Melsig Event - What is DS106?

#DS106 Learning as a Digital Story

Dr Viv RolfeUniversity of the West of England, Bristol

National Teaching Fellow @ntf-tweetAssociation of Learning Technology #openedsig

@vivienrolfe

#DS106 Learning as a Digital Story

Presentation for the MELSIG eventNottingham Trent University

Friday 8th January 2016

MELSIG = Media-enhanced-learning special interest group

http://melsig.shu.ac.uk

@jimgroom@cogdog

@ds106@ds106dc daily create

@ds106radio

Birth place? University of Mary Washington Open Course 2011

http://ds106.us/

What the? #DS106.

This course will require you to both design and build an online identity

ds106: Not a Course, Not Like Any MOOC

Reclaim Open Learning: Learning By Everyone, For Everyone

Student or crowd-sourcedassignments. Weekly (30%student grade) and daily.

2013 MIT Reclaim Open Learning Award

You don’t ‘do’ DS106. It ‘does’ you.

Twitter account

FlickrYouTubeTumblrSoundCloud

Syndication via #, tag or URLBack to the blog mothership

WordPress blog

Architecture? Social media, blogs and syndication.

Principles? Open licenses, open source….well, erm, Open!

http://creativecommons.org

Principles? Spin-offs controlling digital identity and content.

Our digital identity and impression?

Go Google yourself! How do others see you?

John Maxwell, Simon Fraser University “Publication of Self” course.

Are we engaging or just broadcasting? By Lawrie PhippsCC BY-NC-SA 4.0http://lawriephipps.co.uk/?p=7826.

Lawrie Phipps – are we engaging or broadcasting? How do others interact with us?

Our digital culture?

Audrey Watters

Francis Bell and Jenny Mackness

“need for further research on the ethical implications of pedagogical experimentation…the role of the MOOC convener”

Viv Rolfe

Technology has outpaced our ethical thinking. We need to re-establishethical common ground.

Back to digital stories!

Back to digital stories!#DS106 and similar can build digital literacy

and confidence online. I can learnflexibly how and when I want.

It has been challenging learning new technology.It has stretched my thinking.

I have sometimes felt an outsider.

I get more professionalcontacts through my blogthan I do my work website.

Since 2013 my blog hasimproved my writingand confidence in my writing!

In my two previous applicationsfor funding, I’ve had toinclude a promotional video!DS106 enabled me to do this.

I’ve developed aninterest in photography.Particularly trees.

I’ve made Radio Shows.

I built the ‘National Teaching Fellow’blog which now reaches aroundthe world.

My open education project blogsand YouTube channel have exceeded a million views.

It all started with a Daily Create! Get creating!