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Online Learning Myths & Engaging Distance Learners

Presented by Sara Valla
virtual intern at UNCG Libraries Digital Library Learning (DILL) Masters student Instructional Design & E-learning Consultant at UniPR Co-Lab Research Center, University of Parma, Italy
UNCG Libraries, 17th December 2013

Outline
online learning the context: UniPR Co-Lab collaboratory bridge the gaps: strategy, instructional
design online experiences (to engage learners)

Lets clarify the terms ONLINE LEARNING

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Google search trends 2004-2013

8th December 2013

o n l i n e
l e a r n i n g

Summary from literature review in Moore, J. L., Dickson-Deane, C., & Galyen, K. (2011). eLearning, online learning, and distance learning environments: are they the same? Internet and Higher Education, 14, 129135.

University of Parma (Italy)

32.050 students 1882 scholars

(including visiting scholars)
(November 2013)

C o n t e x t

Learn Share
Collaborate

c o l a b

COLLABORATORY

[. . .] a center without walls, in which [. . .] researchers can perform their research without regard to geographical location interacting with colleagues, accessing instrumentation, sharing data and computational resource[s], and accessing information in the digital library.
Wulf, W.A. (1989)

c o l a b

Learn Share Collaborate

c o l a b
Research Center

BRIDGE the GAP

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INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

as we see it at UniPR Co-Lab

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
designing TOGETHER efficient, effective and motivating learning experiences (technologies are tools, not the starting point) to reach learning objectives and increase learning quality Pedagogic needs drive the design or learning

What online learning is... NOT?!

(or online learning myths)

repository of learning content?

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TV-only course ?

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blablablaquiz experience
Learning objects for self-learning & quiz to assess learning?

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Interview to Michael Allen: Down with Boring E-Learning!

E-learning is often boring for the same reasons much traditional instruction is boring: it focuses on content presentation rather than the learning experience.

PhD in educational psychology from The Ohio State University adjunct associate professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

He received ASTD's Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance Award in May 2011.

Learning experience has to be (3M pillars):

Meaningful Memorable Motivational

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STARTING POINT(S)

Our tautology of the necessity of needs dialogue and listening Just in time Vs Just in case from learning (noun) to learn (verb)

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task activity
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ONLINE LEARNING EXPERIENCES

LEARNING OUTCOMES OBJECTIVES LABORATORIES

Learning Community Area Blog

Forum

Chat

Wiki

other collaborative tool

Instructional backbone (content)

Topic

Topic

Topic

Topic

Topic

Activities

Laboratory 1

Laboratory 2

Laboratory 3

...

re-interpretation of learning platforms as hubs

facilitate online learning design in the form of path-oriented and self-directed walkthroughs
sketched using PeTEX@Work Projectas a reference
Wulf, V. (2013). Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning at the Workplace: CSCL@Work . Springer.

E X P E R I E N C E S

Can social bookmarking proposed as a learning activity foster active and participatory learning supported by IT, And help add meaning and associate information to resources?

E X P E R I E N C E S

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING definition

form of collaborative tagging (online)

to apply keywords to insert comments to add descriptions

to web pages

documents
Smith, G. (2007)

that users can retrieve online

E X P E R I E N C E S

Heymann, P., Koutrika, G., Garcia-Molina, H. (2008)

social bookmarking for German language

Social bookmarking with Del.icio.us as an alternative to static lists of relevant resources

E X P E R I E N C E S

social bookmarking to share useful web resources with the class

Diigo for assignments: search web links to videos and articles (English translation)

E X P E R I E N C E S

social bookmarking for teachers updating

#uniprtfa2013diding

Social bookmarking with Del.icio.us to share links to useful teaching web site in a refresher course organized for English teachers

E X P E R I E N C E S

social bookmarking for reference management

Social Reference Management (Digital Publishing course)

E X P E R I E N C E S

SOCIAL READING
activity of reading on a computer screen or a mobile device and share highlights and comments inside an online group

social reading in text analysis

English language and translation Concordance Analysis Contrastive Analysis Informationization analysis

http://highlighter.com/r eader/sample

Spanish Language and Translation Phraseology

Read, highlight, comment, share, reflect upon...

E X P E R I E N C E S
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social reading of textbooks

Digital Publishing Re-elaboration and re-publishing of textbooks

E X P E R I E N C E S
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observations

Possible barriers: familiarity with the technology Lack of functionalities in open source / free software (e.g. single sign-on) Lack of support other than the technician involved in the research, given the experimental nature of the activities
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E X P E R I E N C E S

observations

Strength points preparation work done by the scholar Tutoring online and helpdesk

time and resource demanding...

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E X P E R I E N C E S

creation of (online) electronic books

as a result and as part of the activities after seminars and workshops

E X P E R I E N C E S
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INVOLVEMENT OF STUDENTS
Web conferences, webinars organized by and with students
meetings for assessment, organization online seminars (webinars) to support international and remotely located students for their Masters thesis online interaction with remote visiting scholars

E X P E R I E N C E S
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INVOLVEMENT OF STUDENTS
E X P E R I E N C blogs, active participation in Wikipedia, E S lecture recording
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Instructional Toolkit

on a just in time basis

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Instructional Design Toolkit

Visual Quick Guides

Channels including micro videos

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OER: Open Educational Resources

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POLL: What is OER?

A.
B.

I have no idea!
Is it a MOOC?

C.
D.

Open education resources

Other (type your answer in chat!)

Answer Poll

"digitised materials offered freely and openly for educators, students, and selflearners to use and reuse for teaching, learning, and research.

OER includes learning content, software tools to develop, use, and distribute content, and implementation resources such as open licences." (UNESCO, 2002)

Massive Open Online Courses

Project management - Timeline

blog as a diary

Future research: card sorting

Future research: navigation check / navigation menu testing

Future research: user needs perceptions

Conclusions & Tips

Online Learning as awareness raising Use technology as a part of learning Interdisciplinary, cross-discipline communities

Meaningful, memorable, motivational learning experiences

Collaborative, active learning Attention to user needs (teachers, students)

References
Heymann, P., Koutrika, G., & Garcia-Molina, H. (2008). Can social bookmarking improve web search? In Proceedings of the international conference on Web search and web data mining (pp. 195206). New York, NY, USA: ACM. doi:10.1145/1341531.1341558 Moore, J. L., Dickson-Deane, C., & Galyen, K. (2011). e-Learning, online learning, and distance learning enviroments: Are they the same? Internet and Higher Education, 14, 129135. Smith, G. (2007). Tagging: People-powered Metadata for the Social Web (1st ed.). New Riders. Tabak, I., & Reiser, B. J. (1997). Domain-specific inquiry support: Permeating discussions with scientifi c conceptions . In Proceedings of From Misconceptions to Constructed Understanding, Ithaca, NY Valla, S (2013) "Parma Co-Lab: organizational challenge for research and learning", New Library World, Vol. 114 Iss: 7/8, pp.326 - 341 Wenger, E. (2008). Communities of Practice - Learning, Meaning and Identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Wulf, W.A. (1989), The national collaboratory, Towards a National Collaboratory: Unpublished Report, The National Science Foundation Invitational Workshop, Rockefeller University, New York, NY. Wulf, V. (2013). Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning at the Workplace: CSCL@Work. Springer.

Thanks for Your Attention!

Questions? Suggestions?
Sara Valla - Universit di Parma UniPR Co-Lab

E-mail sara.valla@unipr.it twitter: @thuridilla Skype: saraunipr UniPR Co-Lab Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/colabunipr
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