1. the digital learning landscape
St Michael’s Grammar School 23.08.2010

2. digital life

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

4. buzzwords
Social Media
gather, communicate,
share, collaborate, play
Web 2.0
social media tools

5. key words in the internet landscape
media
social
mobile
real time
convergence

6. virtual spaces
MUVEs: multi-user virtual environments
Narrative environments : game style worlds
Virtual worlds
Social & professional networks
Sharing & collaborative spaces
Aggregation & storage
Products & services [e-commerce]
Information sources
In these spaces, people:
// run businesses & engage in e-commerce
// live, love & learn
// create & construct
// play, trade & socialise
// make their voices heard

7. digital life

8. what would education look like if it resembled the culture?

9. web as participatory platform
‘us-ness’ | community | participation

10. responding to opportunites & challenges
Trying to protect students and instructional time by banning Web 2.0
or setting policies to keep it “safe.”
Preserving existing programs and practices by using technology in a
way that “fits” into what is already in place.
Taking a progressive approach by allowing technology to transform
the organisation rather than moving it faster and further on its
existing path.

11. the community is waking up
New media forms have
altered how youth socialise
and learn.
Implications for schools
and teaching:
Digital Pedagogy
Virtual Pedagogy
Social Learning

12. digital literacy – more than ict skills
the ability to:
• read & write [create] digital texts
• analyse & evaluate knowledge available on the web
• interacting effectively with online information:
find | sort | navigate | synthesise
• communicate | collaborate | participate
interact safely & ethically

13. pedagogy | shifts in learning

14. case study |

15. 21st Century Education Rethinking the who, what,
where & when of learning.
The delivery & distribution
of learning.
From prescriptive to
connective practices.
Who participates in the
learning process.
Learning spaces.

16. pedagogy | shifts in learning

17. case study |

18. case study |

19. case study |

20. blended learning
“Blended learning is more effective than either face to face or
online learning by themselves.”
“Between online and face to face instruction, online is at least
as good and may even have the advantage in terms of
improving student achievement and potentially expanding the
amount of time (and quality time) students spend learning.”
Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning [The US Department of Education 2009]

21. case study | blended and online learning

22. pedagogy | learning networks
Beyond the institutionalised logic of the school towards the
network logic of the learning community.
Learning institutions rethinking the possibilities around what
can be learnt, where learning can happen and who is
involved in the learning process.

23. case study | learning network

24. case study | learning network

25. case study | learning network

26. case study | digital portfolio

27. current technology demands a totally different approach to
instructional design and teaching methodology

28. it requires new skills from both teacher and student
International Society for Technology in Education [ISTE]
ICT Profiles for students and teachers
ICT Literate Students
1. Creativity & Innovation
2. Communication & Collaboration
3. Research & Information Fluency
4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving & Decision Making
5. Digital Citizenship
6. Technology Operations & Concepts
Digital-Age Teachers
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning & Creativity
Think Solutions – problem solving 2. Design Digital-Age Learning Experiences & Assessments
3. Model Digital-Age Work & Learning
Think Interaction – mobile & virtual 4. Promote Digital Citizenship & Responsibility
Think Flexible – multiple skill sets 5. Engage in Professional Growth & Leadership

29. pedagogy | the new media literacies
play
performance
simulation
appropriation
multitasking
distributed cognition
collective intelligence
judgement
transmedia navigation
negotiation
networking
Source: http://techtv.mit.edu

30. Teachers are the learning professionals and catalysts.
When you put them in the mix with new technology,
you get powerful outcomes.

31. Sylvia Guidara
www.digimuve.com
twitter.com/digimuve
www.slideshare.net/guidars
sguidara@me.com