students as creators & change agents
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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Horizon report
- learning environments align with engagement of creator students
- importance of media creation, design & entrepreneurship.
- foster the critical thinking skills needed to fuel a creator society
- see students as partners in the delivery of their education
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a brief history
- Brief to integrate multi-disciplinary research into innovative education
- Curriculum Innovation Programme
- Student Digital Champions
- MOOCs
- Students as creators and change agents project
Lisa Harris is an innovator and educational disruptor at the University of Southampton. I make stuff happen.
http://about.me/lisa.harris
Olja Rastic-Dulborough is an undergraduate studying Information Technology in Organisations in ECS at the University of Southampton.
https://twitter.com/call_me_olya
http://about.me/lisa.harris
Olja Rastic-Dulborough is an undergraduate studying Information Technology in Organisations in ECS at the University of Southampton.
https://twitter.com/call_me_olya
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curriculum innovation
- "Living and Working on the Web"
- students and tutors "eat the dog food"
- peer assessment and real time feedback
- building networks,profile and social capital
- all work published in student blogs
Living and Working on the Web Curriculum Innovation module:
http://blog.soton.ac.uk/uosm2008/ aggregates topic by topic all the tagged posts from the students' own blogs.
http://blog.soton.ac.uk/uosm2008/ aggregates topic by topic all the tagged posts from the students' own blogs.
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STUDENT DIGITAL CHAMPIONS
- Champion digital literacy with staff and students
- Hail from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds
- Educational applications of social media
- Building networks & online professional profiles
- Supporting real time marketing communications
MOOCs
- students as content producers and facilitators
- adding value to F2F classes
- opening doors for more programme innovation
- "build your own" degree
Central resource for @unisouthampton MOOCs:
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/moocs/
Web Science MOOC blog:
http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/websci/
Digital Marketing MOOC sign up: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/moocs/digital_marketing.shtml
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/moocs/
Web Science MOOC blog:
http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/websci/
Digital Marketing MOOC sign up: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/moocs/digital_marketing.shtml
"common first year"
- students review existing level 1 modules
- suggest changes to content and delivery
- contributions feed directly into programme resdesign
next steps
- Directly involve current students & alumni in #FLdigital MOOC
- Embed digital literacy in new Natural Sciences prog.
- Embed digital literacy in Web Science CDT
- Champion CI module principles of real time feedback & peer review
- MOOCs as evidence base for change
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olja - IT undergraduate
2nd year - participant
3rd year - collaborator
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2nd year motivation
- confidence online
- developing online presence
- extending digital literacies
- employability
- social media for introverts
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outcomes
- standing out from the crowd
- confidence in networking with employers
- exposure to faculty & students
- internship opportunities
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lurking
Before joining: - a techie with an interest in digital literacy - early adopter of emerging technologies, digital and social media tools - less confident interacting and contributing - aware of missing out on important skills, affecting employability.
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Explosion of content and interaction but in a supportive, structured environment.
learning by engaging with peers
The unexpected delights and benefits: Learning happens through interacting with peers. Tutors are facilitators**. **Sugata Mitra - http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html - **The method of the grandmother is mentioned around the 9min mark.
Granny cloud - http://grannycloud.wordpress.com/
Granny cloud - http://grannycloud.wordpress.com/
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Creating your own learning environment, using different channels to source information and knowledge emerges. Its all about sense making. The many iterations of the MOOC cow: Original - http://www.flickr.com/photos/transientes/3029314280/ Reused - http://gbl55.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/cck11-man-this-mooc-is-something-else...
Reused in German - http://zmldidaktik.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/finally-the-zml-mooc-cow/
A bit more about it - http://www.connectivism.ca/?p=336
Reused in German - http://zmldidaktik.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/finally-the-zml-mooc-cow/
A bit more about it - http://www.connectivism.ca/?p=336
r e f l e c t i n g
Rounding up the journey: - sourcing the information - discussing with peers - reflecting on a more rounded understanding reached through seeing the topic from more than one point of view
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feedback
Following such scary activities, feedback from the module tutors is the final validation. Getting feedback in smaller chunks and often - invaluable.
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3rd year motivation
- sharing a great experience with others
- collaborating with an expert
- adding a student voice
- learning new skills from a new perspective
- transition from learning to doing
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challenges and opportunities
- feedback as an indicator of success
- learning to listen
- hard graft of individual feedback
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Lisa Harris & Olja Rastic-Dulborough
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