Social Computing

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Social Computing

• Chris Reading
• SiMERR National Centre, University of New England
• Catherine Mc Loughlin
• SiMERR - ACT, Australian Catholic University
  National

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impact of social computing on

• student learning
• teacher professional learning
• relationships between academics and teachers

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session 8

• awareness raising
• settle in (5 mins)
• introduction by facilitator (5 mins)
• group brainstorm (5 mins)
• discussion
• small group breakout (25 mins)
• closure
• small group report back (10 mins)
• facilitator sums up (5 mins)

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social computing enhancing learning in remote
Australia

• (scs.une.edu.au/Web2)

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social computing

• social computing enhancing learning in remote
  Australia
• (scs.une.edu.au/Web2)
• learning focus
• sharing knowledge
• creating shared understandings
• collaborating on document creation
• communicating real-time

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student learning

• What is the impact of social computing on student
  learning?
• How do we engage students in multimodal learning
  through learning technology applications?
• What are the challenges in building on the
  activities emerging through social software to
  create learning communities that offer
  personalised collaborative learning experiences
  to engage students and facilitate student
  learning?
• What benefits will social computing bring?

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teacher professional learning

• How can teachers use social software tools to
  participate in professional learning through a
  community of practice?
• How can teachers share resources, ideas and
  pedagogies?
• What are the challenges facing teachers in
  adopting web2.0 tools for their own professional
  learning?
• What benefits will social computing bring?

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relationships between academics and teachers

• What the challenges facing academics and teachers
  as they use Web2.0 tools to develop a collegial
  working relationship?
• What benefits will social computing bring?

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group brainstorm