Connected Learning Dr. Paul Richardson
May 26, 2015
Connected Learning
Dr. Paul Richardson
Topics
• Connected Learning
• Network Literacy
• The Connected Society and Global Citizenship
Week Three
The Connected Society and Global Citizenship
http://www.flickr.com/photos/webwizzard/3931165508/sizes/m/in/photostream/
http://www.unesco.org/en/esd/
http://www.esd-wales.org.uk/English/RCE_development/default.htm
"For the first time in history, we know now how to store virtually all humanity's most important information and make it available, almost instantly, in almost any form, to almost anyone on earth. We also know how to do that in great new ways so that people can interact with it , and learn from it."
Dryden Gorden & Vos, Jeannette (2005). The New Learning Revolution: How Britain Can Lead the World in Learning, Education, and Schooling. UK: Network Educational Press Ltd. p. 127.ISBN 978-1855391833.]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/2120715411/
Smart mobs emerge when communication and computing technologies amplify human talents for cooperation.
The Personal Learning Network
• People you ‘know’ and trust
• Can be anywhere
• Status is no barrier
• Anyone can be an author…
User Generated content…..
What tools help you to create content?
What tools help you to create content?
• Mindmaps• Photos• Slide shows• Movies• Office suite• Facebook• Myspace
• Forums• Blogs• Widgets• Twitter• RSS
User Generated Content• Wikipedia• Wordpress• Blogger• Flickr
• YouTube• MySpace• Digg• eBay• Amazon
The Citizen Journalist
http://www.flickr.com/photos/88927846@N00/3412436293/
After the Buncefield disaster the BBC received over 5,000 photos from viewers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buncefield2.jpg
http://blogactionday.change.org/
Gapminder
• http://video.google.com/videoplay?
docid=4237353244338529080#
http://www.writetothem.com/
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/media-literacy/media-lit-resources/dii/
http://www.wisekids.org.uk/
Some web services supporting citizenship
• Wikipedia
• Gapminder
• Write to Them
• iSpot
Investigating the services
• Is the information reliable?
• How is the quality governed?
• Who contributes the information?
• How is the information useful?
• iSpot• Anyone can contribute
• Limited range of people
• Some erroneous data
• Likely most mistakes will be corrected
• Significant scientific value
• Gapminder
• They work for you
• Blog Action Day
Gapminder
• UN data
• Made data accessible
• Undermined preconceptions
Write to themThey work for you
• Made data data accessible
• Allows access to politicians
Wikipedia
• Mostly reliable – it depends on the subject
• Extremely comprehensive
Your Project..
• 1,500-2,000 words equivalent. Create a collaborative space within a
chosen online social environment, and invite other students to participate
in a learning activity. Report on the outcomes, indicating how these were
influenced by the key decisions which were made, including choice of
software, activities undertaken, and the level and type of engagement of
the participants. The work may be presented as a document, or in an
alternative format (e.g. web pages, or a blog (50%). (LOs 1-6).
Planning your Project
• What are your aims?
• What do you need to do?
• What resources will you need?
• How long will it take?
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