1. Blogging & Social Networking Alex Hardman Some thoughts about the social and educational potential for distance learning students

3. Question “What is the web/ technology good at?” 1 minute

4. Question “What is the web/ technology good at?” Multiple sources of Information Communicating Connecting & Collaborating Creating (video, audio, text, images, charts, tables) Broadcasting & Sharing

5. Blogging/ Social Networking ?

6. Emerging technologies present new ways of learning (pedagogies)

7. Technology = New ways of learning? Literacy in multiple media (1) Dede 2005

8. Technology = New ways of learning? Distributed collaboration

9. Technology = New ways of learning? Learning based on collectively seeking, sieving and synthesising experiences… … (rather than on assimilating a single validated source such as a book) (1) Dede 2005

10. Technology = New ways of learning? Active learning based on experience that includes frequent opportunities for reflection (1) Dede 2005

11. Technology = New ways of learning? Co-design of learning experiences personalised to meet individual needs (1) Dede 2005

12. Hmmm…So What? “ How does this relate to learning?”

13. “ There has never been a closer alignment between the current practices of technologies and what is put forward as good pedagogy” (2) Conole 2008

14. Good pedagogy?

15. Good pedagogy? Thinking & reflection Conversation & Interaction Experience & activity Evidence & demonstration (2) Conole 2008

16. Hmmm…So What? “ Theory is one thing, but what about blogging/ social networking?”

19. Research Connect

20. Discussion “ How could you use Blogging/ Social networking with distance learning?”