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运用活性系统模型去思考控制论与教育Cybernetics and Education: Insights from the Viable System Model
运用活性系统模型去思考控制论与教育Professor Oleg Liber
Institute for Educational Cybernetics
University of Bolton, UK
英国博尔顿大学教育控制论学院院长,奥莱格.理博教授
Overview of this presentationOverview of this presentationThe Institute for Educational Cybernetics
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
Centre for Educational Technology, Interoperability & Standards (CETIS)
Cybernetic Modelling as an approach to designing educational technology intervention教育控制论学院
英国联合信息系统委员会
英国教育技术,互用性&标准中心 (CETIS)
将控制论模型作为设计教育技术干预的方法What we do…
What we do…
Educational software development
RELOAD, Learning Design tools (RECOURSE)
Develop innovative pedagogy
Inter-disciplinary inquiry-based learning (IDIBL)
Research projects
e.g. TENCompetence – developing a technical infrastructure for lifelong learning in Europe
Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability and Standards (CETIS)
Supporting innovation in UK universities and colleges
Funded by JISC
开发教学软件
如,可重用的网络教学课件制作和传递软件 (RE-useable eLearning Object Authoring & Delivery ); 教学设计工具(ReCourse)
探索新的教学方法
如:以跨学科,探究式为主的学习
研究课题
如:为欧洲终生学习提供技术基础设施的TENComptence 项目
教育技术,互用性&标准中心
由JISC资助,支持英国大学在教育技术方面的创新和技术标准的应用The Institute for Educational Cybernetics (IEC)
The Institute for Educational Cybernetics (IEC)
Cybernetics (from Wikipedia):
“the interdisciplinary study of the structure of regulatory systems… closely related to control theory and systems theory… equally applicable to physical and social (that is, language-based) systems.”
控制论(摘自维基百科):
“对组织系统的结构的跨学科的研究…与控制理论和系统论有紧密地联系…同样地可以应用到自然和社会(那些以语言为基础)的系统。”
Our mission:
“to develop a better understanding of how information and communications technologies affect the organisation of education at all levels, from the individual learning to the global.”
我们的使命是:
“加深对信息技术如何影响不同层次的教育组织(从个体的学习到全球的教育)的进一步的理解”
The Education System was designed for a world that is passing 现有的教育体系是为正在逐渐成为过去的世界而设计的
The Education System was designed for a world that is passing 现有的教育体系是为正在逐渐成为过去的世界而设计的
Reducing knowledge to subjects, losing the benefits of inter-disciplinarity 把知识压缩成不同的学科,失去了各学科相互渗透的优势
Reducing knowledge to subjects, losing the benefits of inter-disciplinarity 把知识压缩成不同的学科,失去了各学科相互渗透的优势
PhysicsChemistryBiologyHistoryPhilosophyGeographyMathematicsArtMusicMedicineThe education system assumes printing as the dominant technology 现有的教育体系中,印刷仍是占主导地位的技术
The education system assumes printing as the dominant technology 现有的教育体系中,印刷仍是占主导地位的技术
The practice of education is based on tradition
教育实践是基于传统的模式
The practice of education is based on tradition
教育实践是基于传统的模式
The traditional focus of education has been to transmit knowledge 传统教育致力于知识的传播
The traditional focus of education has been to transmit knowledge 传统教育致力于知识的传播
The assumption of education has been stability in society教育认为本社会是固定不变
The assumption of education has been stability in society教育认为本社会是固定不变
Industrial society
Predictable employment
Slow innovation
Economy
Trade
International relations工业社会
可预测的就业机会
缓慢的革新
经济
贸易
国际关系But the world is changing
但是世界正在改变
But the world is changing
但是世界正在改变
Post-industrial society
Globalisation
Technology and rapid innovation
Instant communications
New trade relations
International relations
后工业社会
全球化
技术和迅猛革新
同步交流
新的贸易关系
国际关系
Education needs to respond to the changing needs of learners and society 教育应对变化的学生和社会的需求做出反应
Education needs to respond to the changing needs of learners and society 教育应对变化的学生和社会的需求做出反应
High level skills
Immediate application
Ability to find relevant information
Problem solving
Innovation
Communication
Collaboration
Team work
高水平的技能
学以致用
发现信息的能力
解决问题
创新
交流
合作
团队工作Education needs to exploit the new opportunities afforded by technology 教育需要探索技术所提供的新机会
Education needs to exploit the new opportunities afforded by technology 教育需要探索技术所提供的新机会
Learning Resources
Learning opportunities
Collaborative tools
Modeling tools
Research tools
Global community
Personal Learning Environments 学习资源
学习机会
合作工具
模式化工具
研究工具
全球共同体
个性化学习环境Traditional Educational structures are not suited to thisTraditional Educational structures are not suited to thisUniversity
Faculty
Subject department
Programme of Study
Instruction
Examination / Assignment
Classroom
Timetable
University
Work partnership
Inter-disciplinarity
Portfolio
Inquiry
New forms of Assessment
Collaborative space
Flexible planning大学
与用人方的合作关系
跨学科
个人档案
探究式学习
新的评估形式
合作空间
灵活的
大学
学院
学科系 部
学习的科目
传授 知识
考试/作业
课堂教学
课程表
Why is it so difficult to change old structures and exploit new technologies? 要改变旧的结构和探索新技术,为什么如此困难?
