The crowdsourced closing keynote:

co-creating learning

Ewan McIntosh, facilitated by Tom Barrett

Innovating e-Learning 2011Learning in Transition

Facilitator

Tom Barrett is one of the UK’s best known classroom teachers, working in the elementary

schools sector. Hecurates and shares thousands of practical ideas from teachers across the

globe on his blog edte.ch, and puts into practice the very best thinking on educational

technology to inspire and engage children in their learning.

Tom works on leadership, technology adoption and improving teacher capacity with NoTosh in

schools across the UK, and inspires teacher audiences with fresh ideas for engaging young

people in learning.

Presenter

Ewan McIntosh is CEO of NoTosh Limited, a startup that works with creative industries on the

one hand, and then takes the processes, attitudes and research gained from working on those

projects to the world of education, providing schools, districts and Governments all around the

world with ideas, inspiration and research on how to better engage teens.

McIntosh was a French and German High School teacher, before moving from the classroom

into technology research and leadership as Scotland’s first National Advisor on Learning and

Technology Futures. He later helped set up one of the most ambitious investment funds from a

public service broadcaster in the UK, the $100m 4iP Fund from Channel 4 Television.

Text-chatting

Elluminate layout

Audio

Whiteboard

Technical

problems

• Use the text-chat to engage with other delegates, presenter and moderators

about the content of the session.

• You can send private text-chat messages e.g. to moderators or to individuals.

• You can change your Elluminate layout to “Wide layout” to make it easier to

follow the text-chat (select “View … Layouts…Wide layout”).

• If you are distracted by the text-chat, you can “unlock” the Elluminate layout to

enable you to adjust the size and position of the text-chat sub-window (uncheck

“View…Layouts …Layout locked”)

• It is best to run the Audio Set-up Wizard to test your audio set-up each time you

enter an Elluminate room (select “Tools…Audio… Audio setup wizard).

• You must use a headset/microphone if you want to ask a question in audio.

• Only use your microphone when guided by a moderator – click on the mic icon

(bottom-left of screen) to turn it on and click on it again to turn it off.

• Only draw on the whiteboard if guided by a moderator.

• Send a private text-chat message to “moderators” and they will try to help.

Session practice

Challenges

Challenge 1

‘Your’ jargon

responsibilityrespect

real thingschoice

challengecollaboration

responsibilityrespect

real thingschoice

challengecollaboration

Challenge 2Why do we feel we have

to play the

crystal ball game?

Secret SpacesMobile, SMS, IM, Some Handheld Console Gaming , Private RSS Readers, Private

Pictures

notosh.com

Secret SpacesMobile, SMS, IM, Some Handheld Console Gaming , Private RSS Readers, Private

Pictures

notosh.com

Secret SpacesMobile, SMS, IM, Some Handheld Console Gaming , Private RSS Readers, Private

Pictures

Group SpacesFacebook, Ning, NationBuilder, Networked Gaming, etc

notosh.com

Secret SpacesMobile, SMS, IM, Some Handheld Console Gaming , Private RSS Readers, Private

Pictures

Group SpacesFacebook, Ning, NationBuilder, Networked Gaming, etc

Publishing SpacesWordPress, Blogger, Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa, Steam etc

notosh.com

Secret SpacesMobile, SMS, IM, Some Handheld Console Gaming , Private RSS Readers, Private

Pictures

Group SpacesFacebook, Ning, NationBuilder, Networked Gaming, etc

Publishing SpacesWordPress, Blogger, Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa, Steam etc

Performing SpacesSecond Life, World of Warcraft, Home, etc

notosh.com

Secret SpacesMobile, SMS, IM, Some Handheld Console Gaming , Private RSS Readers, Private

Pictures

Group SpacesFacebook, Ning, NationBuilder, Networked Gaming, etc

Publishing SpacesWordPress, Blogger, Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa, Steam etc

Performing SpacesSecond Life, World of Warcraft, Home, etc

Participation SpacesMarches, Meetings, “Like Boxes”, Markets, Events etc

notosh.com

Secret SpacesMobile, SMS, IM, Some Handheld Console Gaming , Private RSS Readers, Private

