learning in networks of knowledge
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Staff seminar discussing search and social media needs of new and developing information professionals.TRANSCRIPT
Learning in Networks of Knowledge
State Library of NSW April 18, 2013
Judy O’Connell
Today’s novelty is tomorrow’s norm
Make a wish!
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Price of 1 gigabyte of storage
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http://youtu.be/E2u6P88C0fQ
Technology is almost everywhere!
We live in a connected world. Nearly two billion people connect to the internet, share information and communicate over blogs, Wikis, social networks and a host of other media.
Anything imaginable is capable of being connected to the network, become intelligent offering almost endless possibilities.
We already have internet devices attached to our ears, and some even have embedded devices connected to their doctors.
fifty billion devices connected to the internet. people and objects able to connect to the Internet at anytime from anywhere.
“Internet of Things”
2020
Ubiquitous connectivity
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Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds: Move to Global Collaboration One Step at a Time
More content and streams of data - all of these changes into online environments require an equivalent shift in our understandings of online needs and capabilities.
Ubiquitous connectivity
The question is.....?
How does technology impact the way students need to learn?
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Interfaces for discovery
What do we expect of technology?How can we create better experiences?
More content, streams of data, topic structures, (theoretically) better quality - all of these in online environments require an equivalent shift in our online capabilities.
1. Find the right thing2. Get the best summary3. Go broader and deeper
How do we help them.....?
LIFESTREAMSToday, our view of cyberspace is shaped by a 20-year-old metaphor in which files are documents, documents are organized into folders, and all are littered around the flatland known as the desktop. Lifestreams takes a completely different approach: instead of organizing by space, it organizes by time. It is a diary rather than a desktop.
Steve G. SteinbergFebuary 1997
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.02/fflifestreams.html?pg=1&topic=&topic_set=
The End of the Web, Search, and Computer as We Know It
David GelernterFebruary 2013
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/02/the-end-of-the-web-computers-and-search-as-we-know-it/
David GelernterFebruary 2013
This LIFESTREAM — a heterogeneous, content-searchable, real-time messaging stream — arrived in the form of blog posts and RSS feeds, Twitter and other chatstreams, and Facebook walls and timelines.
David GelernterFebruary 2013
Today, the most important function of the internet is to deliver the latest information, to tell us what’s happening right now. Whether tweet or timeline, all are time-ordered streams designed to tell you what’s new.
We must be
The answer is....
We must understandour information and knowledge
environments
A information worldBIG
Horizon Report 2013
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less•Cloud Computing•Mobile LearningTime-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years•Learning Analytics•Open ContentTime-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years•3D Printing•Virtual and Remote Laboratories
So many examples of big data pools
Google has been ahead of public health authorities in monitoring flu outbreaks by compiling public searches for flu-related information by geography.
Infographics
http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1108/deadliest-pandemics/flash.html
Google Crisis maps provides comprehensive information with a range of information filters and image resources. http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy
It’s not about devices, it’s about organising and
thinking with technology!
New literacies
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Takes effort!
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Information
Search strategies
Social strategies
Participatory culture
Curation
The Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries (ERIAL) Project, a two-year study of the student research process involving five US universities, included extensive interviews with students, librarians and other academics in an effort to better understand 21st century student research habits.
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“The students surveyed often looked in journals or databases unsuited to their field of study and displayed a poor understanding of how to refine search results”.
“While the interface of Google and other similar search engines might be more intuitive, what’s going on behind the scenes isn’t intuitive at all, and very few students had a clear conception of how search engines work. This lack of understanding compounds the problem of building an effective search strategy.”
What’s the story with the yellow blotch?
http://searchresearch1.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/wednesday-search-challenge-11613-whats.html
SearchReSearch blog
Search can be fast without necessarily being intelligent.
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When a technology focus subverts
students’ conversation and development of critical thinking skills (and their ability to evaluate and analyse the information at hand), the mental processes that change knowledge from
information to concept are not learned.
Bomar, S. (2010). A School-Wide Instructional Framework for Evaluating Sources. Knowledge Quest, 38(3),
72-75.
By demonstrating how to connect a database information repository (such as EBSCO, Gale, or JStor) or a local library service with Google Scholar, we are helping students broaden the scope of their information seeking, while at the same time refining the quality of the information response.
