Gibbons Designs on E-Learning 2013

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Disrupting Space, Place, and

the Virtual: Framing Place asa Determiner of Learning in

Online/Hybrid Classrooms

Damiana GibbonsAppalachian StateCurriculum & Instruction: Media Studies

Designs on LearningSeptember 12, 2013

Wednesday, September 11, 2013


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In todays session, the overarching question is...

How do place/space and

identities disrupt andempower online teaching and

learning?



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So, what do place and space have to do withonline teaching and learning?



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Research on

Place-basedEducation



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CRITICALPEDAGOGY

OF PLACE

We must understand howplace matters in how wesee the world and each

other (Gruenwald, 2003)

Then, we must reinhabit

our place (Gruenwald,2003, p. 9)



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Place-based education needsto be grounded in the localand to critique the local

(Smith, 2007)

People are encouraged tofeel an affiliation to thewhere they live (Smith, 2007)

LEARNING THE LOCAL



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Place-based is focused onconserving as well astransforming (Ball & Lai,2006; see also Gruenwald,2003)

CONSERVATION



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Research on

Place-basedEducation

Place-based education needs tobe grounded in the local andto

critique the local (Smith, 2007)

People are encouraged to feel anaffiliation to the where they live(Smith, 2007)

LEARNING THE LOCAL

CRITICAL

PEDAGOGY OF

PLACE

We must understand how place mattersin how we see the world and each otherGruenwald, 2003

Then, we must reinhabit our place(Gruenwald, 2003, p. 9)

Place-based is focused onconserving as well astransforming (Ball & Lai, 2006;see also Gruenwald, 2003)

CONSERVATION



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What places are you from?



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Who were (are) you in those places?



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Child, Teen, Adult, Student, Adjunct

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Grad Student, Teacher



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International Student



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International Student

Professor, Partner, Parent



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Research on

Space andMobilities



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Space is real and/orvirtual andimagined...What space

always carries are socialmeanings, and these arealways plural (Georgiou,2006)

SPACE IS

NEGOTIATED AND

SOCIAL



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...space is not simply aninert container for theplaces of everyday

experience; rather, spaceitself is the outcome ofparticular ways ofreasoning about andrepresenting the world(Brewer & Dourish, 2008,pp. 964-965).

SPACE IS

NEGOTIATED AND

SOCIAL



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SPACE IS

EMBODIED

In online interactions, theindividual with a unified senseof identity that is anchored in

a particular physical location isdivided and distributed inhardwares and softwares, yetour embodiedand spatialinteractions with technologiesmust be better understood(Enriquez, 2001, p. 40).



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SPACE / PLACE

People turn spaces intoplaces by embodyingthem, e.g., students living

locally yet attending auniversity elsewherethrough online classes(Enriquez, 2011).



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SPACE / PLACE

Spaces and places arenegotiated socially, e.g., towork [or study] on a train,

one must work within thespace and with otherpeople, e.g., shifting over tolet others sit, listening to aniPod to reduce noise, having

a computer fully charged,having network access, etc.(Whittaker, 2008).



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Research on

Space andMobilities

SPACE IS

EMBODIED

In online interactions, the individual witha unified sense of identity that isanchored in a particular physical location

is divided and distributed in hardwaresand softwares, yet our embodiedandspatial interactions with technologiesmust be better understood (Enriquez,2001, p. 40).

Space is real and/or virtual andimagined...What space always carries aresocial meanings, and these are alwaysplural (Georgiou, 2006)

SPACE IS

NEGOTIATED

AND SOCIAL

Spaces and places are negotiated socially,e.g., to work [or study] on a train, onemust work within the space and withother people, e.g., shifting over to letothers sit, listening to an iPod to reducenoise, having a computer fully charged,having network access, etc. (Whittaker,2008).

SPACE / PLACE

People turn spaces into places byembodying them, e.g., students livinglocally yet attending a universityelsewhere through online classes(Enriquez, 2011).

...space is not simply an inert container for theplaces of everyday experience; rather, space itself isthe outcome of particular ways of reasoning aboutand representing the world (Brewer & Dourish,2008, pp. 964-965).



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What spaces do you occupy?



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What technologies do you use to occupy thosespaces?



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Who are you in those spaces?



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Research on

Online Teachingand Place



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ONLINENESS

AS

NECESSARILY

VARIABLE

The degree to which acourse is taught online iscalled onlineness, and itis variable by necessity andcircumstance (Salmon,2004).

Asynchronouscommunication can bridge

different times and crossdifferent time zones, butthe how and whyfacilitators teach isvariable (Anderson &

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Focusing on a sense of placeis vital to individuals seeingthemselves withincommunities (Northcote,2008).

PLACE AS PART OF

COMMUNITY

BUILDING



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A sense of community AND

a sense of place is reliantupon the identities thestudents and facilitatorshave in online courses(Northcote, 2008).

PLACE AS PART OF

COMMUNITY

BUILDING



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Acknowledging the sense

of place can help to fosteronline learning(Northcote, 2008; Conrad,2005).

PLACE AS A

DETERMINER IN

ONLINE

LEARNING



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Research on

Online Teachingand Place

Focusing on a sense of place isvital to individuals seeingthemselves within communities(Northcote, 2008).

A sense of community AND asense of place is reliant upon theidentities the students andfacilitators have in online courses(Northcote, 2008).

PLACE AS PART OF

COMMUNITY BUILDING

ONLINENESS

AS

NECESSARILY

VARIABLE

The degree to which a course is taughtonline is called onlineness, and it isvariable by necessity and circumstance(Salmon, 2004).

Asynchronous communication can bridgedifferent times and cross different time

zones, but the how and why facilitatorsteach is variable (Anderson & Barham,2010)

Acknowledging the sense ofplace can help to foster onlinelearning (Northcote, 2008;Conrad, 2005).

PLACE AS ADETERMINER

IN ONLINE

LEARNING



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Illustrative Example



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Summer Instructional Media Course

Four week course

Online only

Asynchronous with no required sync sessions

14 students

All in Distance Ed, some nearby, some distant



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Technology: Space



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Technologies



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Technologies



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Technologies of Space



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Complications of Place/Identity



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Complications of Place/Identity



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Bridging Spaces, Places, and Identities

Tech Talks

Asynchronous presentations

Discussions over VT

Student-selected topics

Final Projects

Asynchronous presentations; papers

Student-selected topicsLocal to students professional livesin their home communities



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So, what does it all mean?



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Where is this person?



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Where is this person?Who is this person?



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How do we make this all happen?



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Questions/Comments?

Damiana [email protected]

Masters in Educational Media: Media Literacy and New Media
http://distance.appstate.edu/graduate-programs/61http://distance.appstate.edu/graduate-programs/61http://distance.appstate.edu/graduate-programs/483http://distance.appstate.edu/graduate-programs/483mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

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