Pictures

Group SpacesFacebook, Ning, NationBuilder, Networked Gaming, etc

Publishing SpacesWordPress, Blogger, Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa, Steam etc

Performing SpacesSecond Life, World of Warcraft, Home, etc

Participation SpacesMarches, Meetings, “Like Boxes”, Markets, Events etc

Data SpacesSunshine Foundation, data.gov.uk, etc

notosh.com

Secret SpacesMobile, SMS, IM, Some Handheld Console Gaming , Private RSS Readers, Private

Pictures

Group SpacesFacebook, Ning, NationBuilder, Networked Gaming, etc

Publishing SpacesWordPress, Blogger, Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa, Steam etc

Performing SpacesSecond Life, World of Warcraft, Home, etc

Participation SpacesMarches, Meetings, “Like Boxes”, Markets, Events etc

Data SpacesSunshine Foundation, data.gov.uk, etc

Watching SpacesTelevision, Gigs, Theatre, Public RSS Readers etc notosh.com

Challenge 3We approach

curriculum design

as if we are

quantity surveyors

The Design Thinking school IS A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS ARE problem finders, WHERE THEY SOLVE real problems THAT ARE relevant TO THEM.IT’S A Creative PLACE WHERE responsibility FOR MAKING LEARNING choices START AND END WITH THE STUDENT

Problem

Solvers

Problem

Finders

Design Thinking Process: from Stanford d.school’s K12 Lab

divergent thinkingdivergent thinking

Design Thinking Process: from Stanford d.school’s K12 Lab

divergent thinking convergent thinkingconvergent thinkingdivergent thinking

Design Thinking Process: from Stanford d.school’s K12 Lab

Design Thinking Process: from Stanford d.school’s K12 Lab

Design Thinking Process: from Stanford d.school’s K12 Lab

Design Thinking Process: from Stanford d.school’s K12 Lab

Challenge 4Digital Literacy: if it

needs a PhD to

understand it then we’re

losing...

what is a 7 year old

passionateabout?

Challenge 5Can (Higher Education)

institutions

ever really give up

ownership of learning?

not sage on the stage

not sage on the stage

we need

active meddlers

not sage on the stage

we need

active meddlers

not guide on the side

'Children have to learn the basics and grammar

and syntax before they can develop their

writing', thundered Nick Seaton, chairman of the

campaign for Real Education'. 'A knowledge of

grammar must always come before creativity.'

'Children have to learn the basics and grammar

and syntax before they can develop their

writing', thundered Nick Seaton, chairman of the

campaign for Real Education'. 'A knowledge of

grammar must always come before creativity.'

And blind faith and bombast must always

come before a weighing of the evidence,

apparently."

(cf Richard Andrew, Carole Torgerson, Sue Beverton, Allison Freeman, Terry

Locke, Graham Low, Alison Robinson and Die Zhu, 'The effect of grammar

teaching on writing development', British Educational Research Journal, 2006,

32 (1), pp.39-55)

Challenge 6We have research. We

just choose to ignore

it.

Challenge 7Does Higher Education

really want the future?

Sharples’ Strategic

Priorities:

1. Socially & personally inclusive education.

2. Blended learning beyond the institution

3. Technology for teaching difficult subjects

4. Shareable & reusable resources

5. Assessment for learning

6. Support environments for professional

practitioners (continuing professional developemt)

Challenge 8The Lead Time

On Innovation

Might Be 50 Years.

Best Get Started Soon.

1968

1974

2010

Competent harnessing

for learning

by institutions ?

2015?

years

yearsto release spectrum

days

Creativity.Challenge.Inspiration.Action.

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Follow-on activities

Asynchronous discussions

You can continue the discussions in the asynchronous discussion area:

http://www.online-conference.co.uk/WebX?230@@.eedd49c

Thinking Space

Sally Graham and Joy Jarvis will chart the developing story of the conference,

creating a virtual thinking space to visually present ideas, common themes,

connections, views, issues and questions that arise from the conference.

You can access the online Thinking Space at http://bit.ly/tieV01.

As Sally and Joy develop the Thinking Space during each day of the conference,

please contribute towards the Thinking Space by tweeting your ideas and feedback

using the tag #jiscel11space.

Sally Graham

Joy Jarvis