Building a social learning environment
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The document summarizes a presentation given by Jane Hart at the NAACE Annual Strategic Conference 2010 in Blackpool, UK in March 2010. The presentation focused on building a social learning environment and discussed tools like Twitter and Facebook that can be used to facilitate social and collaborative learning. Specific strategies were provided like using hashtags for backchannels, microlearning through facts and links, live streaming, polls for feedback, and private Twitter groups.
Building a social learning environment
- 1. NAACE Annual Strategic Conference 2010 Blackpool, March 2010 Building a social learning environment Jane Hart Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies 17 March 2010 Presentation hashtag: #jhnaace © C4LPT | Slide 1
- 2. people students learners social learning environment connections community communication conversation collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving © C4LPT | Slide 2
- 3. people formal students structured learners social learning environment connections informal community personal directed communication group directed conversation intra‐organisational collaboration accidental/ sharing serendipitous keeping up to date problem solving © C4LPT | Slide 3
- 4. people formal course management system students structured virtual learning environment learners course space social learning environment connections informal personal learning environment community personal‐directed group spaces communication group ‐directed enterprise social environment conversation intra‐organisational collaboration accidental‐ sharing serendipitous keeping up to date problem solving © C4LPT | Slide 4
- 5. managed environment tracking and monitoring learning LEARNER CONTROL people formal course management system students structured virtual learning environment learners course space social learning environment connections informal personal learning environment community personal ‐directed group spaces communication group ‐directed enterprise social environment conversation intra‐organisational collaboration accidental‐ sharing serendipitous keeping up to date problem solving © C4LPT | Slide 5
- 6. people formal course management system students structured virtual learning environment learners course space social learning environment connections informal personal learning environment community personal‐ directed group spaces communication group‐directed enterprise social environment conversation intra‐organisational collaboration accidental‐ sharing serendipitous keeping up to date problem solving open environment supporting and enabling learning LEARNER AUTONOMY © C4LPT | Slide 6
- 8. Functionality Ease of use Target audience Privacy Use Management Control © C4LPT | Slide 8
- 9. Twitter is a very simple – and yet very powerful – tool 50m users worldwide © C4LPT | Slide 9
- 11. connections community communication conversation Establish connections and build your community by collaboration following people sharing keeping up to date problem solving © C4LPT | Slide 11
- 12. connections Write a tweet – up to 140 characters community communication conversation collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving Ask questions Reply to someone or send them a message ‐ @ To send a private message to one of your followers ‐ D Re‐tweet someone’s tweet ‐ RT © C4LPT | Slide 12
- 13. connections community communication Share a weblink conversation collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving Shorten link to save space Share photos, music, videos, docs, etc © C4LPT | Slide 13
- 14. connections community Incorporate Twitter into presentation or learning communication conversation Use a backchannel ‐ a hashtag ‐ # collaboration sharing NAACE conference backchannel is #naace keeping up to date problem solving I’ve been auto‐tweeting using #jhnaace social learning © C4LPT | Slide 14
- 15. connections community Incorporate Twitter into presentation or learning communication conversation Use a backchannel ‐ a hashtag ‐ # collaboration sharing NAACE conference backchannel is #naace keeping up to date problem solving I’ve been auto‐tweeting using #naacejh social learning Who’s attending this session? #jhnaace I’m using the SAPWeb2.0 Twitter tools to auto‐ tweet, view feedback. © C4LPT | Slide 15
- 17. connections community Twitter in the classroom/workshop communication conversation For Pre‐, In‐ and Post‐class use collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving social learning © C4LPT | Slide 17
- 18. connections community Synchronous learning communication conversation collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving social learning #lrnchat is an online chat over the social messaging service Twitter that now happens twice every Thursday: first at 4:30‐6pm GMT (11:30am‐ 1pm ET) and then again at 8:30‐10pm ET/5:30‐ 7pm PST (1:30am‐3:00am GMT). © C4LPT | Slide 18
- 19. connections community communication conversation collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving social learning © C4LPT | Slide 19
