Week 2 - Digital Pedagogy

Online Learning Design

This week I participated in the "Mobile Phones Wiki". Once I realised that I didn't have to create a wiki using my mobile phone (remember I am an extreme Digital Imigrant) I found this stimulating.
It involved group work whereby individuals collaborated via a CQ Campus wiki
http://eded20591-1-12.wikispaces.com/Group+1+Mobile+Phones to discuss the topic: "Mobile Phones - should they be used in the classroom?"
When I was at school the equivalent of this was group brainstorming over a large piece of paper with 1 person as the scribe and another the reporter to tell the class the findings.
This wasn't just a debate, it was a guided task using De Bono's Hats http://www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinking/Hats/hats.htm. Using the hats gave different perspectives for the question eg. negative (black hat), objective (white hat). This is an example of scaffolding. We were given tools which were the Thinking Hats concept and a wiki set up in table form and asked the question. This required drawing on our own knowledege and experience and sharing it with the group.
This experience is an example of Social Constructivism and Connectivism Theories at work.
Social Constructivism involves learning by experience and draws on social interactions within a learning community. This was set up and scaffolded by the teacher.
Connectivism is also in play here due to our networking to share our knowledge and ideas via the wiki. Although contrived, this situation brought together a diverse group of people sharing different opinions.