6 TH November 2009, ZEW-KMRC Workshop Using weblogs at school to prepare today’s students fort their (professional) life Folie 1 Using weblogs at school to prepare today’s students for their (professional) life Christian Schmidt 6 TH November 2009 ZEW-KMRC Workshop on Social Software Mannheim
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6TH November 2009, ZEW-KMRC Workshop Using weblogs at school to prepare today’s students fort their (professional) life Folie 1
Using weblogs at school to prepare today’s students for their (professional) life
Christian Schmidt6TH November 2009
ZEW-KMRC Workshop on Social SoftwareMannheim
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Table of contents
Challenges through changing business environments
Competences for a knowledge society
Opportunities gained by teaching knowledge management at school
Potential of weblogs for students’ motivation and reflection
Study design and main results of a pilot study
Summing up
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New business environments…
SOURCE: Adapted fromBrühl & Keicher (2007), p. 26
Transformation I Transformation II Transformation IIIIncreasing complexityefficiencyinformation accessoptions
• Industrial working culture evolves
• high external costs
• rule breaking
• heyday of organization man
• knowledge work evolves
• globalization
• creative work evolves
material: value added by producing immaterial: value added by information processing and differentiation
Agrarian economysince 400 AD
Industrial economy1879
Knowledge economy1959
Creative economy1990
Creative worker
Knowledgeworker
Industrial worker
Farmer
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… demand new competences.
Characteristics of knowledge work:
– Complex and dynamic
– Continuously new challenges
– Demand a high degree of information, coordination and cooperation
– Demand continuously personal development and creative performance
Personal resources needed :
– Domain knowledge
– Problem solving competence
– Media competence (utilization, appraisal)
– Social competence
– A positive attitude to lifelong learning
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… demand new competences.
Characteristics of knowledge work:
– Complex and dynamic
– Continuously new challenges
– Demand a high degree of information, coordination and cooperation
– Demand continuously personal development and creative performance
Personal resources needed :
– Domain knowledge
– Problem solving competence
– Media competence (utilization, appraisal)
– Social competence
– A positive attitude to lifelong learning
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Assembling the jigsaw pieces
Problem solvingcompetence
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Problem solvingcompetence
Media competence
Assembling the jigsaw pieces
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Problem solvingcompetence
Media competence
Social competence
Assembling the jigsaw pieces
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Problem solvingcompetence
Media competence
Social competence
A positive attitude to
lifelong learning
?
Assembling the jigsaw pieces
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Opportunities gained by teaching knowledge management at school
Schools
Students
Students learn the benefit of teamwork as well as the
necessity of lifelong learning. With increased
competencies in handling information and knowledge they are better prepared for
their future (professional) lives.
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Opportunities gained by teaching knowledge management at school
Schools
Students
Students who are able to cooperate as well as tohandle information can be confronted with morecomplex tasks. This allows schools to implement innovative teaching methods, and hence make education more effective.
Students learn the benefit of teamwork as well as the
necessity of lifelong learning. With increased
competencies in handling information and knowledge they are better prepared for
their future (professional) lives.
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Students use ICT in their spare time – but at school?
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Self-determination theory of motivation (see Ryan & Deci, 2000)
Self-determined learningAuto
nomy
Competence
Relatedness
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Reflection Operational definition
„Reflection is a process during which a person pays attention
to a problem, evaluates this problem on the background of a
previously set goal and of his/her past experiences, generates
options for action, relates the expectable outcomes of these
options to the present situation, and makes decisions for
future actions with the aim of solving the problem.“
(Henninger & Mandl, 2006, p.
56)
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Design of the main study
Use of weblogs in addition to German classes
Treatment: use of weblogs
Variables:– Control variables: teacher, class atmosphere, interest (subject, Web-
2.0-tools), media competence– Independent variable: use of weblogs– Moderator variable: motivation– Mediator variable: reflection– Dependent variable: learning results
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Design of the main studyE
GC
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Questionnaires
Content analysis
Interviews
Jan10
Feb10
Mar10
Apr10
6 weeks
Data collection to select matched samples
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Goals of the pilot study:– How will students use their weblogs? – How will students appraise the use of weblogs?– How will students’ motivation and students’ interest develop
during the course?
Panel study: 4 measuring times at intervals of approx. 4 weeks
Research tools: questionnaires based on – Basic Psychological Needs Scales – Interest scale from the “Intrinsic Motivation Inventory”
(adapted to the subject media law and to weblogs)– Self-formulated control items (at first and last measuring time
only)
Explorative pilot study in summer term 2009Use of weblogs at a media law course
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Results: Basic psychological needs
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Results: Interest in media law and weblogs
No significant differences between measuring times
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Summing up
The competence to handle information and knowledge is a basic skill in today’s society that becomes more and more important for our (professional) everyday life.
Schools can benefit from imparting knowledge management competence to their students as well.
Using weblogs at school seems to be a promising method for training knowledge management and so to prepare students for their future.
More studies in these fields of research are necessary to create optimized learning settings.
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Thank you for listening
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References
Brühl, K. & Keicher, I. (2007). Creative Work. Business der Zukunft. Zukunftsinstitut GmbH.
Ryan, M. R. & Deci, E. L. (2000). Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations: Classic Definitions and New Directions. Contemporary Educational Psychology 25, 54-67.
Henninger, M. & Mandl, H. (2006). Training soft skills with software. Fostering reflection in the training of speech-receptive action. In D. Frey, L. von Rosenstiel & H. Mandl (Eds.), Knowledge and Action (p. 53-86). New York: Springer.