Why is it so difficult to change old structures and exploit new technologies? 要改变旧的结构和探索新技术,为什么如此困难?
?Timetable?
Classroom?
Lecture?Workplace?
Home
Online?
Collaboration?We need to model existing educational processes and structures in order to redesign them successfully:
The Viable System model provides tools for this
为了重新设计教育过程和结构,我们必须要对他们的现状进行分析。
活性系统模型为我们提供了一个这样的工具。
We need to model existing educational processes and structures in order to redesign them successfully:
The Viable System model provides tools for this
为了重新设计教育过程和结构,我们必须要对他们的现状进行分析。
活性系统模型为我们提供了一个这样的工具。
Stafford Beer 1926-2002null
The concerns of the teacher are not the same as those of the learners
教师所关注的与学生的是不同的
EnvironmentTeacher
Planning and managementWhat to teach
New knowledge
Requirements of employers
Materials
Tools
How to understand learners
Teaching ideas
Ways of explaining
Suggestions for learning activities
Assessment ideas如:教什么,新知识,用人单位的要求,材料,工具,怎样理解学生,教学思想,用不同的方法去解释,对学习活动的建议和考核的思路。null
The concerns of the learners are not the same as those of the teacher
学生所关注与老师的也是不同的
Environment.Is this right for me?
Do I understand?
Am I doing enough?
Who can help me?
Where can I find materials?
Have I got time?
Will this get me what I want?
What next?
如:这对我合适吗?我懂了吗?我所做的够了吗?谁能帮助我?我到哪里能找到学习材料?我有时间吗?我得到了我所想要学的吗?下一步是什么?null
Teaching is concerned with the planning and management of learning activities
教学所关注的是计划和管理学习活动
EnvironmentLearning activities & actionsMeta-system
Planning and managementEnv.null
Pedagogy: engagement between teacher and learners
教学方法:教师和学生之间的交互作用
EnvironmentLearner cohortTeacher
Planning and managementKnowledge, ideas, resourcesPedagogyKnowledge, ideas, resourcesEnv.BUT: Variety (Env) >> Variety (Learners) >> Variety (Teacher)但是:环境的的多样性>>多样性学生>>教师的多样性null
Balancing variety: homeostatic loops
平衡多样性:自我平衡的循环
EnvironmentLearnersTeacher
Planning and managementEnv.Variety (Env) >> Variety (Learners) >> Variety (Teacher)环境的的多样性>>多样性学生>>教师的多样性
Pedagogy: engagement between teacher and learners
教学方法:教师和学生之间的交互作用
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Managing Variety in the traditional classroom
在传统的教室里对多样性的管理
EnvironmentLearnersTeacher
Planning and managementEnv.教师缩减了教学内容教师缩减了学生的需求null
Managing variety for resource-based learning
资源为主的学习对多样性的管理
EnvironmentLearnersTeacher
Planning and managementEnv.教师贡献和管理学习资源教师提供学习资源以满足学生个体的需求null
Managing Variety for Inter-disciplinary, Inquiry-based learning
跨学科的探究式学习对多样性的管理
EnvironmentLearnersTeacher
Planning and managementEnv.教师选择和推荐资源教师根据学生个体的需要给与辅导学生在特定的学习环境中相互支持学生搜索和选择相关的资源null
Where technology systems and interventions impact
技术和干预的影响所在
EnvironmentLearnersTeacher
Planning and managementEnv.VLE/LDOERWeb 2.0PLEThe Viable System Model is recursive
活力系统模型的递归性
The Viable System Model is recursive
活力系统模型的递归性
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控制论模型Cybernetic modelling
Encourages examination of where and how different technologies affect teaching and learning
Can guide pedagogic design
Is an alternative to educational rhetoric
Shows where technology still needs development
Can guide the re-design of institutions
Can inform the changing role of educational institutions in society鼓励探究不同的技术在何处,以何种方式影响教学的
能够指导教学设计
是教育体系研究的另一种方法
指明技术在哪些方面仍然需要发展
能够指导重新设计大学
能够告知大学在社会中角色的转变nullManagerial, operational and environmental varieties diffusing through an institutional system, tend to equate; they should be designed to do so with minimum damage to people and cost.
在一个制度化的系统中,管理方面, 操作方面和环境方面的变化的传播,往往是相同的;应该通过设计,使这些变化对人员和成本的影响降到最低。
(Beer, 1979)Teaching, learning and environmental varieties diffusing through an educational system, tend to equate; they should be designed to do so with minimum damage to people and cost.
在一个教育系统中,教学方法,学习方式和环境的变化的传播往往是相同的;应该通过设计,使这些变化对人员和成本的影响降到最低。
(Liber, 2009)Links and ReferencesLinks and ReferencesBeer, S (1985) Designing the System for Organisations. Chichester, Wiley
IEC website : http://www.bolton.ac.uk/iec
JISC CETIS: http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk
Email: o.liber@bolton.ac.uk