Open Source Learning Streams in Social Media in Year 11 Math Teaching

Bidragets oversatte titel: Open source læringsstrøm i sociale meider i 10. klasses matematikundervisning

Thomas Kjærgaard, Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen

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    Abstract

    Abstract
    The students’ use of social media during lessons and in group work is a general concern amongst teachers especially from secondary school and onwards. The blurred ecotones between private, social and academic life brought on by the always present online mobile technology makes utilization of social media in teaching a balancing act. On the one hand the teachers in this study welcome the possibilities for communicating, sharing and producing academically relevant products, and on the other hand they fear that the rhizomatic connection between what is academic and what is regarded as non-academic is disrupting the learning process. Hence, teachers take different measures in order for the ecotones to either separate or engage in fruitful synergy. In this study two very different approaches are taken within similar pedagogical designs in a highly comparable context. In theory the outcome of the pedagogic design should be the same but in practice the two teachers achieve very different results. The study utilizes the deleuzean notion of ‘interest’ and ‘desire’ and problematizes the common use of ‘motivation’ in pedagogy. The study analyzes what appears to be a conflict between the institutionalized ‘interests’ of the educational system and personal ‘desires’ of the student. In one case the institutionalized interest and the personal desire of the student share a significant intersection; whereas the other case shows a clash of ‘interest’ and ‘desire’. The study also shows a clash between content driven teaching and learning driven teaching. Finally the study shows that if a pedagogic design is imposed upon a teacher without his acceptance or full understanding of the design then the outcome is questionable. The study suggests a different approach to motivation that acknowledges that the process of learning is a desire of ‘becoming’ not the ‘pleasure’ of satisfaction through entertaining activities.
    Bidragets oversatte titelOpen source læringsstrøm i sociale meider i 10. klasses matematikundervisning
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TitelEDEN Expanding Learning Scenarios 2015
    ForlagEDEN
    Publikationsdato2015
    StatusUdgivet - 2015
    BegivenhedEden Annual Conference - Barcelona, Danmark
    Varighed: 9 jun. 201512 jun. 2015

    Konference

    KonferenceEden Annual Conference
    Land/OmrådeDanmark
    ByBarcelona
    Periode09/06/201512/06/2015

    Emneord

    • Social media
    • Blurred ecotones
    • open source learning streams

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