In this presentation, I explore online learning, knowledge mobilization via multimodal means, and social media data mining as emergent forms of scholarship.

1. Exploring emergent forms of
scholarship
George Veletsianos, PhD
Canada Research Chair, Associate Professor
School of Education and Technology
Royal Roads University
Seattle Pacific University
February, 2016

2. All of this work is partly funded by the
Canada Research Chairs program
and is in collaboration
with amazing colleagues. See,
The Digital Learning & Social Media
Research Group:
http://www.thedlrgroup.com/

3. An invitation to explore and critique
What is scholarship?

4. Universities (and academics) are
facing numerous powerful forces
that may shape their future.

5. a worldwide
economic downturn
globalization and
competition
changing
demographics
reduction of public
funding
accountability
pressures
impact of emerging
technologies
(e.g., Morrison, 2003; Schwier, 2012; Siemens & Matheos, 2010; Spanier, 2010).
Adjunctification
The “impact” agenda

6. Emergent forms of scholarship to
discuss today:
1. Online learning
2. Alternative ways to mobilize
knowledge
3. Data mining social media data

7. Online Learning & Teaching:
two opposing perspectives

8. Online learning as wondrous

9. Online learning as monstrous

10. Beautiful
+
Harrowing
Online learning can be…

11. Synonymous with:
appealing. caring. empowering.
flexible
Beautiful Online Learning

12. Beautiful Online Learning
“Examples of
outstanding [online] instruction
are hard to find.”
Wilson, Parrish, & Veletsianos, 2008

13. Beautiful Online Learning
“My oldest [child] will be 4 this June, and I'm
thinking about her education and…what
resources I want to be able to offer her…so I'm
looking at spending my time in [open courses]
acquiring some of this knowledge, so that I can
enable her education”
Female, 38, homemaker
Engages w/ online learning through iPhone
during “downtime” described as “feeding and
nursing and stuff”

14. Beautiful Online Learning
“My oldest [child] will be 4 this June, and I'm
thinking about her education and…what
resources I want to be able to offer her…so I'm
looking at spending my time in [open courses]
acquiring some of this knowledge, so that I can
enable her education”
Female, 38, homemaker
Engages w/ online learning through iPhone
during “downtime” described as “feeding and
nursing and stuff”

15. Harrowing Online Learning
disempowering. student as
consumer. detached. replicates f2f.

16. Harrowing Online Learning

18. Delivering education
Designing Learning Experiences

19. Scholarship
If you write it, will they read it?
Do you “disseminate” or “mobilize”
your scholarship?
Why? Why not?
How?

20. Research & its mobilization
Peer-reviewed journal publications, Book chapters, Books.
Blog
social media (twitter, facebook, slideshare, youtube)
Whiteboard animation videos, audio (podcasts)
co-production of e-books
op-eds in academic-focused outlets (e.g., The Chronicle) or
for broader audiences (e.g., The Conversation)
Exploring: graphic novel

21. Research & its mobilization
Blog
social media (twitter, facebook, slideshare, youtube)

22. Research & its mobilization

23. Whiteboard animation videos, audio (podcasts)
Research & its mobilization

24. Research & its mobilization

25. Research & its mobilization
co-production of e-books

26. • Creation of worthwhile digital artifacts
– E.g., E-books and online textbooks
Research & its mobilization

27. Veletsianos, G. (2013). Learner Experiences with MOOCs and Open Online Learning. Hybrid
Pedagogy: Madison, WI. Retrieved from http://learnerexperiences.hybridpedagogy.com
Research & its mobilization

28. Research & its mobilization
exploring: graphic novel

29. Engaging students in knowledge
production

30. Scholarship
If you write it, will they read it?
Do you “disseminate” or “mobilize”
your scholarship?
Why? Why not?
How?

31. Data Mining social media
What is it?
Ongoing work relating to it:
- Scholars being online
- Institutions being online
- Making sense of participation

32. Thank you!
www.veletsianos.com
www.veletsianos.com/publications
@veletsianos on Twitter
veletsianos at gmail.com