My Keynote session for the 2010 Reform Symposium.

1. Who needs bricks and mortar? My Keynote session for the Reform Symposium 2010. The conference was online, the recording for this session can be accessed from this post: http://johart1.edublogs.org/2010/08/06/we-didnt-need-bricks-and-mortar/ Yesterday Today Jo Hart Tomorrow

2. Use this tool & mark your approx location

3. A very personal view of the world of learning now.. ..and in the future

4. We innovate.. ..OR we stagnate!

5. This year I have:  Started to pilot student blogging  Gone fully online for regional students

6. ? Teacher/ Learner Teacher/ Learner

7. My rock, stick & sand NOW! ?

8. Your favourite rock or stick & sand?  

9. Moora Northam Merredin Perth Perth Narrogin Where am I coming from? 155,000 km2 72,000 people

11. Long term unemployed

12. Mature age returning to learning

13. Culturally & linguistically diverse

15. Which area does your teaching mostly fall into: Poll A – Language Arts B – Maths C – Science/Technology D – Social Studies/Sciences E – Literacy/Numeracy/ESL

16. Your main teaching NOW! Flexible delivery Mixed/ variable All on same topic Face-to-face F-to-f with tech Remote online Some online Fully online

17. Why go completely online?

18. Moora Northam Merredin Perth Perth Narrogin 155,000 km2 classroom 155,000 km2  72,000 people Impractical  Practical

20. Work returned for feedback (postal)

21. Minimal contact/interaction occasional calls

22. No “relationship” with lecturer or peers

23. Very slow – momentum easily lostUnit completion & retention close to zero Face-to-face unit completion & retention est 15-40 percent. Whole Cert completion <5%

24. Why such poor results? Your Thoughts!  

26. No peer/lecturer social interaction

27. Little peer/lecturer support with learning

28. Physical isolation from other learners

30. Challenges faced? – Your Thoughts!  

31. Management perceptions – time needed Size & level range of courses - 850 hr 3-4 levels Different systems, applications, configurations Students’ lack of motivation, commitment Students’ lack of literacy, IT, study skills Students’ geographical & social isolation Infrastructure & beaurocracy

32. Dealing with the challenges - How? “Buy time” – Australians Working Together, State Building Diversity funding 2008 Integrate – all levels in one LMS course Find/map pre-existing online resources/ interactives Gap fill by developing new resources/activities

33. For the students I need to think …. TIS Take It Slowly KISS Keep It Simple and Safe CURL Communicate, Understand, Reiterate, Learn

34. Common to all three courses

36. Link to other resources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/

37. Task introduction – discussed with student

38. ARED interactive for basic IT elective

39. westnet iinet Mozilla v? Wordpad Vista Office 2010 Symantec McAfee GoogleDocs OpenOffice YahooMail Office 2007 XP Home Thunderbird Works IE v? Firefox v? Gmail Outlook Office 2003 Hotmail Windows Security Outlook Express bigpond Ubuntu Windows v? Chrome

40. The Key = Virtual First ! Stepwise instructions for Elluminate configuration + individual support, phone, online Demo LMS access and how to use in Elluminate Variety of formats for resources & student work “How to” emails with screen shots

43. Loves & hates?

46. Communicate! Multiple redundancy Virtual class Email LMS mail LMS discussions LMS chat LMS progress tasks LMS journal Blog

47. We have moved from .. .. to

50. Expected unit completion similar f-2-f

52. Needs more social dimension/social networking

53. High student support needs

54. Time taken to get enrolled/started

55. Access from other campuses

56. LMS – broken links/selective release issues

58. Where will we be “tomorrow”? In 10 years time will my students be here?

59. Where will my students be “tomorrow”? – Your Thoughts!  

60. Time to dream a little! Where will schools & learning be “tomorrow”? Or perhaps… where won’t they be?

61. My guess for 10 year’s time: Flexible delivery Mixed/ variable All on same topic Face-to-face F-to-f with tech Remote online Some online Fully online

62. “Hot desking” is common today

63. How about “Hot schooling” for tomorrow?

64. A possible “Hot school” model School A. Students & Teachers On campus. Mon, Tue, Wed am Home, Other venue, Virtual classes SpecialistEquipt. Labs, Library, Gym, Sportfield, Admins, Shared support staff Home, Other venue, Virtual classes School B. Students & Teachers On campus. Wed pm, Thur, Fri

65. Barriers to “Hot Schooling”? – Your Thoughts!

67. Students will access inappropriate websites

68. Perception that teachers only work when “policed” by admin

69. Resistance to working from home by teachers

70. Unwillingness to share facilities

71. Students won’t work if not “policed”

72. Students will “get up to mischief”

75. Saving “bricks & mortar” costs

76. Saving travel costs

77. Better facilities possible

78. Environmental footprints reduced?

79. Blend -> digital & f-2-f social skills dev

81. Thank you for taking part! Please give me some feedback by polling on the following slides Jo Hart

82. Feedback Was the pace of the session? A Too slow B Just right C Too fast

83. Feedback Was the session (content and activities)? A Interesting B OK C Boring

84. Feedback How was the session format & structure? A Just right – it worked well B OK C Not very good

85. Feedback: Comments / ideas / +ves / -ves