Pedagogy and technology
James Arvanitakis
j.arvanitakis@uws.edu.au
Twitter: jarvanitakis
0438454127
October 2013
Or
Teaching like a pirate…
One: A changing environment
Universities are where
newspapers were 10 years ago…
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Knowledge transition
Professor
Student
Student
Student
Student
Student
Relational Knowledge
Student
Professor
Student
Student
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Relational Knowledge
that is mediated…
Student
Professor
Media
Student
Corps
NGOS
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Changing student cohort
Students balance multiple commitments
Changing student cohort
Students balance multiple commitments
Massification
Changing student cohort
Students balance multiple commitments
Massification
Choice (both within and across institutions)
Changing student cohort
Students balance multiple commitments
Massification
Choice (both within and across institutions)
Internet literacy: width v. depth
Two: How to Respond?
Participatory education:
co-designing knowledge
Participatory education:
co-designing knowledge
Applicability; Relevance; Agency
Globalisation…
“Globalisation may be thought of … as the
widening, deepening and speeding up of the
worldwide interconnectedness in all aspects of
contemporary social life, from the cultural to the
criminal, the financial to the spiritual.”
(Held et al 1999, p. 2).
– This definition recognises globalisation is multidimensional, having width, breadth and depth.
– Another important aspect of this definition is that it
portrays globalisation as a process.
– As globalisation permeates different areas of society
1. From Facebook to
WordCloud
Countries Inequity
Change
Me
Time
Fear World Justice
2. No empty vessels…
Focus here - getting students ‘job ready’
Skills and knowledge
Sense of agency
Culture
3. Experiences are valid…
Contemporary Society
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James Arvanitakis
j.arvanitakis@uws.edu.au
Twitter: jarvanitakis
AUTUM N 2013
4. Multiple delivery mechanism…
“Offer Flexible Assessment and
Delivery”
Eg: Confronting racism…
How would you explain to students
that stereotypes are just that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=FS2Ch83k3xo
Watch the following video from ABC’s Media
Watch about an incident that occurred in April
2010.
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2
870685.htm
What insights does the video provide us with the
way media aggravates racism?
TECHNOLOGY HELPS
(BUT DOES NOT OFFER A SIMPLE SOLUTION)
TECHNOLOGY HELPS
(BUT DOES NOT OFFER A SIMPLE SOLUTION)
… EVERYONE IS TALKING ‘BLENDED
LEARNING’…
BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN
From Wikipeadia
“Blended learning is a formal education program
in which a student learns at least in part through
online delivery of content and instruction with
some element of student control over time,
place, path, and/or pace.”
From Wikipeadia
“Blended learning is a formal education program
in which a student learns at least in part through
online delivery of content and instruction with
some element of student control over time,
place, path, and/or pace.”
“Good pedagogical practices using a variety
of delivery mechanisms that allow students
flexibility and confirm the validity of their
experiences”
“Good pedagogical practices using a variety
of delivery mechanisms that allow students
flexibility and confirm the validity of their
experiences”
James Arvanitakis
Peer support/PASS/Self Assessment
4. Feedback rich
environment…
Three: Risks
(or Fear and Loathing in the Classroom)
‘Letting go’
‘Letting go’
‘My Intellectual Property’
‘Letting go’
‘My Intellectual Property’
‘Ban all devices’
‘Letting go’
‘My Intellectual Property’
‘Ban all devices’
‘Who let them in?’
THANK YOU…