Learning Commons:
Taking the Learning Commons to the Next
Level
Presented by:
Erin Hansen &
Twitter: @hansenep
Letters & background by D. Sharon Pruitt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/
Dan Tinaburri
@geekteacher
http://bit.ly/1oiafMb UGL_UIUC
http://bit.ly/1fXUhB0 FranLHughes
• A LC is more than a room or a website.
• A LC allows users to create their own
environments to improve learning.
• A LC is about
changing school
culture, and about
transforming the way
learning and teaching
http://bit.ly/1jlEgdk Mindfulness
• It’s an idea factory – the
place where everyone can
safely and confidently share
their thoughts.
http://bit.ly/1iF7FvM Global X
• It’s a base camp where
teachers and students bring
the outside world in to
inform their practice and
learning.
• It’s a place where
everything created
becomes a contribution to
the world body of
knowledge.
• A LC acts upon the
premise that the
acquisition of
knowledge is now an
,
,
non-hierarchical,
interactive and realtime process.
http://bit.ly/1bOsGj6 HDhalstrom
• A LC is the starting point –
it’s the nerve center of a
school, the place where
learning isn’t about
collecting dots but rather
connecting them through
cross-curricular
partnerships that boost
critical thinking, problem
solving, decision making
and communicating
abilities.
http://bit.ly/1bynAHK Dan Zen
• It’s our experiment lab: a
place where kids and adults
can take risks and
experiment with new ways
of
school.
http://bit.ly/1lJcvNF SNRE
• A place where educational
research can be played with
and developed into programs
that not only impact students
but also provides “
”
for teachers.
~Points adapted from Gino Bondi, VSB District Principal of Specialty Programs
http://learningthenow.com/blog/?p=2222
and Loertscher, Koechlin, Zwaan and Rosenfeld http://www.schoollearningcommons.info
http://bit.ly/1c04VrF K. Terwolbeck
http://www.flickr.com/photos/plugusin/8613799176/
FROM
TO
Teacher directed
Process and active learning
Simple information assignments
Complex knowledge construction
Four wall learning
Networked and global learning
Finding information
Learning that explores big ideas
Working in isolation
Collaborative partnerships
Content retention
Skill acquisition
Finding information
Discovering knowledge
Students “doing school”
Empowering Students to learn
Adapted from Gino Bondi, VSB District Principal of Specialty Programs http://learningthenow.com/blog/?p=2222
D. Sharon Pruitt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/plugusin/12188008225/ William Ferrit
WHY???
http://www.flickr.com/photos/plugusin/8253853804/ Will Ferriter
How do we avoid perceptions like this?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/plugusin/8035424219/ Bill Ferriter
• Requires intentional and skilled
leadership/expertise
• is characterized by active learning, and not
compliance and silence
http://bit.ly/LWpISJ Brad Flickinger
http://bit.ly/1eMsPcW Oliver Tacke
• recognizes students are becoming not
only better thinkers, but also makers,
doers and problem solvers;
• promotes inquiry, collaboration and active engagement;
• empowers students and teachers to frame problems,
generate ideas, refine solutions, collaborate with experts
(locally and globally), and share results
~adapted from Gino Bondi, VSB District Principal of Specialty Programs http://learningthenow.com/blog/?p=2222
Physical Space
• A LC doesn’t begin or end with the space
• Planning is KEY – before you start!
• Success is not determined by $$$$$$
Thoughts?
http://bit.ly/N5OpO3 Fran L. Hughes
Showcase
Space
http://bit.ly/1c5EfSN Fran L. Hughes
Production Space – Green Screen, Video software, Collaboration
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60399258@N00/6840954640/ Fran L. Hughes
What do you notice?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60399258@N00/6943065129/ Fran L. Hughes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60399258@N00/6794860132/ Fran L. Hughes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60399258@N00/4911833403/ Fran L. Hughes
Flexible
Seating
The Virtual Mirrors the Physical
http://bit.ly/M06NHo Barisabak
http://www.flickr.com/photos/plugusin/6230346276/ William Ferriter
5 Categories for Social Learning
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1. Formal Structured Learning (FSL)
2. Group Directed Learning (GDL)
3. Intra-Organizational Learning (IOL)
4. Personal Directed Learning (PDL)
5. Accidental & Serendipitous Learning (ASL)
http://c4lpt.co.uk/social-learning-handbook/examples-of-social-media-for-learning/
Types of Learning
http://c4lpt.co.uk/social-learning-handbook/examples-of-social-media-for-learning/
Choosing Tools for the VLC