The document discusses several pedagogical approaches to online education. It outlines Martin Weller's view that complexity arises from how people collaborate online. It also discusses Vygotsky's zone of proximal development and how online learning allows interaction with more capable peers. Finally, it proposes that connectivism sees learning as connecting information sources and that maintaining connections is important for learning.

1. Students in the sandbox - developing professionals? A.J. Cann School of Biological Sciences University of Leicester UK www.slideshare.net/AJCann

2. Acknowledgements Jo Badge Neil Saunders

5. Pedagogies of Online Education Graham Attwell: Vygotsky and e-learning Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development - the gap between “actual development” which students can accomplish independently and the “potential development” which they can accomplish when interacting with others who are more capable peers or teachers. http://tinyurl.com/3yv2edq commons.wikimedia.org

8. Quality? Does online = less? More with less - is it cheaper? More with less - is it quicker? Laboratory skills?

9. Personal Learning Environment Systems that help learners take control of and manage their own learning Delicious / CiteULike Google Docs Google Reader PubMed / Google Scholar etc

11. Personal Learning Network The people a learner interacts with and derives knowledge from - Information / technology overload - Peer networks - professional development? www.flickr.com/photos/ajc1/3176725162

12. Peer networks - professional development? Friendfeed = Facebook but not Facebook Minimalist guidance Reflection Feedback Discussion (object centred)