Today I am presenting the final session at the “Digital Learning in the Digital Age” 2012 event in Adelaide, South Australia. The goal is to enable participants to facilitate disruptive and transformative learning experiences in their own organisations. My role is to notice & present some of the online social media conversation around the event and to sum up the day’s proceedings with a view to helping attendees in their quest to take some key learnings into their own workplaces.
Links:
- my pinboard.in collection of bookmarks
- The livestream can be found on the program page (look closely) and was recorded: Morning session http://bit.ly/TbTQWd Afternoon session http://bit.ly/TbTTBr
- live Demo subset of book marks
Notes:
- [ ] Screenshots of key observations (to a .ppt on memory stick just in case)
- [ ] Photos & Screenshots regularly uploaded to flickr and tagged
- [ ] Look in facebook, twitter, flickr
- [ ] Update storify
- WiFi: hiccups (venue WiFi was OK until the room filled). I had to use my trusty battery powered MiFi wireless router & setup the ‘fang’ network. Unfortunately I have the Telstra mobile broadband SIM card in it. Will be interesting to see how long my $50 credit lasts
- Introductions: Allison. Great to see so many people. Pushing the venue infrastructure, both WiFi and Coffee!
- Introductions: Michael Coghlan.Introducing disruptive innovation (where disruption is a good and necessary thing). The continuum along which we move according to ? and purpose. Distributed online body of knowledge about today’s eventQuoted me as “you need a gang” (network). Hunt in packs…Introduces Gerry White as a “Human Aggregator”.
- Keynote: Gerry White.Education doesn’t follow the evidence. It follows the politic of the day and flow of the dollar. That’s all we talk about. We don’t spend enough time talking about Relationships. (So you are getting mellow in your old age Gerry).What the research tells us…
(listen to the recording)Focus on the device – no.
Focus on relationships – yes.59% of teachers use internet for ‘information for own professional development’ (lets move that toward relationships).Safety online:
Human nature.
Nothing new.
What were our drivers as teenagers.
Is dodgy material, bullying etc new? NO
Is it amplified. YES
Is safety online a major problem NO.
Is the law a problem YES.
Reasonable measures. (not hits, downloads etc)New research on functional MRI when reading paper vs touch tablet…
Students & rReaders.. what do they want?
(not pdf of printed stuff)
Some great research snippets.
(access the recording, check the links in the chat)Higher Ed – a word on the MOOC buzz
Leigh Blackall NZ first MOOC acknowledged.
Reference links: Blackall, L. (2006). The Future of Learning in a Networked World. Lulu. Retrieved October 12, 2012, from - Breakout Sessions (Michael)
1. http://globaltrendsineducation.wikispaces.com/ - wiki listing all the global trends I spoke about.2. Google Docs for my sessions are at:Session 1: http://tinyurl.com/9e4a5nkSession 2 : http://tinyurl.com/9mo6699Session 3:My slides for the intro session: http://www.slideshare.net/michaelc/designing-learning-the-digital-age-setting-the-scene
- Breakout Sessions (Allison)
- Final plenary session.
Education doesn’t follow the evidence. It follows the politic of the day and flow of the dollar. That’s all we talk about. We don’t spend enough time talking about Relationships. (So you are getting mellow in your old age Gerry).
What the research tells us…
(listen to the recording)
Focus on the device – no.
Focus on relationships – yes.
59% of teachers use internet for ‘information for own professional development’ (lets move that toward relationships).
Safety online:
Human nature.
Nothing new.
What were our drivers as teenagers.
Is dodgy material, bullying etc new? NO
Is it amplified. YES
Is safety online a major problem NO.
Is the law a problem YES.
Mike, it was great to connect again and your notes here highlight much of the key ideas from the presenters. I’m thinking more about your “you need a gang” quote/paraphrased conversation snippet – and I think there’s a lot to like about it as a metaphor. As Gerry noted (in his opinion) that Leigh’s FLNW trip to NZ was the world’s first MOOC, I can take a small bit of pride that a blog post of mine during that event (on networks vs groups as it turns out) is included in the FLNW booklet! So without knowing it, I can see that I particpated in the first MOOC – as you can as well.
Cheers,
Graham.
Awesome detective work Graham.
Is http://flnw.wikispaces.com/book+content the FLNW booklet to which you refer?
Is http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/11/09/networks-of-expertise/ the post?
Twas indeed good to catch-up, join some dots and ride the ‘second wave’ yesterday.
Fang
HMMM – that didnt go so well… http://mikecogh.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/a-humbling-experience.html