Slide 1: holistic perspectives on a blended learning environment
an inter-disciplinary bachelor report
Slide 2: holistic? blended learning?
looking at the big picture
mixing online & real-life experiences 2
Slide 3: central question
how can we
make it*
better?
*it = learning, teaching and IT systems in this specific context
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Slide 4: the challenge
learning is not limited to – who? – a single teacher knowing everything – what? – a set body of standards – where? – the classroom – when? – a certain period in life – how? – one strategy or approach – why? – the same motivation for everybody
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Slide 5: structure
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. context individual group technology quality changes future
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Slide 6: context
• innovative business services • satakunta university of applied sciences
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Slide 7: individual
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Slide 8: group
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Slide 9: technology: what?
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Slide 10: technology: how?
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Slide 11: every piece is unique
but…
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Slide 12: common challenges
people
grouping, peeking, usability, fragmentation
technology
process integration, too many places
content
sharing, quality definition, publishing
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Slide 13: quality
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Slide 14: quality heuristics check-lists
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Slide 15: change suggestions
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Slide 18: future options?
• • • • IBS as a facebook application? all coachings on Skype or in Second Life? mandatory attendance in all sessions? …
• how is IBS different? • what is the key value proposition?
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Slide 19: simple scenarios
individual
curator
artist
re-use
remixer
knowledgeworker
creation
large network
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Slide 20: a curator
• • • • knows sources/people takes time to select material displays it in a closed environment and gets money for letting people in
• example: exhibition, newspaper, library • core principle: keeping a cultural heritage
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Slide 21: an artist
• pursues original ideas • expressed in selected, varying doses • takes inspiration from history & observation • example: journalist, painter, musician • core principle: truth, beauty, emotion
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Slide 22: a remixer
• re-purposes & combines (unrelated) material • piggybacks on recognition of original sources • more inputs, more outputs, less control • example: Grey Album, Girl Talk, GoMix.com • core principle: stretching imagination
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Slide 23: a knowledge-worker
• has to balance all the previous roles • is constantly exposed to a large network of collaborators (colleagues, partners) • has to find a way to add value to others’ work • example: securities analyst, consultant, coach • core principle: tangible, effective results
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Slide 24: so what?
individual
improve judgement
foster creativity
re-use
train tool- & material-usage
ease collaboration
creation
large network
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Slide 25: … but how?
individual
facilitated discussion
design thinking
re-use
limited tools, consistent training, conventions
integrated, social, boundary- less
technology
creation
large network
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Slide 26: two things to do
1. pick the roles to train people for 2. make sure technology supports them in every possible way
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Slide 27: more, smaller circles
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Slide 28: serendipity & innovation
“In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.” Louis Pasteur to create innovative business services, students need to find the unexpected technology can foster and ease discovery, regular exchange and production
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Slide 29: 21st century learning? there’s an app for that
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Slide 30: thank you!
questions, critique, tomatoes?
Slide 31: sources
slide 2 • blender image: http://blubberybastard.tripod.com/scrimshaw/blendr.jpg • earth sketch: static.howstuffworks.com/gif/earth-day-activities-57.jpg slide 10: The knowledge funnel, Roger Martin slide 11:
• • • • • Anderson et. al. 2004, David Armano (2x) Merill's instructional design guidelines (from Schneider 2005) 7 wastes in lean manufacturing (compare eg. Womack 1996) Taylor and Maor's socio-constructivist features of online teaching (from Schneider 2005) IsoMetrics Usability Categories, operationalized from ISO 9241, Part 10 (Gediga, Hamborg 1999)
slide 22: David Armano, darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/visualizations/ slide 23: Louis Pasteur, Lecture, University of Lille (7 December 1854)
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