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SocialLearn - Learning in an Open World, June 2010
The document discusses the developments and future perspectives of social learning within an online educational context, particularly focusing on the Open University and its initiatives around Open Educational Resources (OER). It highlights the integration of various social applications and tools aimed at enhancing collaboration and resource sharing among learners. Additionally, it outlines the potential of recommendation engines and the use of technology to improve learner engagement and connectivity.
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- 1. Learning in anOpen World Open University: Online Conference, June 2010 http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/2012 SocialLearn Team: Simon Buckingham Shum, Rebecca Ferguson, Mark Glaister, Thanh Le http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk 1
- 2. The road ahead?… 2 http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/187161/the-road-ahead-sun.jpg
- 3. 2.0 (beta) The road ahead?… 3 http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/187161/the-road-ahead-sun.jpg
- 4. OERs Quality 2.0 (beta) The road ahead?… 4 http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/187161/the-road-ahead-sun.jpg
- 5. Quality OERs OpenLearn TESSA YouTube iTunesU
- 6. OERs Quality 2.0 (beta) The road ahead?… Apps Social 6 http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/187161/the-road-ahead-sun.jpg
- 7. Tools usedby Social learners mid-2008 (Mapped by Martin Weller @ Apps SocialLearn User Workshop, July 2008)
- 8. Social Apps OU Course Profiles … and we’re writing our Facebook app own of course… iSpot citizen science
- 9. Social Apps Is that it? A cloud of tools, partially integrated via web feeds? 9
- 10. OERs Quality 2.0 (beta) The road ahead?… Apps Social 10 http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/187161/the-road-ahead-sun.jpg
- 11. The road ahead?… 2.0 (beta) Social Learning Infrastructure http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/187161/the-road-ahead-sun.jpg Social Apps Quality OERs 11
- 12. Lots of OUR&D People Social Learning Infrastructure Technology Practices Focus of this talk Lots of OU R&D 12
- 13. Technology Adobe: http://192.150.18.60/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1044865 13 http://sarahealy.com/index.php/2009/01/26/blogging-choosing-your-avatar/
- 14. an OU-only social network 14 Adobe: http://192.150.18.60/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1044865
- 15. tools the coolest OU versions of 15 Adobe: http://192.150.18.60/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1044865
- 16. minds for inquiring network tuned a collaborative 16 Adobe: http://192.150.18.60/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1044865
- 17. learning interests find peers sharing my better ways to 17 Adobe: http://192.150.18.60/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1044865
- 18. needs mentors my learning committed to 18 Adobe: http://192.150.18.60/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1044865
- 19. learning resources for relevant smart agents filtering the Net 19 Adobe: http://192.150.18.60/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1044865
- 20. tuned for analytics and learning/inquiry recommendations 20 Adobe: http://192.150.18.60/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1044865
- 21. The social learnersare here… …and if they could smoothly exchange important learner-centric data between their favourite tools, they might thank us API 21
- 22. The SocialLearn providesthe ‘glue’ to connect activities, friends and recommendations …other OU sites… OU VLE OpenLearn Cloudworks ORO Interoperability via API & Google Gadgets 1. Profile SocialLearn 2. User Interface 3. Social Graph 4. Services 22
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- 24. SocialLearn “dashboard” ofgadgets 24
- 25. Gadget ideas… SocialLearn PhD Skills Gadget Path Gadget I’m Stuck Gadget Mentor Gadget Plus… From KMi: eg. Flashmeeting, Virtual Microscope, ROLE… From OU: eg. Library Search From other educational institutions, eg. Moodle tools (UOB) From SocialLearn developer community From e-science projects, eg. MyExperiment From Google: eg. Calendar; Gmail, Reader… From the global Gadget Directory: thousands more… 25
- 26. SocialLearn: configuring myGadget sets 26
- 27. SocialLearn: configuring myGadget sets 27
- 28. SocialLearn gadgets droppedinto iGoogle 28
- 29. Embedding SocialLearn gadgetsin a partner site (the OU’s PhD Skills) A generic PhD skill from the national Research Councils framework Cloudstream Recommender gadget showing relevant activity in Cloudworks (test example) 29
- 30. Embedding SocialLearn gadgetsin a partner site (the OU’s Cloudworks) 30
- 31. SocialLearn: accessing myGadgets from the browser toolbar on any website 31
- 32. The SocialLearn Spaceprovides the ‘glue’ to connect activities, friends and recommendations …other OU sites… OU VLE OpenLearn Cloudworks ORO Interoperability via Google Gadgets 1. Profile SocialLearn Space 2. User Interface 3. Social Graph 4. Services 32
- 33. “Services”: towards asuite of recommendation engines, both from OU and developer network (not a current priority for us) Commerce People who e.g. bought this, bought this… 33
- 34. “Services”: towards asuite of recommendation engines, both from OU and developer network fast becoming commodity services Social/Reputation Navigational (not a current priority for us) Commerce People who People who You have e.g. bought this, bought this… viewed this also viewed three friends in common… this… People who rate her also 34 rate him…
- 35. “Services”: towards asuite of recommendation engines, both from OU and developer network fast becoming commodity services indexing Social/Reputation Navigational (not a current priority for us) Commerce Content People who People who You have This resource e.g. bought this, bought this… viewed this also viewed three friends in common… is similar to this one… this… People who (semantic + rate her also multimedia 35 rate him… search R&D)
- 36. “Services”: towards asuite of recommendation engines, both from OU and developer network fast becoming commodity services indexing services tuned for learning Social/Reputation Learning to Learn Connections Navigational (not a current priority for us) Commerce Content People who People who You have This resource This resource This person is e.g. bought this, bought this… viewed this also viewed three friends in common… is similar to this one… shows a counter- example / also trying to develop her this… People who (semantic + supporting planning… rate her also multimedia evidence… 36 rate him… search R&D)
- 37. Core social moves(re-using Drupal’s feature-set) Following Friending Messaging Groups 37
- 38. Creating an adhoc group for my friends 38
- 39. sociallearn.org :: register,demo & movie blog / more detailed talks @ www.open.ac.uk/blogs/sociallearn 39