Database tutorials
Advanced search training
RSS topic and journal alerts
Learn about the latest additions to search so as to get the most out of Google.
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/
Because Google is where
everyone starts!
Once foundational practices are in place, add to the toolkit and
build into critical learning experiences.
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/index.html
Google alerts too!
Wolfram|Alpha is a free online computational knowledge engine that generates answers to questions in real time by doing computations on its own vast internal knowledge base.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/educators/
http://healthmash.com/
Information retrieval and natural language processing
Highly flexible search and collection strategies
Collaborative forms of information organization and dissemination
Referencing and citation practices
Open Source; creative commons; images and attribution etc
Zotero http://www.zotero.org/
Top 100 tools for learning
http://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/
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Learn to work strategically
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Knowledge 2.0
http://bit.ly/knowledge2
http://youtu.be/LCa2FnclpEg
The future of search made simple
Searcher Behaviour - new study highlights that:
•40% of searching activity is shopping
•65% don't click on ads (or say they don't)
•50% who click on ads can't differentiate the ads from regular search results
Search Engine Showdown http://searchengineshowdown.com/2013/04/searcher-behavior/
Learning in Networks of Knowledge
Why is this important?
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Deciphering student search behaviour
OCLC research:learning motivations and information-seeking behaviours across education stages
White, D.S., and Connaway, L.S. 2011. Visitors and Residents: What Motivates Engagement with the Digital Information Environment.www.oclc.org/research/activities/vandr
Information-seeking behaviours are converging across personal and institutional spheres, as a combined effect of the social web, cloud-based applications and the multi-tab environment.
He observes: ‘A lot of the students we interviewed do their research on Wikipedia or syllabus-based websites and have an adjacent tab open on Facebook. They flit between the two, occupying personal and institutional spaces simultaneously, and gather information from outside the institutional context as well as within it.’
Deciphering student search behaviour
Characteristics of a successful student
Create a communityCollaborate with peersDiligent with deadlinesLook for and leverage toolsTools to optimize learningCritical thinking via knowledge networks
Mind amplifiers?
http://www.periodicvideos.com/
Periodic Table of QR codes
The Future Isn't About Mobile; It's About Mobility
The Future Isn't About Mobile; It's About Mobility
Personal web tools – used for tracking our life and powering our information organisation e.g. photos to Facebook, pictures to Flickr, photos to Twitter.
Social recommendation services - Amazon, Book Depository
[learning] self
Personal learning environment – relying on the people we connect with through social networks and collaborative tools e.g. Twitter, Yammer.
Personal learning network – knowing where or to whom to connect and find professional content.
[learning] self
Cloud computing - utilising open access between sources and devices e.g. Edmodo, Evernote, Diigo.
Mixed reality – adopting e-devices and augmented reality e.g. ebooks, QRcodes, Layar browser.
Content curation - utilising web services to filter and disseminate resources, news, and knowledge prompts.
[learning] self
MicrobloggingSocial bookmarking and taggingCollaborative writingInformation management - e.g. Zotero, Endnote, EasybibInformation capture on multiple devices - e.g. EvernoteLibrary resources, databases all used for information collection, RSS topic and journal alertsAggregators and start pagesOnline storage for access across multiple platforms
[information] self
Evernote http://evernote.com/
Digging into digital research http://heyjude.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/digging-into-research/
Lucacept – Jenny Luca– Evernote for studentshttp://jennyluca.com/2011/06/26/explaining-evernote/
[information] self
Learning in Networks of Knowledge
[information][learning]
[social][team]
http://www.jarche.com/2013/01/pkm-in-2013/
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Modelling exemplary use of
social media, search engines,
and collaborative research strategies.
Sharing resources
with each other https://sites.google.com/site/betchaboysummit/home
Sharing resources
with each otherhttp://sdst.libguides.com/index.php
Sharing resources
with each otherhttp://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=142880
Anything from
Angry Birds to
Building a PLN
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=288178
Search strategiesEvaluation strategiesCritical thinking and problem solvingNetworked conversation & collaborationCloud computing environmentsEthical use and production of informationInformation curation of personal & distributed knowledge.
Topics for discussion
Today’s novelty IS today’s norm
Don’t wish - DO!
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Judy O’Connell
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Judy O’Connell