Digital Literacies for learning

1. Digital Literacies for learning Week 8 – Theories of Learning

2. Overview of the session • Welcome • Questions from last week • Assessment Task 2 • Lecture response • Short term memory in action • Cognitive Load • Lesson plan analysis • The Networked Learner • Assessment Task 3 – check in • Preparation for next week

3. Assessment task 2 infographic Global Extension granted New due date Monday May 27th at 9am

4. Assessment task 2 - infographic • To complete this assessment task, you are required to • Research the school profile to gather information such as • numbers in year levels • how many classes • number of female and male students • number of staff – teachers and non-teaching • teachers’ qualifications • percentage of Indigenous students • Number of school card holders, • Number of students from a language other than English speaking background • Attendance rates etc. • Other relevant information • You will collect data from sources such as mySchool, the school’s website (look for the annual report), Department for Education (search for the school, then look at their site summary report), Independent Schools (school performance report), or Catholic Education. This information is publicly available from these sites.

5. Assessment task 2 - continued • Your submission will be based on the following criteria • Infographic is visually appealing and appropriate for the purpose intended. • Data is presented using both text and images (which may include graphs). • Appropriate reference list included and formatted in UniSA Harvard style • Infographic is clearly written with correct spelling, punctuation and grammar. • The assessment rubric is available on the course site and breaks down each of these criteria a little more.

7. Assessment task 2 – where to start • Read through the information on the course outline and the assessment notes to ensure you are clear about what this task is asking of you. • Watch the following video which provides some helpful advice on creating an infographic • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLxQAa5Sras • Spend some time looking at online examples of infographics • Choose a school you are familiar with. This could be your upcoming placement school (or previous placement site), your children’s school or one you went to.

8. This week’s lecture – a recap • With a partner, create a short quiz (5 questions) based on the information about the learning theories contained in this week’s lecture • Go to Quizlet.com and create an account (free version) • Choose 5 terms and enter them together with the definition – try to write the definition in your own words rather than copying from the course materials • Create the quiz • Test it with another pair

9. Activity – analysis of lesson plan • Read through the Digital Technologies lesson plan carefully. In particular, consider the tasks that the students are asked to complete and the role of the teacher. What learning theories are being used in this lesson? What aspects of the lesson plan help you make this decision? • SAMPLE LESSON PLAN

10. Activity – principles of cognitive overload You may have heard of the term ‘death by Power Point’. This concept is used to describe poorly constructed presentations or teachers who rely on many power points in their lessons. • The principles of cognitive load theory can be used to produce a presentation that is engaging and supports the learning of your students. • Look through the power point presentation shared here. Take ONE of the ideas presented on the slides and either re-arrange the content to produce a more appealing and supportive slide or create one of your own that is likely to assist learners to remember the content.

11. Activity: the networked learner • As a 21st century learner which of these learning characteristics can you identify in your own learning? • Take control of their learning • Connect with other students • Build personal learning networks • Find relevant web sites • Search for scholarly articles on the topic • Post to social bookmarking sites to share URLs with his fellow students • Look at other people’s bookmarks • Search for blogs that others have written • Comments on others’ blogs • Use a reader to subscribe to blog and site updates • Creates their own blogs/sites • Subscribe to podcasts and videocasts to support their learning • Seeks out experts who are willing to share the expertise • Shares knowledge through wiki and other sites • Consider which of these characteristics you make the most use of? Are there any that you don’t use? • Create a mindmap to share the types of networking you make use of

12. Activity – reading task • Read the article that explains more about cognitive load. • Make a list of strategies that you consider important for you to remember when using technology with primary aged children. • Share the strategies with your peers

13. Assessment task 3 – check in • Students (in small groups) to spend time looking at other resources relevant to this week’s topic. • Prepare a very short presentation back to the class about the its relevance, strengths and limitations, ways of using and with whom, etc. 

14. Any questions?

15. Before our next session………. • Work through Topic 8 • Read and note the lecture materials for Topic 8 • Complete the reading and bring notes with you to class • Find and critique a resource that can be added to your portfolio for assessment task 3 – this could be a coding app, website, etc.