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FACEBUOC - An Open Social Learning Experience at UOC

Explore FACEBUOC, an open social learning experience at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Discover the methodology, role of the facilitator, and how to organize this innovative learning environment.

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FACEBUOC - An Open Social Learning Experience at UOC

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  1. FACEBUOC, an Open Social Learning experience at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Carles Fernandez, Research in e-learning

  2. The video 2.0 minutes of your whole attention to this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-ElQdL3HW0 enjoy it!!

  3. The Process The idea: to do something 'Open'  …then... Questions, so many questions What environment? What subject? What is the methodology? and the role of the facilitator? How to organize it? …

  4. Question 1 What environment? A social network More than 300 millions of users Easy to use Other similar projects

  5. Question 2 What subject? Open contents with CC (A) Travelling is interesting for many people  Web 2.0 Viajes 2.0 And it was just after holidays !! :D

  6. Question 3 What is the methodology? Objective: We want a learning community able to self-manage their learning process  Teacher: “the non-teacher” Activities: Based on the use of web 2.0 tools, forums and blogs

  7. The Process How to organize it? how long  marketing  enrolment range  certification  5 weeks Through facebook and UOC Questionnaire no filters email and gift

  8. Let’s go to reality: what happenned? mss n-p blogs forums

  9. Evaluation 1.- Quantitative data 2.- Users evaluation (20 users) 3.-Etnographic evaluation

  10. Users’ evaluation: some items The degree of freedom of this methodology improved my participation I had fun carrying out the learning activities in the course The role of the facilitator is necessary in a course developed through Facebook

  11. Users’ evaluation: more items Self-assess your participation in the ‘non-course’ ¿What’s your global evaluation of the ‘non-course’?

  12. And they said... “It is a funny way of learning” “Five weeks were not enough” “We missed email notifications” “It is an interesting tool to attract young people” “I did not like observing how so many students joined but did not participate” (the ‘free’ hypothesis) “At the beginning I felt I was not sure I was assimilating the contents ” Users’ evaluation: their opinions

  13. And what about the ones who joined the ‘non-course’ but did not participate? “Finally I did not have time enough” “I was a bit lost within the Facebook structure “ “I did not want such a ‘self-learning’ methodology, felt it was too open” “I did not know when the course was starting – no notifications” “Personal issues” Analyzing non-participation

  14. An etnographic evaluation • The activity of the facilitator importantly conditioned learners’ activity • The amount of social learning depended on each forum • The influence of specific active users was very relevant in the engagement and dinamization of the activity in the forums

  15. The structure of the activity is still quite ‘facilitator-centered’ Five weeks is not enough time Lack of commitment with free courses Facebook and its rigid architecture The trend to return to traditional ways to learn Some conclusions

  16. How to bridge between the ‘1.0 habits’ of users and an open proposal like this? How to determine specific functions and tasks of the facilitator and how to switch control to the community? How to evaluate learning experiences based on the use of social networks and social learning in general? How to deal with the sensations of feeling lost, dispersion... how to face the chaos? Time for reflection…

  17. Thank you ! :D

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