Abstract: Information and communication technologies have been used formally for many years to build the infrastructure of the virtual campus. However, rich student experiences are a product of both educational and social learning - whether they aske place in the real world or virtually. Like the real world, online communities can flourish and evolve dynamically creating opportunities for social learning which will sustain the learner long after their formal programme of students has officially ended. This presentation will examine the range of different social learning opportunities available and compare the contributions of formal and informal social learning to the growth and sustainability of virtual learning communities

1. Technologies
for
virtual
learning
communi3es
Su
White,
University
of
Southampton
@suukii
Lifelong Learning Programme
Erasmus Multilateral Projects
UbiCamp: Integrated Solution to Virtual Mobility Barriers
Project ID: 526843-LLP-1-2012-ES-ERASMUS-ESMO

2. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
h<p://virtual4me.vmcolab.eu/vm-­‐alumni-­‐tes3monials/

3. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
• How
do
our
students
actually
learn?

4. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
• “We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t
yet exist . . . !
!
using technologies that haven’t been invented . . . !
• in order to solve problems we don’t even know are
problems yet.”
Shi$
Happens,
Karl
Fisch
and
Sco4
McLeod,2007

5. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

6. Ins/tu/onal
space
Personal
space
Good
for
learning
Support
space
saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

7. • You
provide
it
• Admin
• informa/on
• You
provide
it
• It
guides
you
• I
choose
it
• I
use
it
• You
find
it
• We
learn
to
use
it
Good
for
learning
Personal
space
Ins/tu/onal
space
Support
space
saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

8. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
2012…
but
ins/tu/ons
are
slow
to
change

9. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Capterra.com
2015

10. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
wearesocial.sg
2015

11. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
wearesocial.sg
2015

12. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
wearesocial.sg
2015

13. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
wearesocial.sg
2015

14. • We
set
up
our
own
groups
• We
send
group
emails
• We
organise
mee3ngs
• We
plan
and
discuss
….
• We
lost
previous
notes
• We
can’t
see
last
year’s
notes
saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

15. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Educause
2013

16. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Infrastructure
at
University
of
Southampton

17. • Tumblr
++
• Pinterest
++
• Rent
a
coder
++
• LinkedIn
++
• MOOCS
-­‐>
Blended
MOOCs
• ++
• Learning
can
be
authen3c
• It
has
to
be
construc3vely
aligned
• We
can
build
the
framework
• The
learners’
create
their
learning
saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
My
Personal/Informal
learning

18. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Interna/onal
collabora/ons

19. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Socio-­‐cultural
framework
A
framework
virtual
learning
virtual
mobility
virtual
infrastructure

20. • Case
based
learning
o Online
content
cura/on
–
Scoop
It
saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

21. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

22. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
hRps://storify.com/GeorgeOnline/using-­‐storify

23. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

24. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

25. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
hRps://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=93FF46F5BC6A27CF

26. • Your
students
can
find
stuff
• They
can
share
stuff
• You
can
turn
finding
and
sharing
into
courseworks…
saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

27. • Who
remembers…
o MySpace
o Second
Life
o Blackberries
• Your
students’
reality
is
framed
by
their
experience
• It
may
be
shaped
by
yours
…but
stay
relevant
saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Remember….
The
past
is
another
country

28. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

29. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

30. @suukii
hRp://eprints.soton.ac.uk/363714/

31. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

32. saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

33. • Students
as
producers
• Students
as
curators
• Students
as
learners
• Partnership
• Self
efficacy
• Lifelong
learning
saw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
“We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet
exist . . . !
!
using technologies that haven’t been invented . . . !
in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.”

34. Su
White
University
of
Southampton
@suukii
Ques3ons?