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PewInternet.org Networked Learners Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet Project 8.22.12 Learning 2.0 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @Lrainie

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Lee Rainie will present a keynote discussion on networked learning at the The Free Learning 2.0 Conference on August 22. The conference is "a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on rethinking teaching and learning in the age of the Internet."

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PewInternet.org

Networked Learners

Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet Project 8.22.12 – Learning 2.0 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @Lrainie

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4 questions for educators to ponder in the age of networked individuals

1. What is the future of knowledge?

- Created? Disseminated?

2. What is the future of learning spaces?

- Physical presence? Collaboration? Alliances? Ownership?

3. What is the future of reference expertise

- Literacies? Search?

4. What is the future of community anchor institutions like schools?

- Knowledge economy/ecology?

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August 2011

Jan 2012

Home broadband Home dial-up

Digital Revolution 1 Internet (82%) and Broadband at home (66%)

71%

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Broadband at home – 66%

76% 74% 67%

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Millennials (18-34)

GenX (35-46)

Younger Boomers (47-56)

Older Boomers (57-65)

Silent Generation

(66-74)

G.I. Generation

(75+)

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Networked creators among internet users

• 69% are social networking site users

• 59% share photos and videos

• 37% contribute rankings and ratings

• 33% create content tags

• 30% share personal creations

• 26% post comments on sites and blogs

• 15% have personal website

• 15% are content remixers

• 16% use Twitter

• 14% are bloggers

• … of smartphone owners, 18% share their locations; 74% get location info and do location sharing

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56% of adults own laptops –

up from 30% in 2006

44% of adults own MP3 players –

up from 11% in 2005

52% of adults own DVRs –

up from 3% in 2002

42% of adults own game consoles

19% of adults own e-book readers - Kindle

19% of adults own tablet computer - iPad

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Consequences for learning ecosystem

Volume Velocity

Vibrance Valence / Relevance

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140% increase words consumed since 1980

Info consumption up from 7.4 hours a day in 1960 to 11.8 hours in 2008

Reading volume has grown 3X since 1980

100,500 words per day and 34 gigabytes

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Broadband facilitates networked information

Links and multimedia

Self-paced learning

Analytics

Pervasive media

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Big challenge for schools Atoms bits

Knowledge

rendering is

disrupted

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Mobile phones – 89% of adults

331.6

Total U.S. population: 315.5 million

2011

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Mobile is the Needle: 89% of US Adults Have a Cell Phone

Teen data July 2011 Adult data Feb 2012

% in each age group who have a cell phone

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Changes in smartphone ownership

35%

48%

17%

46% 41%

12%

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80%

Smartphone Other cell phone No cell phone

May 2011 February 2012

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Smartphones – 46%

66% 53%

35% 22% 20% 3%

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Millennials (18-34)

Gen X (35-46)

Younger Boomers (47-56)

Older Boomers (57-65)

Silent Generation

(66-74)

G.I. Generation

(75+)

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Apps – 50% of adults

22% 29*

38 43 38*

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Download apps to their phone

Have preloaded apps on their phone

Total who have apps on phone

Sept 2009 May 2010 August 2011

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Teens: Texting takes off and talking slips

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Exchange email with each other

Talk to people you know on a landline or home telephone

Exchange instant messages

Exchange messages through social network sites like MySpace or Facebook

Spend time with people in person, doing social activities outside of school

Talk to people you know on your cell phone

Send and receive text messages

Every day Several times a week At least once a week

Less than once a week Never/Cannot do this

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Mobile connectivity alters learning venues and expectations

New access points to knowledge (AAA)

Real-time sharing, just-in-time searching

Augmented reality

Pervasive, perpetual awareness of social networks

Attention zones morph

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Big challenge for educators People come to us We go to people

The school as

place becomes

the school

as placeless

resource

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Digital Revolution 3 Social networking – 52% of all adults

9%

49%

67%

76%

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83%

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7%

8%

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48%

61% 70% 71%

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25%

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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

18-29 30-49 50-64 65+

% of internet users

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Millennials (18-34)

Gen X (35-46)

Younger Boomers (47-56)

Older Boomers (57-65)

Silent Generation

(66-74)

G.I. Generation

(75+)

Mean size of Facebook friends network

Source: Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, October 20-November 28, 2010 Social Networking survey.

