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It’s a jungle out there!Staff development for online tutors
Presentation for Unisa by Gabi WitthausInstitute of Learning Innovation, 24 February 2014
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I’m going to tell you a story you probably know…
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But look out – there’s a twist in the tale…
A story with a twist in the
tale…
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Gotcha!
When you notice the twist, please shout out…
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Once upon a time there was a young lion prince called Simba
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He dreamed of the day when he would be king of the jungle
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But then one day, something scary happened…
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And Simba ran away…
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“Whew, I feel safe here with my new friends!”
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They played games and sang and danced together…
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and ate a vegetarian diet.
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It was kinda fun, but if he was honest with himself it was…
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Then one day, everything changed…
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The elders of Simba’s community had decided to go and look for him…
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And when they found him, they tried to lure him back to the jungle. They knew he was scared and lacking the skills he needed for
survival in the wild, and so they said…
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Come to our CPD workshop! You’ll love it!
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Ha! Gotcha!
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OK… this is what really happened…
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His childhood sweetheart suddenly appeared…
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And then he remembered his mum…
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And there was a little magic…
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And you can guess the rest of the story from here…
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Distance learning (DL) pre-online: a closed system
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Online distance learning: an open system
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Pre-online distance learning (closed system/ zoo)
Online distance learning (open system/ jungle)
All students were in the same boat
Some students are privileged (haves/ have-nots)
Students had little or no contact with other students
Interaction is possible – in so many ways!
Students followed the textbook/ course materials - static
Students have access to current info on the Web – dynamic
Students rarely challenged the tutor’s subject knowledge
Tutor’s expertise is open to challenge (Wikipedia etc!)
Plagiarising was a laborious process – students had to copy by hand
Plagiarism is easy - just copy and paste!
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DL tutors entering the online jungle
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DL tutors’ fears when entering the jungle
1. I don’t know if all my students have access to the Internet.2. Moving from individual constructivism towards a social
constructivist model of learning – if learners help each other, isn’t that cheating/ time-wasting?
3. What if my students use the discussion forum to challenge my expertise/ authority?
4. I think I “get” the discussion forum, but I don’t have a clue about wikis, blogs, virtual classrooms and so on…
5. I haven’t got time to monitor all that interactive stuff online!6. Won’t the students plagiarise more? (I’d better avoid using
online interaction for any assessment-related tasks!)7. My students and I are now partners together in learning – eeek!
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SPEED Project Sharing Practice for Embedding E-design and Delivery
September 2012 to January 2013
The SPEED Course materials are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Image courtesy of Sura Nualpradid / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
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Aim of SPEED project for all partner institutions
To help staff enhance student engagement through improved use of technologies in learning design and
delivery
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Cascade Model
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Speed was designed to include… Peer support
And a little bit of magic
Top-down support
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Summary: key SPEED links
SPEED website: tinyurl.com/speed-website
Background to the 7Cs: tinyurl.com/7Cs-diagram
SPEED course outline & links: tinyurl.com/speed-course
SPEED public blog: speedprojectblog.wordpress.com
SPEED VLE: coursesites.com
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Contact
Gabi Witthaus – [email protected] Terese Bird – [email protected] Brenda Padilla [email protected]
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