{"id":3945,"date":"2014-06-27T09:15:25","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T09:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsletter.alt.ac.uk\/?p=3945"},"modified":"2014-06-27T09:15:25","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T09:15:25","slug":"guest-blog-post-from-joanna-stroud-online-learning-developing-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2014\/06\/guest-blog-post-from-joanna-stroud-online-learning-developing-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest blog post from Joanna Stroud &#8211; Online Learning: Developing Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This blog post appeared first on the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, LSHTM elearning\u00a0blog <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/elearning\/\">http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/elearning\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joanne is an eLearning Officer in the Division of Education at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. <\/strong><strong>In this blog post she reviews a lunchtime seminar in which Myles Runham, Head of Online Learning at the BBC Academy discussed the future of online learning. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This lunchtime seminar, presented by Myles Runham, Head of Online at the BBC Academy, demonstrated how and why the BBC utilises social media in its delivery of online education and learning content, in addition to the benefits of doing so.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Some key points I took away from the seminar are as follows.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We continue to be preoccupied with learning happening in a certain time and place.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Citing Clay Shirky\u2019s assertion that \u201cinstitutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution\u201d, Myles drew attention to education providers\u2019 continued delivery of linear courses and \u2018traditional\u2019 learning experiences, such as lectures.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There are other approaches we might employ whilst maintaining our offering as relevant and useful.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">People now learn through a variety of different means, including social media and video platforms such as YouTube. It\u2019s possible to scaffold learning within these platforms using exactly the same content, people, and approaches as a more traditional approach, but it still isn\u2019t accepted as a viable or valid. Social media tools set new expectations for learners, being user-focused, relevant, discoverable, reusable, searchable, social, timely, and most of all: simple. This is why people use them.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Social media tools\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/tKTGrObNyO5vRCxzNzmQOkiQwHQ5ph7A7OxEfs6xn_wZ1ljWHcQTINYzhOZt9KW9mdXxUW9KdIvmRJ3A8FPLxh5RXJjFBxY2XSI8BvVMG3lYf4yfavBcgcmYjPZ8-Faqaw\" alt=\"Social media tools\" width=\"400\" height=\"133\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sean MacEntee, <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/i25Ab\">via Flickr<\/a> under Creative Commons Licence.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Web learning tools aren\u2019t special.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Myles used the annual C4LPT survey of learning tools to demonstrate that the top ten are just normal tools for productivity. They\u2019re non-specialist, i.e. not necessarily built with education in mind, they put user needs first, and can be used in a whole range of different ways.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Digital experiences are a complement to traditional learning methods.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">People become anxious when it\u2019s suggested that digital activities might replace the course-based experience. They likely won\u2019t, but should instead be incorporated into the curriculum to add value and supplement existing practices. Social learning experiences are exceptionally powerful in the real world, so why not also engage in them online with a vast array of learners and experts?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Education providers must play a part in validating content delivered through digital channels.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">One criticism of informal online learning is that knowledge can be unverified; it lacks a theoretical or a research-informed underpinning. Universities can ensure that quality standards are maintained by being involved in this process: designing, developing, and curating media content that is both relevant and reliable within the context of academic study.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Links:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mylesrun\">Myles Runham Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/academy\">BBC Academy<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/c4lpt.co.uk\/top100tools\/\">C4LPT Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Social Scholar is a series of seminars which focus on the use of social media in education. Events are hosted by the School of Advanced Study and are free and open to all. More information about forthcoming seminars can be found in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sas.ac.uk\/support-research\/public-events\/highlights\/social-scholar\">events calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"info\">Joanna Stroud, eLearning Officer in the Division of Education at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\">If you enjoyed reading this article we invite you to join the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) as an individual member, and to encourage your own organisation to join ALT as an organisational or sponsoring member<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This blog post appeared first on the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, LSHTM elearning\u00a0blog http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/elearning\/ Joanne is an eLearning Officer in the Division of Education at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. 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