- 20. connections community communication Micro‐learning conversation collaboration sharing keeping up to date “Microlearning deals with relatively small learning units problem solving and short‐term learning activities.” Wikipedia social learning A fact + a link Or even a quiz © C4LPT | Slide 20
- 21. connections community communication conversation collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving social learning © C4LPT | Slide 21
- 22. connections community communication Live streaming conversation collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving social learning © C4LPT | Slide 22
- 23. connections community communication Twitter polls to capture feedback conversation collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving social learning © C4LPT | Slide 23
- 24. connections community communication Private, Twitter group conversation collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving social learning © C4LPT | Slide 24
- 25. Facebook has over 400 million users worldwide “If Facebook were a country it would be the world’s 4th largest between the United States and Indonesia” © C4LPT | Slide 25
- 26. Get started by opening an account You may want to have separate personal and professional accounts or use Facebook in different ways © C4LPT | Slide 26
- 27. connections On a personal page you establish connections and build community your community by becoming friends with people – this communication conversation is a reciprocal relationship. collaboration sharing You will need to ensure your privacy settings are as you keeping up to date want them – i.e. what information they see about you. problem solving © C4LPT | Slide 27
- 28. connections community On a professional (fan) page, Facebook members communication become fans of the page – there is no reciprocal conversation relationship. collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving © C4LPT | Slide 28
- 29. connections Another fan page community communication conversation collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving social learning © C4LPT | Slide 29
- 30. connections You can set up an open, closed or secret Facebook group community for specific activities. You can manage who joins. communication conversation collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving social learning © C4LPT | Slide 30
- 31. connections In each case, you update the status on your wall community communication conversation collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving Others can comment on someone’s update, and this is displayed underneath the update. © C4LPT | Slide 31
- 32. connections You can easily share a link, photo, video or event community Videos will play on the page., as well as communication discussions and events conversation collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving © C4LPT | Slide 32
- 33. connections Facebook is being used by many lecturers around the community world. Example: Purdue University communication conversation collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving social learning Facebook is being used by many lecturers around the world. © C4LPT | Slide 33
- 34. connections community Facebook also has a large number of applications to add communication extra functionality for both the teacher/trainer and the conversation student/learner collaboration sharing keeping up to date problem solving Slideshare – import your existing social learning slides into Facebook Courses – add your courses and activities Webinaria – record a screencast Poll – to capture feedback © C4LPT | Slide 34
- 35. Over 2.5 million Ning communities have been set up on the Ning social platform (with 45m+ users) Easy to set up an open or closed community and add the functionality that you require, and the “look and feel” that you want. Easy to manage. © C4LPT | Slide 35
- 36. A Ning network has the familiar networking functionality … Profile page Sub‐groups includes blog, file sharing Members list Discussion Chat © C4LPT | Slide 36
- 37. You can also create pages which others can comment on. © C4LPT | Slide 37
- 38. Open source social engine to create a social environment. Fully customisable and configurable using core and 3rd party plug‐ins. Provides an open infrastructure © C4LPT | Slide 38
- 39. An Elgg‐powered social network can include the familiar networking functionality but also provides access to a range of social media tools for personal use … © C4LPT | Slide 39
- 40. .. which can also be used with groups (open, closed) – which any member can set up © C4LPT | Slide 40
- 43. Which SLE is right for you will depend on many different factors Functionality Target audience Privacy Use Management Control Which of these 4 platforms would you like to use as a SLE? ? http://poll.fm/1phzv © C4LPT | Slide 43
- 44. Building a social learning environment Slideset www.slideshare.net/janehart/ Resources Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies : www.c4lpt.co.uk Social Media & Learning Handbook : www.c4lpt.co.uk/handbook How to use Twitter for Social Learning : www.c4lpt.co.uk/140Learning/twitter.html How to use Facebook for Social Learning: www.c4lpt.co.uk/140Learning/facebook.html Jane Hart Twitter : www.twitter.com/c4lpt Facebook : www.facebook.com/c4lpt Email: jane.hart@c4lpt.co.uk © C4LPT | Slide 44