A NEW CULTURE OF LEARNINGAdeeb Naasan

Years to Hit 50 Million Users

Our rapidly changing world

“What happens to learning when we move from the stable infrastructure of the 20th century to the fluid infrastructure of the 21st century? Where technology is constantly creating and responding to

change?”

“1. How Do Children Learn?2. How Did Our Generation Learn?3. How Do We Learn Today?4. The New Culture of Learning5. What about Teachers?6. Personal Opinion

CONTENTS

How Do Children Learn?

1

BY PLAY

"In our rapidly changing world, we need to re-embrace this culture of ‘play’ to ensure we acquire the new generation with the tools to adaptto this rapidly changing world.

Imagination > Knowledge

HOW DID OUR GENERATION LEARN?

2

Mechanistic View

TeachingClassroom as a model

Culture is the environment

Teaching us about the world

Students prove they have received the information transferred to them

Discrete process

Structure

Individual

Teachers

Stable knowledge

“Old ways of teaching are

unable to keep up

with our rapidly changing world”

3

HOW DO WE LEARN TODAY?

I learned to bake from my peers ONLINE through Blogs, Youtube and Pinterest

Imagination

PlayIntegrati

on

1. New media forms are making peer-to-peer learning easier and more natural.

2. Peer-to-peer learning is amplified by emerging technologies that shape the collective nature of participation.

Principles

Collective is a community of similarly minded people who help others with a particular set of needs.

Collectives

Definition:

Learning in a Collective: No sense of core or centre Learning happens with equals: no teacher or student

roles (learn from one another and with one another) The personal meets the collective Expertise and authority are dispersed rather than

centralised

Collectives

People + Skills + Talent > Sum of their parts

“functions as a kind of amplifier, providing numerous outlets, resources, and aids to further an individual’s learning.”

4

The New Cultureof learning

TeachingClassroom as a model

Culture is the environment

Teaching us about the world

Students prove they have received the information transferred to them

Discrete process

Structure

Individual

Teachers

Stable knowledge

LearningLearning environments

Culture emerges from the environment

Engagement with the world

Ask questions – embrace what we do not know

Continuous process

Freedom

Collective (Peer-to-Peer)

Mentors

Lifelong Learning

Tacit Learning & Indwelling

Tacit Learning: When we learn by doing, watching and experiencing

Indwelling: The set of experiences that develop hunches and a sense of intuition

Where? Vs. What/How?

“In a networked world, information is always available and getting easier and easier to access.

Imagination (what you actually do with that information) is the new challenge.”

“The world is constantly changing and we need a new culture of learning to deal with it:

1. Remember children: Play, imagination and integration -> (tacit) Learning

2. Collectives are the way forward3. Ask the right questions rather than answering4. Where? Vs. What/How?

What About Teachers?

5

Experts in creating and shaping new learning environments.

Personal Reflection

6

Assessment: How will assessment work in this new culture of learning?

Medicine: • Rapidly changing field • Exam questions

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“⊡ Delgiorgio.(2011) A Review of A New Culture of Learning, Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change. Retrieved from https://delgiorgio.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/a-review-of-a-new-culture-of-learning-cultivating-the-imagination-for-a-world-of-constant-change/

⊡ Jenkins, H (2011) A New Culture of Learning: An Interview with John Seely Brown and Douglas Thomas. Retrieved from http://henryjenkins.org/2011/01/a_new_culture_of_learning_an_i_1.html#sthash.v7bTndoF.dpuf

⊡ Denning, S (2011) Q&A With The Authors of A New Culture of Learning. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/03/20/qa-about-a-new-culture-of-learning/

“Imaginati

onPlay

Integration

A NEW CULTURE OF LEARNING