Joining the high-tech bandwagon on low bandwidth
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Joining the Hi-Tech Bandwagon on Low Bandwidth
Gabi Witthaus, Teaching Fellow in Distance Learning with Technologies, University of
Leicester
NADEOSA keynote, 17 Aug 2009
The vision
Vision needed on many levels:• National• Institutional• Personal
ODL policy making and implementation: vision & reality
The outcome
Tapestry by ‘Suddenlysheturned’ on FlickrThreads represent landscape of ODL in 21st century
The design
Turning vision into reality through designThe clearer our vision, the easier it is
Presentation about the elements that go into that design
The infrastructure
Low-bandwidth infrastructure can enable a beautiful productKey is to tailor the design to the nature of the infrastructure
The action
• Threads show key characteristics of landscape of ODL in 21st century
•We need to respond in appropriate ways
This is where the action’s at!
Tutors/ trainers and learners are all in this together
Emerging technologies
We need to take back control!
Not only for
digital natives...
Take some time to play...
The ‘low bandwidth’ option...
• Huge proportion of our learners have cell phones•UNISA – using MXit for
learner support• Mobile phones for podcasts•SA can lead the way here
Social learning
• Sub-theme: integration of ICT and social networking• Henning & vd Westhuizen (2004) – ‘The social context becomes the facilitator & the scaffold for e-learning’
Learning in communities
of practiceMany learners use ‘unofficial’ social
networks
Fuzzy boundaries
•Crossing borders – geographically, culturally, across disciplines•Maggie’s community: Ireland, India, Philippines, Puerto Rico, China, Egypt, New Zealand, US Minor Outlying Islands...
From Pretoria to Khartoum...
J. Cronje (2006) – Sudan Uni of Science & TechnologyRohleder et al (2004) – UWC and SUN – diversity
OERs
Don’t reinvent when you can mix up or mash up!
•This presentation is an OER•Creative Commons licence
A low-bandwidth OER-based lesson in Malawi
Extracting DNA from bananas
Rapid information flow
Problem for everyone, especially teachers with
large class sizes
Manage it; don’t drown in it!
Scanning
Filtering
Making connections
Synthesising
Conversations about learning
Asking questions, thinking, writing (blogging?), going publicExplore students’ perceptions of online learning
Reflective practice...
International move towards a more constructivist approach to ODL
The sum of the whole...
... is greater than the parts.
References and acknowledgementsReferencesCronjé, J.C., 2006. Pretoria to Khartoum - how we taught an Internet-supported Masters' programme across national, religious,
cultural and linguistic barriers. Educational Technology & Society, 9(1), 276-288. Henning, E. & Van der Westhuizen, D., 2004. Crossing the digital divide safely and trustingly: how ecologies of learning scaffold
the journey. Computers & Education, 42(4), 333-352. Jarche, H., 2009. Skills for learning professionals. Learning & Working on the Web. Available at:
http://www.jarche.com/2009/07/skills-for-learning-professionals/ [Accessed July 29, 2009].Rohleder, P. et al., 2008. Students' evaluations of the use of e-learning in a collaborative project between two South African
Universities. Higher Education, 56(1), 95-107.
Picture attributions:Slides 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 21 (labyrinth and tapestry pictures) by slowlysheturned:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/slowlysheturned/tags/labyrinth/Slide 8 (Picture of Web 2.0) by Media Culpa: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28825825@N00/2923997128/ Slide 9 (Picture of Rachel Wambui Kung'u from the Peace Caravan in Kenya with mobile phone) by whiteafrican:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/2736558918/in/set-72157605424701325/Slide 12 (Picture of Maggie Verster’s ‘Learn with Maggie’ website): http://learnwithmaggie.ning.com/Slide 13 (fishbowl) by Fearless: http://www.flickr.com/photos/78993837@N00/2884060406/Slide 15 (Extracting DNA from bananas): http://www.le.ac.uk/ge/genie/vgec/sc/bananas.htmlSlide 17 (Picture of Ochiai Power Dam in Japan) by kakaya: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayakaya/3749705150/in/pool-
damsdamsdamsSlide 19 (Picture of two people having a conversation) by Mickipedia: http://www.flickr.com/photos/62137160@N00/172429850/
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