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Social Learning 101:

An Introduction to Social Software for Learning

Collaboration is not a 21st Century

Skill, it is a 21st Century Essential –
Andrew Churches
 Social Learning 101:
An Introduction to Social Software for Learning

• Defining Social Learning

• Web 2.0 Pedagogy
Dr. Nancy Rubin is
an experienced
• Introduction and Tour of
educator, trainer, Campus Pack Social
and practitioner,
with over 10 years Learning Platform
of experience in the
field of eLearning.
eLearning

nrubin@learningobjects.com
Twitter – nancyrubin
http://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyrubin
 Social Learning

• Learning that happens

when students
communicate,
collaborate, and
cooperate.
• Not about the tools, but,
there are an awful lot of
them out there.
 Web 2.0

• The focus is user-

generated content,
sharing and,
collaboration.
• The use of the web as a
platform for generating,
re-purposing and
consuming content.
Social Learning in the Workplace = New Toolset + New
Mindset + New Skillset

Jane Hart – State

of Social Learning
in the Workplace
New Skillset

http://c4lpt.co.uk/handbook/newset.html
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy

http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy
 Wiki Roles for Student Groups
• The Link Layer - is responsible for all of the links included in
your document.
• The Flow Master - responsible for reviewing your work to
make sure that your readers aren't left confused.
• The Spelling Cop - checks the spelling of every single word
that is added to your group's document.
• The Discussion Starter - asks constant questions about what it
is that your group is producing.
• Captain Spit-and-Polish - finds images and graphics that
support the arguments your group is making and to make sure
that your layout is professional and interesting.
http://digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com
STOLEN Principle

http://stolenprinciple.pbworks.com/
A Social Learning platform
designed for education

Jane Hart - http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/jane.html

 Personal Learning Spaces
• Online space for every
individual in the institution
• Create and publish content
outside the course
• Ready access to peers,
courses, and organizations
• Robust sharing and
personalization options
 Personal Learning Spaces
• Build a collection of
academic work
• Selectively share resumes,
projects, and work
• Collaborate with self-
organized study groups
• Integrated experience
between personal space,
courses, and co-curricular
activities
PLE Visualized: From Private to Public

http://www.edtechpost.ca/wordpress/2008/06/18/my-ple-diagram/
http://thand.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/ple-2/
 Community Areas
• Collaborative spaces for
academic and
administrative
departments
• Interactive, online
communities for clubs,
teams, and other groups
• Blogs and knowledgebases
shared across the
institution
 Course Tools
• Campus Pack integrates
social learning tools into any
LMS, making wikis, blogs,
and podcasts available for
course assignments.
• Engage students with the
social media tools they
already use, within the
context of the LMS they
already know.
 Course Tools
• Instructors can use wikis
for collaborative projects,
blogs to foster
communication skills, and
podcasts to enable
learning on-the-go.
• Assessment tools give
instructors insight into the
students’ learning process
and progress.
 Blogs
• Blogs can be used for course announcements,
news and updates for students.
• Bloggers, using their individual blogs, can build
a knowledgebase via interrelated posts and
comments.
• Blogs can be used with syndication (RSS) to
enable groups of learners to easily keep track
of new posts.
 What can I do with a wiki?
• Create lesson summaries: Students post the
vocabulary and concepts learned from a lesson. This
is a collaborative effort after the initial information is
posted.
• Wikis are being used for e-Portfolios, illustrating their
utility as a tool for collection and reflection.
• Meeting support: Post an agenda before the meeting
and participants can review and edit prior to meeting.
Then post information after the meeting occurs.
 Ways to Use Wikis

http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/50-ways-to-use-wikis-for-a-more-collaborative-and-interactive-classroom/
 Wikis for Individual Work
• Students start by gathering background research. This
allows the teacher and peers to see what they’re using,
help them if they’re off track, suggest other resources, or
even get ideas from seeing what others are doing (not
plagiarizing!)
• The student can draft the paper in the wiki, taking
advantage of automatic revisioning that saves a before
and after version.
• When the student completes the final draft, the teacher
and peers can read the wiki, and offer feedback.
Take a Tour
 Questions
• If you have questions after
the webinar, email
info@learningobjects.com

• Connect with me on
Twitter - @nancyrubin
 References
Jane Hart - Social Learning in the Workplace  = New Toolset + New Mindset + New Skillset
http://janeknight.typepad.com/socialmedia/2010/04/social-learning-new-toolset-new-mindset-new-skillset.html
http://c4lpt.co.uk/handbook/newset.html

Andrew Churches – Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy

Wiki Roles for Student Groups by Bill Ferriter

 http://digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com
 
STOLEN Principle – Dave Foord
http://stolenprinciple.pbworks.com/

Personal Learning Environment Visualized

http://www.edtechpost.ca/wordpress/2008/06/18/my-ple-diagram/
 
Tim Hand illustrates the shift from VLEs to PLEs
http://thand.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/ple-2/
 
50 Ways to Use a Wiki
http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/50-ways-to-use-wikis-for-a-more-collaborative-and-interactive-classroom/