HUMANIZING?what is

michelle pacansky-brock @brocansky

The lens we use informs our

understanding of an issue.

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How might I design a humanized

learning experience that embraces the

power of digital technologies?

I’m going to design an

online course.

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• Quick

• Disconnected

• Task-oriented

• Surface Learning

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• Contextual

• Connected

• Community-oriented

• Deep Learning

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2ingredientsof socializing online learning

presenceinstructor

1 visible

Savery, (2005).

actively engaged

aware of and sensitive to student needs

#tilttip14

student satisfaction (Gunawardena & Zittle, 1997; Rovai & Barnum, 2003)

interaction(Tu, 2000; Stein & Wanstreet, 2003)

depth of learning(Picciano, 2002; Richardson & Swan, 2003; Rovai & Barnum, 2003)

social presence2

2"the degree to which participants are able to project themselves affectively within the medium"

(Garrison, 1997, p. 6)

presence issocial

"degree to which a person is perceived as a 'real' person in mediated communication"

"the degree of person to person awareness" (Tu, 2000, p. 1662)

sense of belonging to a community (Picciano, 2002)

"feeling that others are involved in the communication process" (Whiteman, 2002, p. 6)

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AFFECTIVECOGNITIVE

LEARNING DOMAINS

(Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001; Krathwohl, Bloom, & Masia, 1964).

CourseDesign

Facilitation

● presence ● empathy ● awareness

● choice ● challenge ● control ● collaboration ● constructing meaning ● consequences

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Don’t be a robot.

PRESENCE

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Listen closely to the student experiences in the following two videos.

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Don’t be a robot.

PRESENCEEMPATHY

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AWARENESSKnow your students’ needs.

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Tell stories.

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Make it visual.

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Embrace the power of the human voice.

- online student(Pacansky-Brock, 2014.)

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Makes me feel connected to my peers.

86%

n=109

“I feel like we got to know each other better. I actually recognized a

classmate at my children's Taekwondo class because of the

sound of her voice!”

Based on anonymous student surveys conducted by Michelle Pacansky-Brock. All students were enrolled in a fully online History of Photography community college class. Slides by Michelle Pacansky-Brock CC-BY

Learning Out LoudLearning Out Loud

Listening to peers increases my ability to

reach the learning objectives.

95%n=82

“Listening gave me a better understanding of the material. …

you could actually hear the passion in the speakers’ voices.…”

Based on anonymous student surveys conducted by Michelle Pacansky-Brock. All students were enrolled in a fully online History of Photography community college class. Slides by Michelle Pacansky-Brock CC-BY

Learning Out LoudLearning Out Loud

When I spoke, I remembered the

information better.

83%

n=82

“…it made me re-evaluate my answers. Mostly because I didn't want to sound like I

had no idea what I was talking about. …being able to speak … my ideas made me feel like I

could … explain the material better.”

Based on anonymous student surveys conducted by Michelle Pacansky-Brock. All students were enrolled in a fully online History of Photography community college class. Slides by Michelle Pacansky-Brock CC-BY

Learning Out LoudLearning Out Loud

When I spoke, I remembered the

information better.

83%

n=82

“I found ... that I would ... unearth more thoughts … as I spoke them out loud

while looking at the content, as opposed to looking at the content,

forming an opinion, then looking at my text as I wrote it.”

Based on anonymous student surveys conducted by Michelle Pacansky-Brock. All students were enrolled in a fully online History of Photography community college class. Slides by Michelle Pacansky-Brock CC-BY

Learning Out LoudLearning Out Loud

Photo by Michael W. May CC-BY-NC-ND. Slides by Michelle Pacansky-Brock CC-BY

“None really, other than me tripping over my tongue and having to re-record a lot. But that gets better as you get more comfortable with it.”

DRAWBACKS?

“For me, working them around my noisy (and consistently busy) family and

house. I also had to buy a microphone for my comments, but acquiring materials

is just a part of school.”.”

DRAWBACKS?

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Unhinge the myth that learning online means learning alone.

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