2. Connected Learning Communities An overview of the cLc UniServity

3.  UniServity is an education company  14 countries + 6 pending (UK, Australia, China, Singapore, Uganda, Malaysia… and US)  Engagements at ministry level in many countries  Global community of c.3,000+ schools  Over 2,000,000 active learners and teachers Who we are

4. Helping governments, districts and schools to…  Transform, Remodel and IMPROVE teaching and learning SYSTEMIZING CHANGE What we are about

5. What we offer  Common platform and toolkit – Fully flexible & extensible 21 st Century Next Generation Learning Platform (ePortfolio and space, safe social networking, community tools)  Leadership & teacher professional development (“Roadmap to Success”)  Global community and 21 st Century learning projects

6.  Remove barriers to learning –Classrooms –School day and Timetable –Teacher as knowledge giver –Teacher as principal audience  Access to the best learning experiences available –New audiences –New collaborators –Authentic learning –Authentic assessment  Blur the edges between formal, non formal and informal learning Learning without barriers Collaboration (early years) Teacher-led factory model Learner-led organisation personalising learning

7. System conforms to the learnerLearner conforms to the system 20 th Century Classroom Centered Experience 21st Century Learner Experience 30+ students/1 teacher/1 lessonLearning in a variety of Learning Communities Content confined within subject areasProblem Based, Open ended cross-disciplinary Authentic learning situations Tutors create and distribute contentKnowledge and content creation by learners, tutors and others together. Social networks constructing knowledge Summative Assessment- proving or disproving learning Wide range of assessment types to support learning and feedback – improving learning Learner as receiver of information Consumer of knowledge Learner as active participant and producer of knowledge and information. Independent and autonomous Tutors as source of all knowledgeTutor participates, facilitates and structures to support the needs of the learning communities. Expertise provided from within and beyond the traditional community

8. The UniServity cLc Learning communities are about people not content

9.  Children in the same class  Children and teachers across the same year group  Children and teachers in other grades  Children with individual needs  Parents and carers and the wider community  Children and teachers in other schools  Children and teachers in other parts of the world  Experts from around the world  Extended communities of practice  Professional communities Redefining Learning Communities

10. Tools: cLearning Collaboration Communication Construction Co-construction Community building

11.  Discussion forums  Wikis  Blogs  Links  Web quests  Questioning tools (including QTI)  Sound recorders  Assessment tools and environments  Community building  Video conferencing  Tasks  Project tools  Peer review tools  Resource development, management and sharing (SCORM)  Communication tools  Mark books  Podcasts and RSS feeds  Common open source tools  ePortfolio and online space Available to all members Democratic

15. ePortfolios and Social Networking

18. Vertical Collaboration

19. Parents

20. Megan (Age 5): Parents “ When we were learning about toys from the past my Mum could write on the forum about the toys from when she was little. All the class saw! Otherwise she couldn ’ t come to talk about it because she was at work ”

24. Learners in Other Schools

26. Outside experts

27. An architect and designer helped with our designs Design Brief Used forums to answer our questions They added extra pages to help with our designs and to tell us about their work

28. Global Collaborations

31. UniServity cLc Collaborative Projects Get Involved “One of the most promising ways the Internet is being utilised in schools is to participate in global or collaborative Internet projects” (Carrucan et. al)

32. British Council Climate Cool

33. Towards the Olympics

37. Our Future

38. New York City schools

39. Thank You alan.wood@uniservity.com