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Targe&ng an excep&onal Educa&onal experience IBM Connec&ons in Educa&on
Simon Vaughan Deputy IT Director, Cardiff University IBM Collabora;on Champion Jon Sco< Educa;onal Researcher and Freelance Rich Media Producer
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Agenda
1) Introductions - Simon 2) The rise of digital natives and what they now expect - Simon 3) Connnections @ Cardiff - Simon 4) The Student view - Jon 5) A new way of engaging - Jon 6) Some of the issues we have seen - Jon 7) Social Student - Simon / Jon 8) Questions (and hopefully answers)
3 http://www.flickr.com/photos/sir_mervs/2804845277/ - Sir Mervs
Cardiff University
l 27,000 Students - 7,500 graduates each year - 6,000 employees l Research led University l Geographically dispersed campus
– All Wales support (Students on placement) l Need easy access to relevant information l How to attract and retain the best!
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Some of the challenges WE face
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The changing needs of our Students, Researcher, Staff (17 to 70+ years old..)
Born 1945 to early 1960’s
Born Pre 1945
Born early 1960’s to early 1980’s
Born 1980’s onwards
Digital Immigrants
“Digital Natives”
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From 17 to 70+ years old How they expect to Communicate
Call me
Write me
Mail me
IM me DM me Message me
Use paper
Use paper diaries Someone else may update their calendar / mailbox
Use e-mail Technology ‘Savvy’
‘E-mail is for my parents’
“Digital Natives”
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“Digital natives” now expect….
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To be always on….
Their network and conversations ‘do not end’ when they leave the workplace (or place of study).
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To be Mobile….
They expect to be connected from anywhere – they expect access to Mobile services NOT mobile sites
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They are experimental….
“Digital Natives” are able to test out new ideas without the need to ask for permission….
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Community Spirit….
The way “Digital Natives” work, write and interact with each is changing….
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They have high expectations….
They have high expectations for their future salary, job, flexibility, lifestyle and technology!
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They have highly tuned filters
They get bored or frustrated if the information flow is poor or too slow! Many are able to 'filter' information to their needs
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Instantaneous feedback….
They are used to giving and receiving information instantaneously. Everything is just a 'Google search' or 'Status update away’
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They expect to be Famous….
Today’s technology gives them access to an instant audience (everybody can have their 15 minutes of fame – often via posting to YouTube….)
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What do our Students expect us to provide? An environment that will allow them to:
l Connect and find people l Break Down barriers l Allow them to share.. l Collaborate in new ways and across boundaries
l Collaborate with potential students l Collaborate with potential employees l Collaborate with friends at other universities
l Stay engaged after they have left University l Download their contributions and create an e-portfolio l Be online from anywhere – Mobile interface
The changing needs of our Students
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On Any device…
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TeamSpace Video Library Wiki Blog
Cardiff University Collaborative toolset
CU Portal (Collaborative space)
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Poor Community
Disengagement
The Student view
A new way of engaging
Students and staff lack digital literacies required to get the most out of the web. This precludes user awareness, and often confidence (many “lurkers” lack the ability to truly engage (dialogue and collaboration)
Problems Educating and supporting
Students Academics +Researchers
Employees
Problems
• People are...
• Pedagogy (Methods of Teaching & Learning)
• University Infrastructure, Policy, ICT Support
Problems
Problems
Platforming collaboration
The Changing Face of Higher Education What’s the next step for the culture of education?
Academic Partnership?
Mass Teaching? “Open” Education?
Cardiff Connections
Educational material – Welcome video
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SocialStudent solution? • A cloud based subscrip;on service (built on IBM Connec;ons) which will allow
Universi;es to offer Students an environment to collaborate • We are hoping that future versions of Connec;ons allows ‘mul; Tennancy’ to
allow sharing – Across ins;tu;ons – With prospec;ve students – With Parents – With ploten;al employees – With Alumni rela;onship – And more……
• SocialStudent enables Students to: – find other students (who may be on another course but have similar
interests / exper;se), – create and par;cipate in groups (that they can create and manage), – Express themselves via a blog, – Post their status and let other students know what they are doing. – Create social groups and share areas of common interest (Soccer club, Rugby
club, etc), – Share Bookmarks, Par;cipate in discussions, Create Self help forums.
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The future of Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Formal Learning
Self study Or self-paced
course
Learning with others on a
course
Traditional scope of an LMS
Individual Group Learning Individual Group Learning
Working and learning together
Connecting, reading, watching,
sharing, Commenting
LMS with ‘social reach’ = SocailStudent!
InFormal Learning and Non-Formal Learning
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The main issues we have seen…. Community overload…..
What Communities am I a member of?
What Communities exist?
Who is collaborating where…? The SocialStudent way
Navigate to communities via a ‘Rich Picture’
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http://victorhaggerillustration.wordpress.com/
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This nearly is the last slide……
No talk at a Connections User conference should end with
"you can contact us via email at ...."
or “we'd be happy to email you our slides ....”
Questions?
Simon Vaughan Jon Sco<
Or connect to us via the Connections User Community in Greenhouse!