OPEN SOURCE IMPLEMENTATION AT FACULTY OF EDUCATION USBI TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS

Yuni ChairaniUniversitas Siswa Bangsa International

Mathematics Education Department

Overview

In the 21 century, education cannot be separated fromtechnology. Rapid advances in information and communicationtechnology (ICT) and expanding connectivity to the internethave made today’s world increasingly complex, interconnectedand knowledge-driven (UNESCO, 2013).

With only two years away from the 2015 EFA and MDGtargets, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) andUNESCO have launched the Broadband Commission for DigitalDevelopment, comprising global government and educationleaders and representatives from relevant industries, civilsociety, international agencies and development organizations,with the mandate to advocate access to broadband for all,especially for the world’s developing and least developedcountries, and to promote affordable and equitable access tohigh-quality online content and resources (UNESCO, 2013). Bythe end of 2011, nearly 2.3 billion people were using theinternet, suggesting that about a third of the world’spopulation is now online (Broadband Commission, 2012).

The fact that technology is becoming increasingly commonin classrooms and learning environments, but often used topresent or consume information rather than to fundamentallytransform learning experiences. ICT is a powerful tool topromote and support a wide range of 21st century skills, soICT should be used to supports knowledge construction.

Creative ideas to implement digital education at USBI

In this paper, i would like to give an example about opensource implementation in one of the courses i taught lastsemester (odd semester 2013/2014). The course is TLNLAG(Teaching and Learning Numbers, Logic, Algebra and Geometry. Iused 6 open sources website as a complement tools to engage

student’s attention and motivation. This course consist ofteaching and learning theory about mathematics concept;essential concepts of mathematics; example of interestingmathematics class; lesson planning and find innovative way ofmathematics teaching. 6 websites that i used in this classare: scoop.it, slideshare, facebook, twitter, infogr.am andpadlet. The reason why i used digital source in my class,because as 21 century generation, students should haveawareness that they live globally and can connect each otherwithout any limitation, also they have to make long-life-education as part of their live, it means they should be usedto manage digital resources as their learning sources not justin the classroom but on their daily life. Teaching andlearning process can be seen below:

Picture 1. Teaching and learning process using open source webites

1. Scoop it (http://www.scoop.it/t/tlnlag ) Students use critical thinking skills to collect andanalyze important content about particular topic and theyinteract each other, communicate and publish to a globalaudience. But perhaps more importantly, students practicedigital citizenship and personal responsibility tolifelong learning. Curating an online topic increasesself-awareness and provides additional insight fromothers. 

students collect important reading material using

scoop.it

students read the paper and create summary using

padlet wall .

teacher observe student's activity and rate them based

on their class participation. after that, teacher show the result with

infogr.amstudent's and teacher

use hastag on

twitter #TLNLAGclass and

use it to create reflection about

teaching and learning process

students create presentation about

mathematics concept using powerpoint and

they have to share it using

slideshare.

teacher and students use

facebook as their portal. all the information

and source can be found here.

Picture 2. Example of student’s scoop.it page

The picture above is an example of student’s scoop.it page, contains of paper, journal, youtube video about amicable number.

2. Padlet (http://padlet.com/wall/problemsolvingUSBI ) Padlet provide us a blank wall that allows students to expresstheir tought on a particular topic easily (students do nothave to sign in or create an account). It works as an onlinesheet of paper where students can put any content anywhere onthe page, altogether with anyone from any devices. the wallfor TLNLAG course can be seen below:

Picture 3. Example of padlet wall

The picture above is an example of padlet wall that contains student’s summary of their reading material, that they found using scoop.it before.

3. Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/TLNLG/ ) facebook is used as a learning portal, where students andteacher can creacte interaction easily. The fact that everyoneis on facebook nowadays become one of the benefit usingfacebook as learning tools. There is research about socialnetworking and education that indicate that the useof Facebook positively affected the relationships betweenmentors and mentees (Pollara, 2011). With facebook,teacher could get fast responses from students, this isthe advantages of using facebook instead of any e-learning moodle.

Picture 4. Example of facebook wall

The picture above is an example of TLNLAG group on facebook. On that wall, we can see discussion process between student and teacher about their difficulties.

4. Twitter (https://twitter.com/search?q=tlnlagclass&src=typd )

According to researchers, social networks improvecommunication skills, enhance participation and socialcommitment, reinforce peer support, and ensure realization ofeducation based on collaboration (Tiryakiorglu, 2011). In theclassroom, teacher set up custom ‘classroom’ hashtagsaround lessons and topics. Students can follow these

specific hashtags and keep a record of what was taught inclass. In addition to using Twitter as a way to connectglobally. Twitter gives new opportunities to connect toother learning communities and new educational content.

Picture 5. Example of twitter hastag in the classroom

5. Infogr.am (http://infogr.am/Class-Participation-Score?src=web )

Picture 6. Example of evaluation process using infogr.am

Infogr.am is an easy to use online service that lets youcreate, share, and discover infographics and onlinecharts. For teacher/lecturer, it can be used to creatediagram/graphic about classroom condition, e.g grade,participation rubric, etc. It is also easy to use, itprovide us pre-designed template, add charts, videos andmaps.

6. Slideshare (http://www.slideshare.net/ajiaim/sin2-cos2-1 )

Picture 7. Example of student’s slide share page

SlideShare is the world's largest community for sharingpresentation. Students and teacher can upload and accesspresentations anywhere and anytime. It also has abilityto share presentations privately with the group membersor make communications related to it.

Student’s feedback

Picture 7. Student’s feedback

From the picture above, we can see that student gave positivefeedback on implementation of digital learning media in theclassroom.

Future of digital education at USBIUSBI’s mission is to educate future leaders who possess thedistinctive USBI characteristics of leadership,entrepreneurship, and social responsibility, and are committedto giving back to Indonesian society through a lifelongengagement with the work of the Putera Sampoerna Foundation. For that mission, USBI already gave us wide opportunity toenhance our ability as a lecturer in this 21 century era. Allstudents and lecturer get access to use Ipad in the library tosupport teaching and learning activity. Beside that, USBI hascampus agreement with Microsoft Indonesia, all students andlecturer could develop new learning trend using Office 365.But the challenge is how to get attention and participationfrom all campus member about this innovation.

What we can do to involve and improve in digital learning era? Involve in Academia.edu, submit paper there and interact

with other academic Curate a page in Scoop.it

Create youtube channel that consist of teaching material,so anybody can has access to our classroom. And alsofollow educational youtube channel such as edutopia, teded, ect.

Join free online courses, such as at coursera. Conduct research in digital education area.

Digital education is also a great marketing tool foruniversities as it can show courses and programs offered,features and facilities, history and achievements, teachingand learning process.

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