Oliver Quinlan

Connected: Supporting student blogging and communities of learning [Video] #ptlc12

This morning myself, Peter Yeomans and Steve Wheeler presented at the Plymouth University Vice Chancellor’s Teaching and Learning Conference. We shared the work we have been doing on facilitating students building personal learning networks and sustainably engaging in professional dialogues to support their learning and practice. 

In this presentation we share the contract of challenge we enter into with our students at interview, some case studies of how they are supporting their learning and contributing to their professional field, and the pedagogical implications of this activity.

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  1. VC’s Teaching & Learning Conference 2012… | Flea …Bytes!

    […] ‘Supporting student blogging and communities of learning’ (Oliver Quinlan, Peter Yeomans and Steve Wheeler) – was a presentation illustrating the power of networking through creating your own Personal Learning Environment (PLE). Students on the BEd Primary Education Programme of Initial Teacher Education use Twitter and manage their own free form blogs to learn and communicate with each other and external influencers. I was surprised to learn that these blogs are not assessed. Another interesting point was that students blog live from their lectures, publishing and sharing their notes immediately. Oliver demonstrated this throughout the day, providing instant articles from the presentations he attended. These are very factually written (and well written I think) which is a great skill for journalists, but shouldn’t an educator’s blog be more reflective? We encourage our students to think and write reflectively, and a major part of obtaining my CMALT qualification involved being critically reflective… My posts take quite a long time to write, although I’m now tempted to give ‘live blogging’ a try – I just need to ensure that I have enough battery power! […]

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  2. VC’s Teaching & Learning Conference 2012… | flea…bytes

    […] ‘Supporting student blogging and communities of learning’ (Oliver Quinlan, Peter Yeomans and Steve Wheeler) – was a presentation illustrating the power of networking through creating your own Personal Learning Environment (PLE). Students on the BEd Primary Education Programme of Initial Teacher Education use Twitter and manage their own free form blogs to learn and communicate with each other and external influencers. I was surprised to learn that these blogs are not assessed. Another interesting point was that students blog live from their lectures, publishing and sharing their notes immediately. Oliver demonstrated this throughout the day, providing instant articles from the presentations he attended. These are very factually written (and well written I think) which is a great skill for journalists, but shouldn’t an educator’s blog be more reflective? We encourage our students to think and write reflectively, and a major part of obtaining my CMALT qualification involved being critically reflective… My posts take quite a long time to write, although I’m now tempted to give ‘live blogging’ a try – I just need to ensure that I have enough battery power! […]

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  3. ‘Connected: supporting student blogging and communities of learning’, Oliver Quinlan, Plymouth Uni | Katharine Stapleford

    […] Great ppt from a group of teacher educators on the use of blogging by student teachers. […]

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