ccm e-learning fair: 2006
Kevin Carrick has invited me to contribute at the CCM elearning fair 2006. What better place to collect my notes than in this blog, then post comments and updates at and after the event.
Pete’s elearning efforts 2006.
I love the annual caring and sharing e-learning sessions, ‘cos it makes me reflect on where I’ve been and where I’m going.
I’m looking back a bit, and looking forward a lot, as the introduction of Moodle and Web 2.0 technologies are just too exciting to hold back.
Last year:
music theory and aural. I’ve been trying to turn these into learning sessions, rather than just formative assessment.
Musical analysis and listening skills.
Blogging (for project diaries – password protected).
Digital video for review and reflection of live performance and creativity.
Peer review – the New Music Forum.
A comment from my learners –
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This year’s buzz:
Web 2.0 (the read/write web), social computing, blogging, podcasting, wikis, learning communities, easy digital media, eportfolios, 1-to-1 laptops.
All in the cause of:
Engaging learners, empowering learners, collaborating in learning, making teaching more efficient and learning more stimulating.
Where does the buzz come from?
Horizons report, guide to elearning, educause, Apple, stephen downes, stephen heppell james farmer…
The buzz in more detail.
Web 2.0 Steve O’Hear wrote in the Guardian on the 20th June this useful overview of what Web 2.0 can do for teaching and learning. So what was Web 1.0?
Social computing –
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Blogging – (this site) is it any more than an online diary, a place to rant, a confessional, gaining self esteem from publishing to the world (even if no-one takes any notice). Does it have a place in FE in Manchester? But just look at what the Web 2.0 technology offers for online essays and eportfolios.
Podcasting - the difference between download and podcast.
iTunes – my experiences – professional development, specialist news.
Good for learning? Lecture as podcast? No interaction, just 1 learning style, no assessment. Attendance. Wisconsin guide to podcasting in education – somes dos and don’ts.
Wikis – collaborative writing. I can’t see, as yet, how this will fit into my curriculum.
Digital media (insert
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My focus is in these 2 areas. Tools for learners.
1] Online essays and eportfolios.
Think of your best ever student and her beautiful coursework folder:
- Neatly presented, in a logical order, with assignment briefs, notes, drafts, copies of assignments, feedback, handouts, and always brought to lessons.
- Eportfolio is all of these + class discussions, peer review, external links, multimedia, and continually updated. I hope Moodle offers all of this!
Now imagine your perfect student writing an essay or report:
- You see (and feedback on) the planning, drafting and constructing.
- Web 2.0 functionality offers all of these + hyperlinking, media, always accessible, feedback at every stage, peer review.
Music essays – there’s a copyright issue with commercial music, but try this for a music essay hyperlink that might be part of an essay on the style and genre of Nelly Furtado.
2] 1-to-1 laptops. The day is coming, don’t hold it back. Why shouldn’t learners have the tools I have? Some research from Apple. Or search in google for “1-to-1 laptops”
My learners video –
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