1. International Collaborative e-learning in Social Work
CAB meeting in Tromsø: ICT enhanced learning 12 februar 2010
International Collaborative e-learning in Social Work
Grete Oline Hole, Høgskolen i Bergen

2. Agenda Backdrop Pedagogical philosophy and didactical choices
Tasks and learning material promoting collaboration
ICT tools; - and the use of them
Within and outside VLE (it’s learning)
Questions?

3. Background: VIRCLASS & SW-VirCamp
for BA students in SW: “Comparative SW”
VIRCLASS a collaboration between 9 European (HEI) partners
Since 2004
326 BA students, 13 teachers participated so far
Collaboration:
Make a competence-based CP. Develop learning material.
Teach and supervise during the courses
Module 1: 10 ECTS, Module 2: 3 parallel options. Each at 5 ECTS
SW-VirCamp towards an international specialisation in SW. 12 partners.
EU grant October
A a pilot course in Community Work started 25th January 2010

4. Pedagogical Philosophy and Didactical Choices

5. Teaching and Learning Philosophy
Student-centred, Situated learning
Emphasis on collaboration and knowledge sharing (within the socio-cultural framework)
Transparency
Reflection on learning processes
Portfolio assessment (working portfolio/ assessment portfolio)
Hands-on training, structured after
The Steps of becoming an e-learner (Salmon 2002/ 2004)
Social Inquiry (Garrison & Anderson 2003)
Task-centred  Stepwise towards the wanted learning outcome (“Competences”)

6. Salmons 5 steps

7. “Community of Inquiry”

8. “Social Presence”

9. And the “Norwegian Diamond”:

10. Task which demands collaboration

11. Cooperation or collaboration?

12. Different tools for different purposes
Different tasks towards different learning outcome:
Groups of 3: “Describe the situation in your country towards XXXX (1500 word). Upload the document in your e-portfolio (blog). Read your 2 peer-students papers. Discuss commonalities and differences in a chat. Make a copy of the chat an upload in your e-portfolio. Write a reflection note about your experiences during this task”.
Multi- modal case used to give a common reference
Deliberate choice of tools (Munkvold & al 2008)
synchrone and asynchrone
within the VLE and outside
collaborative writing: Google docs. Blog. (Wiki’s)...
Web 2.0 : free, easy to use, gives more “transparency” than VLE

13. Virbook: from a Case to the Green Park Community

14. Case in 12 scenes:

15. The Green Park Community: a dynamic blog with many stories

16. The Green Park Community: a dynamic blog with many stories

17. Webpages: VIRCLASS http://www.virclass.net/
Sw-VirCamp
(New VIRTUAL book:
E-pedagogy in HEI

18. The Green Park Community: a dynamic blog with many stories

19. The Green Park Community: a dynamic blog with many stories

20. Webpages: VIRCLASS http://www.virclass.net/
Sw-VirCamp
(New VIRTUAL book:
E-pedagogy in HEI

21. References (i):
Garrison, DR & Anderson, T (2003) E-Learning in the 21st Century. A Framework for Research and Practice. London and New York, Routledge Falmer
 Hoem, J (2009) Personal Publishing Environments 
Larsen, AK, Hole, GO, Fahlvik, M (2007) Developing a Virtual Book – Material for Virtual Learning environments. Seminar.net vol 3, issue 3.The future of the Learning Management System

22. References (ii)
Larsen, AK, Astray, AA, Sanders, R, Hole GO (2008): E-teacher Challenges and Competences in International Comparative Social Work Courses. Social Work Education vol. 27, issue 6 pp
 Munkvold, R, Fjeldavli, A, Hjertø, G. and Hole, GO (2008) Nettbasert undervisning: En ressursbok for undervisnings-personell. (Internet-based teaching. A resource for educators) Høyskoleforlaget
Salmon, G (2002/2004) E-Moderating: The key to teaching and learning online. London, Routledge Falmer

23. Questions?