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Presentation for the University of Prince Edward Island, May 19, 2010 on Open & Networked Learning.TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Alec CourosMay 19, 2010
at UPEI
open & networked learning
Who is this guy?
shift
“...the current generation of college student has no memory of the historical moment before the advent of the Internet, we are suggesting that participatory learning as a practice is no longer exotic or new but a commonplace way of socializing and learning. For many, it seems entirely unremarkable.”The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital!Age
http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/2831891520
David Wiley
@opencontent
Then vs Now
Analog Digital
Tethered Mobile
Isolated Connected
Generic Personal
Consumption Creating
Closed Open
David Wiley
@opencontent
Education vs Everyday
Analog Digital
Tethered Mobile
Isolated Connected
Generic Personal
Consumption Creating
Closed Open
@jonmott
social affordance
David Weinberger
@dweinberger
The Web is “a world of pure
connection, free of the arbitrary constraints of
matter, distance and time.”
Private Public
Closed Open
Thinning Walls
New Roles
enablers
“Free” Tools
Creativity
New Possibilities
Realtime Collaboration
Realtime Collaboration
Free/Open Content
“describes any kind of creative work in a format that explicitly allows copying and modifying of its information by anyone, not exclusively by a closed organization,
firm, or individual. (wikipedia)
Abundance
Beyond Institution
Disruptive Creativity
Everyone Can Be a Teacher
Open Access
“The aim of the open access movement is to make scientific and scholarly literature openly accessible
to all users free of charge.” (open-access.net)
open access is beginning to expand to conferences, courses, and other educational events
Synchronous PD
Learning Communities
“Nearly Now” PD
Ubiquity
Projections/Focus
personalization
Connected Reality
quick stats (2009)
• 90 trillion emails sent annually from 1.4 billion email users
• 234 million websites
• 1.73 billion Internet users
• 126 millions blogs
• 350 million Facebook users
• 4 billion images on Flickr
• 1 billion Youtube videos served daily.
Stats as of Jan 22/10 via Royal Pingdom
Stats as of March 17/10 via Mashable
Each technology creates a new environment.
The effects of mediacome from their formnot their content.
Mediating Experiences
Mediating Experiences
locks
parents as pirates
the reality
community
Geographic Communities
Mario Couros
Networked Communities
Teens are not connecting in the ways we fear. But, we need to pay attention to:
•Properties: persistence, replicability, searchability, scalability, (de)locatability.
•Dynamics: invisible audiences, collapsed contexts, blurring of public & private spaces
@zephoria
danah boyd
• Inspired by McLuhan’s “We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.”
• Youtube & other social media mitigate “connection without constraint”. In many cases this leaves to “tremendously deep communities”.
@mwesch
Michael Wesch
“heroes for our mediated culture”
in practice
Personal Learning Networks
@kathycassidy
Grade 1 - Expert Visits
@kathycassidy
Grade 1 - Transparent Learning
Grade 5 - Choir on Youtube
ps22chorus.blogspot.com
Highschool - Youtube Channel
@amhwrites
Grade 10 - TEDx Project
@christianlong
University - Open Courses
*this* is not going away
social media provides engagement/motivation
development of meaningful learning communities
incredible possibilities for teaching and learning
geographies become nearly irrelevant in a open, connected reality.
