Craft of eTeaching; presentation of a paper written by Fred Garnett & Nigel Ecclesfield and presented at the 10th ELSE (ELearning & Software for Education) Conference held in Bucharest, Romania on April 24 & 25 2014; updated 28 April 2014 just extra links to add;

1. A Craft of e-teaching
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*Background and Analytic Context
*Learner-centric learning AND the changing
role of the teacher
*Digital Practitioner
Research Methodology
Outcomes

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Some definitions;
Haythornthwaite “e-learning is (not) a
technologically-driven addendum (rather) a
complex set of social practices”

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Other approaches are available;
*Laurillard’s pedagogical planner
Our approach is based on a conceptualisation of
post Web 2.0 learning AND on practical research
into the emerging Digital Practitioner.

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Our conceptual and practical approach
Our Learner-generated Contexts conceptual
view starts w/ Luckin’s ecology of resources
highlighting Whitworths cognitive schemas

6. Post-scarcity Ecology of Resources model
Also Identifying “filters” as “Cognitive Schemas”,
The world
offers an
infinite range
of potential
resources for
learning.
Institutions
select
specific
combinations
of
organisation,
administration
& curriculum
to “filter” &
manage this
potential

7. Post-scarcity Ecology of Resources model
Also Identifying “filters” as “Cognitive Schemas”,
Cognitive
Schema 1
Cognitive
Schema 2
Cognitive
Schema 3
Teachers &
people
working in
education,
internalise
institutional
“filters” as
“cognitive
schemas”
Consequently
they fail to
see the
potential of
new
technology &
new learning
opportunities

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Open Context Model for Learning (2007)
included a “development framework”
*Pedagogy – subject mastery
*Heutagogy - enabling creativity

9. P A H
Teacher
School
Teacher/
Learner
Learner
Research
Cognition Epistemic
Cognition
Meta-
Cognition
Adult
Pedagogy Andragogy Heutagogy

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So, first, what is the Craft of Teaching?
This reflects the depth, complexity and
seriousness of the new professional skills
teachers are now being asked to develop

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Evolving technology context for teachers

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But what is the consequence for teachers as
this technology context continues to evolve;
Teachers have to develop their own “ecology
of resources,” what John Seely Brown calls
“a new culture of learning,” beyond existing
educational “cognitive schemas”

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So the craft of teaching requires e-teaching
skills that can help learners develop their own
learning strategies in;
Environments which may have been designed
with learning navigation in mind (e.g. xtlearn)
or may not (Twitter, etc.)

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In this complex post-Web 2.0 world of various
learning environments, e-learning now
presents serious professional skill
challenges for teachers before they can
become competent e-teachers
The Digital Practitioner research revealed
surprisingly fresh, very encouraging answers

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The Digital Practitioner; curious & confident
In this variegated and complex post-Web 2.0
world of learning environments, e-learning
now presents serious professional skill
challenges for teachers before they become
competent e-teachers
The Digital Practitioner research revealed
surprisingly fresh, very encouraging answers

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Digital Practitioner research, commissioned
by UK educational agencies in 2011/12/13
surveyed the use of a range of educational
technologies by 1500 UK college teachers
Asked Questions on tech-related use but
found a rich qualitative response in
practitioner narratives

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Digital practice concerns were, in order;
*Less about using tech to find efficiencies,
*More bout using technologies to improve the
quality of the teaching & learning experience

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Digital practitioners are;
2) Curious about how emerging technologies
can support learning
4) Choosing from a tapestry of technologies
that might support learning objectives

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In our view… we are seeing a;
*Learners are using their own technologies
for learning – what Prof Sharples calls;
So, as e-learning isnt just structured, loosely
structured or unstructured online learning

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In our view;
BUT the use of specific technologies will be
determined by teacher judgments on its utility
for learning; by its pedagogic value

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4 Recommendations for e-teachers

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1. Good e-Teachers will need ;
b) Along with an understanding of the
potential of technology to support learning
and teaching in a range of contexts,
whether structured more for learning or
more for communication

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2. Good e-Teachers will need ;
b) This might be achieved formally by
developing professional portfolios, like
CMALT (Certified Member of ALT -
Association of Learning Technologists)

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3. Good e-Teachers need shared information
about learning affordances of new technology
b) Teachers self-organising TeachMeets, or
similar, to share their own learning
technology expertise

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4. Good e-Teachers will need ;
Etienne Wenger has a great phrase to
describe this process; he talks of having to
"walk at 45 degrees” as a “Technology
Steward”

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e-Teachers need to "walk at 45 degrees"
between good pedagogical practice, as
captured in the PAH Continuum, and the
emerging networks of learning resources
e-Teachers can now design “artfully-crafted,
student-centred, learning experiences."

27. Transformation comes from;
Designing “artfully-constructed, student-
centred learning experiences”

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• ALT, Certified Membership of ALT (CMALT) https://www.alt.ac.uk/get-involved/certified-membership,
• Cochrane, T., 2010. Exploring mobile learning success factors. In ALT-J – Research in learning technology 18
(2), ALT, Oxford http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/10758
• Cochrane, T., 2013. “M-Learning as a catalyst for pedagogical change” in Zane L et al “Handbook of Mobile
Education”, Routledge, London
• Ecclesfield, N., Garnett, F. 2010. The Open Context Model of Learning and the Craft of Teaching
https://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/file/b719e069-ed88-d701-1348-
bd4a3450f2d2/1/iPED2010Proc%282%29.pdf
• Ecclesfield, N., Rebbeck, G., Garnett, F. 2013. The Case Of The Curious And The Confident - The Untold
Story Of Changing Teacher Attitudes To E-Learning And “Technology In Action” In The FE Sector. In
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• Laurillard, D., 2004. E-Learning in Higher Education. In Changing Higher Education, Ashwin P. (ed)
Routledge, Falmer
• Laurillard, D., 2013 Teaching as a Design Science: building pedagogical patterns for learning and
technology, Routledge, London
• Salmon, G., 2013. E-Tivities (2nd Edition), Routledge, London
• Sharples, M., 2005. Towards a theory of mobile theory of learning,
http://www.mlearn.org/mlearn2005/CD/papers/Sharples-%20Theory%20of%20Mobile.pdf
• Wenger, E., White, N., and Smith, J., 2009. Digital Habitats: stewarding technology for communities”, CP
Square, Portland

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• Full ELSE conference paper Craft of e-Teaching (academia.edu)
• Before and After MOOCs
• Organisational Architecture of Participation for Education
• What is Web 2.0? O’Reilly
• Digital Habitats; Etienne Wenger
• Intentional Communities of Practice; Thomas Cochrane
• Social Networks of Learning; Caroline Haythornthwaite
• Open Context Model of Learning & the Craft of Teaching
• The Heutagogic Archive
• Aggregate then Curate with xtlearn.net
• Self-managed Learning – Stewart Hase & Chris Kenyon – Bloomsbury

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