December 12 Workshop Presentation

1. introduction to digital learning
uni bridges workshop
Sylvia Guidara 12.12.2011

2. the digital landscape and implications for
teaching and learning

3. essential questions
• How would you define digital age learning?
• What are the implications for what and how we teach /
engage students?
• If students were asked to define essential literacies for a
digital age teacher, what would they include?

4. australian council of deans – 2001!
• skills of collaboration will supersede the competitive
skills of the old industrial economy.
• 21st century learners must be open to autonomous,
assisted and collaborative learning
• shape students with attributes rather than just
knowledge
• shape students who know how to learn what they don’t
know through problem solving

5. our values and norms in education are
being challenged by a shifting landscape
of media and communications

6. internet landscape – key concepts
media
social
mobile
real time
convergence

7. web 2.0 explained
web 2.0 refers to second generation
internet based services that emphasise
collaboration and sharing among users
participation and the user as protagonist
are key features of web 2.0

8. web 2.0 explained
web 1.0 = web as information source
web 2.0 = web as participation platform
web 2.0 characteristics
access: applications used through a web browser
manage: users exercise control
create: users add value
participate: social networking aspects are included
easy to use: rich, interactive user-friendly interface

9. what might education
look like if it resembled
the culture?

10. what might education look like if it
resembled the culture?
online
flexible
participatory
multimodal
user-driven
challenge traditional teacher – student roles

11. new media – new learning
new media forms have altered how youth socialise and learn
implications for schools and teaching ....
digital virtual
pedagogy pedagogy
social learning

13. Rethinking the who, what,
where & when of learning.
From prescriptive to
connective practices.
The delivery & distribution
of learning.
Who participates in
the learning process.
21st Century Education
Diverse learning spaces.

14. digital learning pedagogy

15. current technology demands a totally different approach
to instructional design and also teaching methodology
it requires new skills from both teacher and student

16. Sylvia Guidara
www.digimuve.com
twitter.com/digimuve
sguidara@me.com