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Social media aids peer-to-peer learning by doing

Elevates DIY learning in soc.nets

Increases the role of social networks in learning

Facilitates rise of amateur experts

Changes character of soc.nets

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Big challenge for educators Expertise and influence emerges in

networks and algorithms

Share the

stage with

amateur

experts

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Information is Woven Into Our Lives

Mobile is the needle, Social Networks are the thread

Social Networks…

Surround us with information through our many

connections

Bring us information from multiple, varied sources

Provide instant feedback, meaning and context

Allow us to shape and create information ourselves and amplify others’ messages

Mobile…

Moves information with us

Makes information accessible ANYTIME and ANYWHERE

Puts information at our fingertips

Magnifies the demand for timely information

Makes information location-sensitive

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Social networks and social media become more important in people’s

learning strategies

Consequences for learning ecosystem

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What does this mean? 1) Social networks are more influential and are

differently segmented and layered

Sentries

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What does this mean?

Evaluators

1) Social networks are more influential and are differently segmented and layered

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What does this mean?

Audience = New media are the

new neighborhood

1) Social networks are more influential and are differently segmented and layered

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New kinds of learners emerge

More self-directed Better arrayed to capture new info

More reliant on feedback and response

More inclined to collaboration

More oriented towards being nodes of production

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Back to those 4 questions: How eductors can be even more valuable the world of

networked individuals

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1) What is the future of knowledge? -- Shana Ratner (1997) “Emerging Issues in Learning Communities”

New:

Learning as a process

Knowledge is objective and

certain

Old:

Learning as transaction

Knowledge is subjective and

provisional

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1) What is the future of knowledge? -- Shana Ratner (1997) “Emerging Issues in Learning Communities”

New:

Learning as a process

Learners receive knowledge

Old:

Learning as transaction

Learners create knowledge

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1) What is the future of knowledge? -- Shana Ratner (1997) “Emerging Issues in Learning Communities”

New:

Learning as a process

Knowledge is organized in stable, hierarchical

structures that can be treated

independently of one another

Old:

Learning as transaction

Knowledge is organized “ecologically”-disciplines are integrative and

interactive

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1) What is the future of knowledge? -- Shana Ratner (1997) “Emerging Issues in Learning Communities”

New:

Learning as a process

We learn best passively, by listening and

watching

Old:

Learning as transaction

We learn best actively doing and managing

our own learning

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1) What is the future of knowledge? -- Shana Ratner (1997) “Emerging Issues in Learning Communities”

New:

Learning as a process

Our “intelligence” is based on our

individual abilities

Old:

Learning as transaction

Our “intelligence” is based on our

learning communities

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2) What is the future of learning spaces?

Attuned to networked individuals/learners

• More self directed, less top-down

• Better arrayed to capture new information inputs

• More reliant on feedback and response

• More inclined to collaboration

• More open to cross discipline insights and creating their own “tagged” taxonomies

• More oriented towards people being their own individual nodes of production

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3) What is the future of reference expertise?

“Embedded educators” in learning communities

• Teacher as scout for relevant material

• Reviewer and synthesizer

• Organizer and taxonomy creator

• “On call” for just-in-time information

• Organizational “steward” of bonding capital

• Organizational “steward” of bridging capital (especially to outside experts)

Good source: David Schumaker at

http://embeddedlibrarian.wordpress.com/

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3) What is the future of reference expertise?

“Knowledge concierge/valet” in learning communities

• Teacher as modeler of social media creation

• Teacher as fact checker, transparency assessor, relevance arbiter

• Teacher as aggregator and curator – follow Jeff Jarvis rule: “Do what you do best, and link to the rest”

• Teacher as “node” in networks attuned to perpetual learning

Good source: Bill Densmore at http://www.informationvalet.org/

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A short list of critical uncertainties

• Security of the internet

• Future of intellectual property

• Tolerance of ed systems (and accrediting authorities) for blended practices: online/offline, home/school, proficiency standards for individuals/cohorts

• The importance of new literacies and strategies for addressing divides

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