A discussion and presentation of the concept of idea management.

1. P R E S E N T A T I O N T O T H E C U R R I C U L U M A D V I S O R T E A M
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P A U L L E S L I E
Idea Management
for Teaching and Learning
29 July 2016Dr. Paul Leslie - WSU Office of the PVC Learning Transformations 1

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The Problem
Ideas
Capture
from group
work
Share from
personal
work
Manipulate
and reflect
Reconfigure
and
transform
Carry
forward and
integrate
29 July 2016Dr. Paul Leslie - WSU Office of the PVC Learning Transformations

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The Problem
Ideas
Capture
from group
work
Share from
personal
work
Manipulate
and reflect
Reconfigure
and
transform
Carry
forward and
integrate
Where are they?
29 July 2016Dr. Paul Leslie - WSU Office of the PVC Learning Transformations

4. 4
The Context
Individual
effort
• Preparing for
class
• Making notes
Community
effort
• Group work
• Social
construction
Idea creation
• Medium is the
message
• Narratives of
learning
• Making thinking
visible
Idea
Management
• Preserve for
reflection
• Articulation
• learning
29 July 2016Dr. Paul Leslie - WSU Office of the PVC Learning Transformations

5. 5
The Context
Repeat
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6. 6
Kolb’s Experiential Learning Model
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Learning Styles
Remember
and Learn
Auditory
• Listen to
classmates
• Listen to
content
Visual
• Look at ideas
• Concept maps
• Imagery
Kinesthetic
• Type, write,
manipulate
• Move,
gesticulate
29 July 2016Dr. Paul Leslie - WSU Office of the PVC Learning Transformations

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Learning Styles
Remember
and Learn
Auditory
• Listen to
classmates
• Listen to
content
Visual
• Look at ideas
• Concept maps
• Imagery
Kinesthetic
• Type, write,
manipulate
• Move,
gesticulate
• Many students do not know how
they learn
• Many people do not know how
they learn
29 July 2016Dr. Paul Leslie - WSU Office of the PVC Learning Transformations

9. 9
Narratives of learning: Introduction
29 July 2016Dr. Paul Leslie - WSU Office of the PVC Learning Transformations
Capturing Processes with Products -unintentional

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Narratives of learning: Introduction
29 July 2016Dr. Paul Leslie - WSU Office of the PVC Learning Transformations
Capturing Processes with Products - intentional

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Curation
• For showcase and assessment purposes,
documents and ideas can be pulled from
the personal workspace
• As noted earlier, when students show
their best work, where do they keep the
other work?
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Narratives of learning: Introduction
 As Freire (1998) notes, we must create for our students and
colleagues “the possibilities for the production and construction of
knowledge” (p. 30).
Freire, P. (1998). Pedagogy of freedom. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman
& Littlefield.
29 July 2016Dr. Paul Leslie - WSU Office of the PVC Learning Transformations

13. 13
Not Cool
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Cloud Storage
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So…
 Format
 Personal ideas
 Community ideas
 Competency Portfolio
 Assessment
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So…
 Personal Portfolio
 Google Drive
 use their own cloud storage tools for the actual storage of their data in its various formats. There are a variety of different tools
available.
 Google is recommended because it offers
 an integrated range of tools
 longevity for the account
 easier access to other account holders
 ample storage space
 YouTube
 provides a video platform.
 Twitter
 can hold links, articles,
 Share ideas
 LinkedIn
 Profile, employment related groups and discussions
 Great source of professional communities
 Can be linked in showcase, used for communication, updated and shared

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So…
 Community Portfolio
 Google docs
 Synchronous editing
 Exports to Word, Excel, PPT.
 Supports forms
 Documents and videos from these platforms and from social media including
Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. can be easily embedded.
 vUWS
 Discussion boards, wikis,
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So…
 Competency Portfolio
 Blogger
 Can hold embedded documents, RSS feeds from Twitter, LinkedIn profile etc.
 Can be used for reflective writing and exported.
 Can be closed, shared, partially or fully public.
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So…
 Assessment
 Contents:
 The contents can be assessed as individual items.
 Classroom activities
 Work sheets
 Quizzes and results
 Presentations
 The collection itself can be assessed for such aspects as:
 Completeness / inclusion of
 Instructor and / or peer feedback
 Individual homework items
 Reflections on activities
 Presentation of contents
 Ease of access to contents
 Curation
 Are the contents representative of some element of the unit e.g. real world examples of unit content found in
media / imagery
29 July 2016Dr. Paul Leslie - WSU Office of the PVC Learning Transformations