Typology: Book
Language: English
Date: 2014
Innovating Pedagogy 2014 - Exploring new forms of teaching, learning and assessment, to guide educators and policy makers, Open University Innovation Report 3
Theme: Evaluation and Feedback
Author: Mike Sharples, Anne Adams, Rebecca Ferguson, Mark Gaved, Patrick McAndrew, Bart Rienties, Martin Weller, Denise Whitelock
Keywords: social learning; effective learning1, Flipped classroom; personalized assessment;
ABSTRACT: Education can be dramatically enhanced by social networks, a report from The Open University claims. The so-called ‘network effect’ comes from many thousands of people learning from each other, but it needs careful management to reach its full potential. The movement of education from the classroom and onto social networks is one of the key trends identified in the Innovating Pedagogy 2014 report. The report identifies 10 methods of teaching, learning and assessment that are gaining influence but which have not yet had a major impact on education. One of these, massive open social learning, brings the benefits of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to people taking online courses, by recommending, liking and following the best content created by other learners. Millions of people are now studying massive open online courses (MOOCs) for free. Massive open social learning exploits the ‘network effect’ where the value of a network increases as more people use it. This new trend encourages online learners to connect to each other, join productive discussions, share ideas and create material that other learners can use. Full report and additional materials can be found here: http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/innovating/
Sharples, M., Adams, A., Ferguson, R., Gaved, M., McAndrew, P., Rienties, B., Weller, M., & Whitelock, D. (2014). Innovating Pedagogy 2014: Open University Innovation Report 3. Milton Keynes: The Open University.
