What are the best models for EdTech Continuing Professional Development?

Description

In creating online technology courses:

​Challenges:
Design: what is the best model and mix of tools for technology-mediated social learning?​
Engagement: How can we create the conditions where participants have agency and voice? What is an effective mix of asynchronous and synchronous interaction?​
Roles: how can we nurture trust and reciprocity in a heterarchical learning environment?​
Information climate: What does knowing and knowledge look like in a technology-enabled learning community? How does multimodal literacy change the way knowledge is represented and exchanged? Epistemic cognition: critically evaluating the process of knowledge construction​
Measures of success: how can we evaluate the success of social online learning? transfer to practice? degree of engagement?

Solutions:
Creators of online technology courses might:​
Restructure delivery methods using technology in favour of collaborative, active learning and collective knowledge-building​
Recognise the power of visuals in quickly conveying ideas and as anchors for talking and making​
Make way for complex learning pathways by using tools that allow for repeated visual postings and multimodal responses​
Nurture ideas-sharing to generate rich collective content​
Aim for a responsive atmosphere of reciprocity and interpersonal trust to enhance self-efficacy and prompt knowledge sharing
Aim for an interplay of digital making, reflection and interaction based on student-generated content​
Acknowledge the mix of three dualities: personal – collective, digital – physical, talking – making

Period	8 Jun 2018
Event title	ITTE/MirandaNet 32nd International Conference (2018)
Event type	Conference
Location	United KingdomShow on map