McLeod Supplemental handout OLS13

David Axlyn McLeod, PhD

OLS.2013 Activating Students: Harnessing the Power of Student Generated Content

David Axlyn McLeod, PhD

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“We are living in the middle of the largest increase in expressive capability in the history of the human race.” – Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody

Game Changer

Digital technologies (particularly the web) have radically changed the ways we access, distribute, and CONTROL the delivery of information.

The information exchange is changing…..

From This (Information Scarcity)

To This (Information abundance)

.. & so is education

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So what can we do to help distinguish how students access, interpret, and disseminate information in the digital age?

We can make it a part of our learning spaces.

Chickering and Gamson

Student Generated Content is an educational strategy that represents an intentional shift of the student’s role from content consumer to content producer, and results in products of lasting value to the individual student, other students in the class, a larger community, and society (Sener, 2007; Lee & Mock, 2009).

David Axlyn McLeod, PhD

Blooms Taxonomy & examples of digital tools found at each level

Be Careful (Thoughtful)! While all these tools are interesting and hold great potential, the point here is not to teach because of a tool! It’s incredibly important to develop your learning goals and objectives first. Then find tools to help you achieve them.

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Some of the digital tools I’ve used to both make the most of the 7 principles while focusing on Student Generated Content.

Blogs -­‐‑

A free and open access platform for content creation and distribution (as many possibilities as you have imagination for)

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Ex. http://project710.blogspot.com/ <-­‐‑ look under student projects

Social Media -­‐‑

Facebook, Tumblr, Google +, Twitter or others (can be used in public or private/closed ways to improve student engagement and instant or searchable sharing) Making it very easy for students to distribute content they find away form class time. Encourages learning during non-­‐‑class time.

Wikis -­‐‑

An open and “forever” accessible platform for shared collaboration or group working spaces

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Ex. http://crjs370fall2012.pbworks.com/

RSS -­‐‑

“Re-­‐‑wiring the web” these are tools that help you aggregate specific content to a specific place on the web. It helps you organize distributed content

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Ex. http://www.protopage.com/project710

David A. McLeod, PhD VCU CTE, but Headed to The University of Oklahoma www.damcv.com