Final thoughts presentation at 'Teaching with the Top Down: Adventures in Interactive Learning'.

1. Final Thoughts: Reflecting on the Top Down Mark Brown Director, Teaching, Learning and Distance Education July 15 th , 2011

2. Reflecting on the Top Down

3. Reflecting on the Top Down

4. Reflecting on the Top Down

6. 1. Informal Learning

7. Who invented Playmobil? 1. Informal Learning

8. 1. Informal Learning According to Google…

9. There are over 2.9 billion searches performed on Google each month. 1. Informal Learning

10. To whom were these questions addressed B.G.? 1. Informal Learning

11. To whom were these questions addressed B.G.? … before Google 1. Informal Learning

12. 1. Informal Learning

13. 1. Informal Learning

14. Key takeaway… 1. Informal Learning

15. The way people are informally learning through new digital media has fundamentally changed the nature of authentic tasks. 1. Informal Learning Key takeaway…

16. 2. Formal Learning

17. “ Going to university is like being on a plane, as you have to sit in rows, listen to instructions and put your trust in someone you don't really know. And of course you have to turn off all your electronic devices!” (Martin Bean, VC, Open University, UK) 2. Formal Learning

18. The learning management system (LMS) is typically viewed as a large repository where increasing volumes of content can be pumped, stored and then delivered using 19 th century teaching methods on 21 st century networks. 2. Formal Learning

19. 2. Formal Learning The dominant ‘pump, pump, dump model’ of online learning…

20. Learning by sharing (Connectivist) Learning by listening (Instructionist) Learning by doing (Constructivist) Learning by making (Constructionist) 2. Formal Learning Still has a role but…

21. Acquisition Participation Roots metaphors… (Brown, 2011) 2. Formal Learning (Sfard, 1998)

22. Synchronous Asynchronous Acquisition Participation Stream ecology… (Brown, 2011) 2. Formal Learning (Sfard, 1998)

23. Synchronous Asynchronous Acquisition Participation Discussion Fora Lecture Capture Connect Clinic Connect Webinar Adobe Presenter Wikis ePortfolio Online Readings Video Streaming Online Chat Video Conferencing (Brown, 2011) 2. Formal Learning Real-time Test (Sfard, 1998) Stream ecology…

24. 2. Formal Learning Key takeaway…

25. The (re)design of formal learning using new digital media must be guided by explicit pedagogical pointers which help to exploit rather than tame the potential of technology . 2. Formal Learning Key takeaway…

26. 3. Summative Test

27. With No Prior Knowledge 3. Summative Test Person and Activity

31. With Some Prior Knowledge 3. Summative Test Person and Activity

35. Key takeaway… 3. Summative Test

36. Students will be more successful and capable of applying their knowledge when learning is embedded in authentic and meaningful contexts (involving complex tasks) . Key takeaway… 3. Summative Test

37. Final Comment

38. 2. Where is eLearning heading? Final Comment "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” (Confucius)

39. Final Comment You don’t have to get started by Streaming down the highway with the top down

40. 2. Where is eLearning heading? Many Thanks • Jo McKenzie • Terry Stewart • Janet Walker • Joyce Seitzinger • Thomas Reeves • Andrew Jamieson (AJ) • Anna Hamilton