3. RQs
(1) How do certain narratives about education (e.g., critical
pedagogy) might develop and spread on #DigPed?
(2) Do they have a significant impact on practice and policy?
4. - offer annual face-to-face institutes on critical
digital pedagogy (weeklong, held mostly in the
US but becoming more international)
- open online courses
- #DigPed chats
- Hybrid Pedagogy (open-access, peer-reviewed
journal)
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9. “Scholars who are isolated, disillusioned, marginalized, or
junior in their institutional scholarship” can have a voice on
Twitter (Stewart, 2016).
It is also a space for building identity and connection (Cronin,
2014; Stewart, 2015, 2016; Veletsianos & Kimmons, 2012).
10. Twitter algorithms & design - Do they create silos and echo
chambers? (Audrey Watters; danah boyd; Zeynep Tufekci)
Digital literacies - Can we successfully navigate the space
and participate in its activities? (Neil Selwyn)
Power issues - Which stories are told and from what
perspective? (Amy Collier, Sean Morris)
11. We have observed de-facto leaders (e.g., keynote speakers
in #DigPed events)
Closed clusters of activity (resembling echo chambers)
Ethical considerations (public or personal?)
14. “When we teach online, we have to build both
the course and the classroom. A good learning
management system is a tool that can help with
this process; however, we should never let its
design decisions — its architecture — dictate
our pedagogies.” (Stommel, 2013)
15. Choices we make in
educational
technology say
something about our
values and
pedagogical visions
(Bali & Groom, 2016).
16. We need to
- have some messy thinking in the VLE space;
- focus on the visceral experience as well: “to impressions, feelings and senses
of things” (Nelson, 1987);
- space for emergent learning, critical reflection and meaningful connection;
- be aware of the challenges learners might experience,
- reflect on our own engagement with these institutional spaces.
17. - How can we create an engaging living space?
- How can we make the VLE a space of reflective (or social) engagement?
- How can we make it a space for and of creativity, critical and radical thinking with
our intentional choices?
- Let’s talk about the politics of the space too. Who holds the power and why?
Example for ethical considerations: My position in the network… feelings of vulnerability and exposure… a “node” vs. a person… Tension between public information and private life: how much can you tell about me from my public online activities?
Moving onto Learn.gold: Goldsmith’s VLE. This is the default page you get when you request a new site. How do you feel about it?