Dr Christina Preston, Founder of the MirandaNet Fellowship Professor of Educational Innovation,

1. www.mirandanet.ac.uk Dr Christina Preston, Founder of the MirandaNet Fellowship Professor of Educational Innovation, Learning Futures Research Centre St Hilda’s College Oxford, September 15th, 2012 Beyond Social Networking: the impact of digital innovation on learning Support from MirandaNet Fellows Professor Marilyn Leask Dr John Cuthell Dr Andrea Raiker David Obst

2. Who is Miranda?www.mirandanet.ac.uk 2

4. Founded in 1992: approximately 800 members in 80 countries‘Like a medieval guild for educators’ Wenger Spans national, cultural, commercial and political divides An innovative and inclusive forum for professional educators in industry, research, policy Partnership with industry and Government at the heart of the research, development and evaluation processes that underpin and support good practice in teaching and learning Individual learning patterns are celebrated through action research strategies and peer ementoring. Dissemination and publication central to the Fellowship process. Fellows who share their experience and expertise build a professional knowledge base about the use of advanced technologies in transforming teaching and learning. The approach attracts more women than are usual in digital technology activities normally

5. What is an online teacher community? How does learning work in an informal community of practice in contrast to a formal course ?

6. Digital projects that enhance traditional learning opportunitiesfor the individual

7. MESH – mapping education specialist knowhow

8. Open Education Resources(OERS):a challenge to educators (HEA) • Open Education Resources • E-tools of teaching and Learning: • Professional Development and Researching Practice: • Working in a collaborative online environment. MOOC: Massive Open Online Course? Good for learning?

9. Digital projects that explore opportunities to build new knowledge collaboratively

10. Beyond Salmon’s five steps

11. 1 Online Socialisation Access & Motivation 2 3 4 Knowledge Construction Information Exchange 5 Development 5 Step Theory (Salmon, 2000, 2002, revising 2012) Enhancing progress in learning through the uncertainty of ‘liminal space’ by encouraging online access to learners and tutors outside the classroom online Looking at the development stage

12. Jung’s liminal spaces related to learning Jung’s three-layered multiverse - physical space virtual space of trance & dream visual space of representation. Physical space: traditional learning Liminal space in the brain Online collaborative and representation space • Miranda’s fourth layer • Online collaborative space Representation space

13. Salmon – step six– working collaboratively to influence policy and practice Working together in liminal space on creating new knowledge that has not been verified for examination purposes Depends on the spontaneous or formal development of E-Moderators and E-Facilitators who support the learning activity conduct New knowledge being created in a collaborative iterative process Agreed concepts relying on logical development

14. The definition Weaving together individual evidence to createprofessional theory and practice used to influence policyLargely text basedResearch through textual analysis and identifying the knowledge creation process Haythornthwaite, C. (2007) ‘New International Theories and Models Of and For Online Learning.’ Chicago IL, USA, First Monday. http://firstmonday.org/ Last accessed 29th July 2009.

15. Malcolm and other Complete member Co-Researchers: a scholarly contribution to e-learning theory

16. Text: remotely authored multidimensional concept maps

17. Step Seven: beyond textCollaborative learning in liminal spaceMirandaMod- an unconference The learning space has diversified, become more democratic and capable of absorbing global voices: • wikis; • video streaming; • Google hang-outs; video conferencing; • concept mapping; • Twitter stream back channel • 360 degree cameras www.mirandanet.ac.uk/mirandamods/

18. Informal learning spaces 18

19. Supporting Effective Staff Development 95% 80% IRIS Connect works here • Communities of Practice • Iterative mentoring • Being mentored or coached in context • Peer Mentoring • Being a coach or mentor • Self Review • Observing Best Practice 70% We Learn 50% 10% 5% Following David A Sousa – How the Brain Works

20. What if the new contexts in which collaborative learning takes place are chaotic?... • what is important ...... is that the technology is sufficiently transparent to empower all members to set agenda at the grassroots. This mirrors young peoples’ mobile learning activity outside school in easy to use virtual environments … • significantly MirandaMods encourage democratic debate rather than just promoting socialisation. • in the MirandaMod professionals, men and women, have equal inputregardless of their differing status in the world of education. 20

21. Who is Miranda?www.mirandanet.ac.uk 21

22. Want to be involved? • Free to join MirandaNet • Next MirandaMod is on November 5th • Digital technologies and  grassroots practice. Where are we? Does it matter? • Join us in Bedford at our unconference Nov 5th,6th,7th • Exploring Education Futures: linking digital technologies, grassroots practice and the making of policy • Looking for individuals and universities to partner research proposals we are submitting before December 2012