Post on 24-Apr-2015
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Learning in an age of abundance: the door is off
the barn
@davecormier
@Cogdog
A series of events…
• Oral to catechetical to textbook to digital
• Why did you say… ‘MOOC’?• Three questions about learning in an
age of abundance.
Part 1 – A contextOral to catechetical to textbook to digital
http://www.flickr.com/photos/killfile/3344595791/
Part 2 – An exampleMOOCs oh my.
The internet happening to education George Siemens http://www.xedbook.com/?p=54
Why MOOC?(at least originally)
MassiveMassive
Open as in sourceOpen as in sourcehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/neosnaps/2596044654/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Open as in participationOpen as in participationhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/neosnaps/2596044654/sizes/o/in/photostream/
OnlineOnline
CourseCourse
http://www.flickr.com/photos/98857801@N00/2145231725/
Think of the MOOC as a gathering place
And a (networked) textbook
Part 3 – RhizomesLearning for uncertainty in an age of abundance
Three Questions1.Why are we learning?
Dealing with Uncertainty
Three Questions1.Why are we learning?2.Who is deciding what we learn?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sc63/5788054500/
If we work together and learn from each other, the community becomes the curriculum.
http://youtu.be/r8avYQ5ZqM0
Rhizomes are aggressive, chaotic and resilient. They are difficult to contain. They follow their own paths.http://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsnortheast/5951029777/sizes/l/in/photostream/
rhizomes!
The rhizome1.Can map in any direction from any starting point2.Can grow and spread via experimentation within a context3.Can grow and spread regardless of breakage
Three Questions1.Why are we learning?2.Who is deciding what we learn?3.Who is deciding that we’ve learned?
We need to measure
learning
The fact that you need it doesn’t make it possible
Stop measuring
learning
Responsibility is the critical literacy in an age of choice
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mema_nh/205275900