
Personalised
learning
Associative
Focus on individual
Learning through
association and
reinforcement

20. https://tinyurl.com/hotelproject

21. Pedagogical approaches
Drill & practise
learning
Inquiry
learning
Situated
learning
Immersive
learning

22. Drill and practise learning

24. Flashlets app

25. Inquiry-based learning
• Promoting inquiry-based
approaches for
Science – nQuire tools
• Developing public
understanding of
Science – iSpot
• Mobile data collection –
Sense-It App

26. http://nquire.open.ac.uk

28. Situated learning
Mark Childs
Archeological digs
Medical wards
Art exhibitions
Cyber-law
Virtual language exchange
Beyond formal schooling http://www.jibbigo.com/

29. Outbreak App

30. Immersive learning

31. Activity: What’s your digital network?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/195492568/

32. My network

33. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVOY2x81_bg
http://www.ctc.ie/2012/05/great-videos-for-social-media-and.html

34. Peer
critiquing
User
generated
content
Networked
Open
Collective
aggregation
Personalised
Social media revolution
The machine is us/ing us
www.heacademy.ac.uk/asset
s/EvidenceNet/Conole_Aleviz
ou_2010.pdf

35. Effective use of new
technologies requires a radical
rethink of the core learning and
teaching processes; a shift from
design as an internalised,
implicit and individually crafted
process to one that is
externalised and shareable with
others. Change in practice may
indeed involve the use of
revised materials, new teaching
strategies and beliefs - all in
relation to educational
innovation.
Conole and
Alevizou, 2010

36. Social and participatory media
• Media sharing - Creation/exchange of media
• Media manipulation and data/Web mash ups - Tools to design/edit
digital media files/ combine data from multiple sources
• Instant messaging - One-to-one or one-many conversations
• Online games and virtual worlds - Rule-governed games
• Social networking - Social interactions between friends and peers
• Blogging - Posts that peers can comment on
• Social bookmarking - Aggregation and tagging of Web resources
• Recommender systems - Aggregate and tag user preferences and
make recommendations
• Wikis/collaborative editing tools - Users can collaboratively create,
edit and link pages
• Syndication - Users can subscribe to RSS feed-enabled Websites

37. Pedagogical approaches Social media tools and approaches
Personalised learning The ability to adapt, customised and
personalise. Mix and match of tools, use of
RSS feeds and filters
Situated learning, experiential learning,
problem-based learning, scenario-based
learning, role play
Use of location-aware functionality,
immersive 3D-worlds,connection with
peers and experts via social networking
tools, scenario-based and authentic tasks in
virtual worlds, application of gaming
technologies for educational purposes
Inquiry-based learning, resource-based
learning
Tools to support user-generated content
and facilitating easy sharing/discussion,
media repositories (Flickr, YouTube, and
SlideShare), social bookmarking sites
(Delicious), digital repositories and tools
for content generation, use of search
engines, participation in distributed virtual
communities, use of folksonomies and
social book marking as mechanisms for
finding and organising resources

38. Pedagogical approaches Social media tools and approaches
Reflective and dialogic learning, peer
learning
Tools for fostering peer reflection such as
blogs and e-portfolios, commenting on
other learners’ blog posts, co-creation of
learning artefacts in wikis
Communities of Practice Use of social networking tools to
participate in communities of learning
and/or teaching
Scholarly practice and the sharing of
designs and good practice
Use of Web 2.0 technologies to participate
in a distributed network of educators and
researchers.
Use of blogs, Twitter and wikis to co-create
knowledge and understanding, to
critique practice, and to share professional
practice and resources

39. Activity: fb love it or hate it?
Pros Cons

40. Mash ups
http://voicethread.com/

41. Virtual Worlds
• Heightened sense
of telepresence
• Importance of
non-verbal clues
• Conveys emotonal
state
• Stimulating,
motivational,
immersive
http://muversllc.blogspot.com/2009/12/medical-roleplays-in-second-life.html

42. Livemocha

43. Meet up groups

44. My use of social media for learning
• Follow Spanish speakers on Twitter
• Post in Spanish on Twitter and facebook
• Change facebook skin to Spanish
• Join relevant social networking groups of
language learners
• E-dictionaries and Google translate (with care!)
• Listen to online podcasts
• Read Spanish newspapers online
• Download Spanish mobile phone apps

45. What tools do you use?
Teaching Research

46. Blogs
• Of the moment
reflections
• Digital archive
• The power of peer review
• Record of events, reviews
and resources
• Wider audience reach
and hence profile
• Link into facebook and
Twitter
• Complements traditional
publication routes
e4innovation.com
gconole.wordpress,com

47. Bloggers worth reading
M. Weller
G. Siemens
T. Anderson

48. Using facebook

49. Twitter
Ideas for harnessing Web 2.0?

50. Twitter and facebook #fb

51. Using social media for research
•Harnessing both
face-to-face and
virtual
• Three key aspects
of recognition
– Conferences
– Networking
– Publishing

52. Conferences
• Purpose: presentation & feedback
• Network, network, network!
• Potential collaborators & bid partners
• Put in a symposium of experts
• Expert validation workshops
• Put papers/presentations online
• Follow up contacts afterwards: email,
fb, Twitter, blogs, etc.
• Work up into a research paper
• Work the hashtag
• Live blog or follow conference-related
blogs
A personal example

53. Networking
• Build links with
international colleagues
• Get on national-level
committees
• Invite key researchers in
your field to be involved in
a joint research activity
• Invite people to give
seminars at your
institution
• Build connections online
via Twitter, facebook, etc.
• Participate in online events
• Leave comments on blogs

54. Publishing
•Write books - edited or single authored (post drafts)
• Become an editor for a special issue of an online
journal
• Keep publication list up to date in your research
repository
• Set up a writing group or workshop (real/virtual)
• Co-write with lots of different people (using a wiki)
• Disseminate publications via Tweet, fb etc
• Post up drafts for comment on blogs etc
• See Twitter, blogs, journals, books as complementary
GO OPEN!!!!

55. Final thoughts
• Participatory and social media enable new forms of
communication and collaboration
• Communities in these spaces are complex and
distributed
• Learners and teachers need to develop new digital
literacy skills to harness their potential
•We need to rethink how we design, support and assess
learning
• Open, participatory and social media can provide
mechanisms for us to share and discuss teaching and
research ideas in new ways
•We are seeing a blurring of boundaries:
teachers/learners, teaching/research, real/virtual
spaces, formal/informal modes of communication and
publication

56. http://www.le.ac.uk/ili
http://www.slideshare.net/GrainneConole
grainne.conole@le.ac.uk
http://e4innovation.com
@gconole