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PEER-LEARNING AND BEYOND Krzysztof Gurba Patras , 2014

PEER-LEARNING AND BEYOND Krzysztof Gurba Patras , 2014. Two c ategories of users. Support of their existing vocational training P rocedural knowledge and skills extending their competence in the specific area of contact with the problems of immigrants.

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PEER-LEARNING AND BEYOND Krzysztof Gurba Patras , 2014

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  1. PEER-LEARNING AND BEYOND Krzysztof Gurba Patras, 2014 Final Conference

  2. Two categories of users • Support of theirexistingvocationaltraining • Proceduralknowledge and skillsextendingtheircompetence in the specificarea of contact with the problems of immigrants Culturalmediators by profession Non-professionalculturalmediators, for example:socialworkers, counselors, educators, healthassistants, police officers and borderguards Final Conference

  3. Cultural mediation – profession or mission The essence of the profession of cultural mediator, according to the participants of researchin Sonetor Project, israther a continuousaccompanimentgiven to animmigrant in a new and differentreality and being a guide to the complexitiesof immigrant life in the host country, explainingthesecomplexities and differences, and practicallysolvingthem. Socialskills of cultural mediator: Show understanding Be patient Be open to the otherness Likewhatyou do Final Conference

  4. Set of competencies • Five corecompetenciesare the following: • Anthropological-sociologicalknowledge • Communicative and linguisticcompetence • Patience • Openness and tolerance • Pragmaticskills Final Conference

  5. Learning scenarios – mainfeatures (1) Guided and unguided (inspectedor not by a moderator) Story-based Assigned to the expected learning outcomes (EQF) Sequence of individualsteps (decisionpoints) Massivebackgroundlinks and contexts (furtherreadings, documentation, data bases, casestudies) Final Conference

  6. Learning scenarios – mainfeatures (2) Mashed-up with otherscenarios and episodes Mashed-up with social networks Multimedial (videos, infographics, photos, animations) Self and peertested and assessed Open for online and offlinediscussion Free of charge Based on real life experience of users Final Conference

  7. Sonetor platform – cognitivevalue • Idea of Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 • Web 2.0 - User-generatedcontent • Web 3.0 - Content crowdsourcing • Wisdom of the crowd, pro-am learning • Feedback effect - inducedactivity and creativityof scholars and otherprofessionals Final Conference

  8. …and beyond • MOOCs (globalclassrooms) • Coursera • edX • Udacity • Udemy • OERs • Open Badges • Chunking of content • Tinkering Final Conference

  9. MOOCs • MOOC = Massively Open Online Course • Freeclasses (usually) • Huge following (avarage 50 000 students) • Includesall of the components neededto learn away from the traditional classroom (lectures, activities, quizzes, projects) • Broadcommunity • Moderated and mastered by learners and coaches • Certificates (usuallypaid but affordable) Final Conference

  10. MOOCsoffer • Courses offeredby MOOC start-ups: • Coursera (consortium, Stanford, Princeton, etc.) • edX (consortium, Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, certificates) • Udacity (company, mostlycomputer science, certificates and resume to partnersincl. Google, Facebook, Bank of America, etc.) • Udemy (company, open, big names) Final Conference

  11. Global classroom – newphenomena • OERs(Open EducationalResources) • Open sourceeductionalcontent • Open badges(Khan Academy, Mozilla’s Open Badges) • Rewardingindividuals for knowledge and skills acquired outside traditional classrooms • Chunking of content • Modular structure of educationalcontent • Tinkering • Learning by doing, exploring, building. Leveraging students interestby what they make with their hands Final Conference

  12. Thankyou for yourattention! Krzysztof Gurba Vice-director Institute of Journalism and Social Communication Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow krzysztof.gurba@upjp2.edu.pl Final Conference

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