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ESCalate E-Learning 2009. Supporting Dissertations the AWESOME Way: a semantic wiki in action. Kathrin Kaufhold, Rebecca O’Rourke, Aisha Walker. Escalate E-Learning 2009. From Knowing About … to Knowing How to …. Escalate E-Learning 2009. Introduction Practical Activity
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ESCalate E-Learning 2009 Supporting Dissertations the AWESOME Way: a semantic wiki in action Kathrin Kaufhold, Rebecca O’Rourke, Aisha Walker.
Escalate E-Learning 2009 • From Knowing About … • to • Knowing How to …
Escalate E-Learning 2009 • Introduction • Practical Activity • Explore the AWESOME Dissertation Environment • Reflectionnaire • Discussion
Escalate E-Learning 2009 • What is AWESOME? • Academic Writing Empowered by Social Online Mediated Environments • Pedagogy-led development of a social online environment to support Undergraduate and Postgraduate Dissertation writing • Funded as part of the Users and Innovations Programme by JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) UK, December 2008 – March2009
Escalate E-Learning 2009 • Project Leaders: • School of Education & School of Computing, University of Leeds • Project Team: • Rebecca O’Rourke, Sirisha Bajanki, Vania Dimitrova, Kathrin Kaufhold, Lydia Lau, Alex Le Bek & Aisha Walker • Project Partners: • University of Leeds, Staff and Departmental Development Unit, Skills@Library; Bangor University, College of Education and Lifelong Learning; Coventry University, Centre for Academic Writing
Escalate E-Learning 2009 • What is AWESOME? • A dynamic, personalised learning environment built on Semantic MediaWiki • User-led iterative design and development • Authentic content • Open source social software • Core ontology maps the dissertation writing process and provides underpinning semantic architectures • Specific instances are tailored to discipline conventions
Escalate E-Learning 2009 • Where is AWESOME? • Initial Pilot • MA ICT in Education, University of Leeds • Developmental & User Trials • BA Fashion Design, University of Leeds • Centre for Academic Writing, Coventry University • College of Education and Lifelong Learning, Bangor University • Higher Education Academy Philosophical and Religious Studies Subject Centre
Escalate E-Learning 2009 • What does AWESOME offer? • Semantic social scaffolding – beyond online learning as repository; designs in social constructivist pedagogy of writing development; links community and personal spaces; fosters collaborative processes while supporting individual achievement; counters isolation and anxiety • Augments supervision – best use of energy and effort in supervision; annotation of exemplar texts; externalises tacit knowledge within course team / institution • ‘On-demand’ access to relevant resources, feedback and emotional support for learners • Dynamic, intelligent knowledge structuring anchored to a core ontology of dissertation writing as process and product; captures discipline specificity and generality
Escalate E-Learning 2009 • From Knowing About … • to • Knowing How to …
Escalate E-Learning 2009 • Further Information and Follow Up • AWESOME Public Instance • http://awesome.leeds.ac.uk • HEA Philosophical and Religious Studies SC Instance • http://awesome-tmp.leeds.ac.uk • Rebecca O’Rourke cedrko@leeds.ac.uk • Kathrin Kaufhold k.kaufhold@education.leeds.ac.uk • Aisha Walker s.a.walker@leeds.ac.uk