Monroe’s NightclubPlymouth, 1981

Anti-establishment , anarchic Minimalist (‘less is more’) Do it yourself music, art, fashion,

etc Breaking down distance between

performer and audience Individualism and personalisation

A resistance to commodification and commercialisation of learning

A ‘do-it-yourself’ attitude Thinking and learning for

yourself Unleashing the ‘anarchy of

the web’

“Edupunk is student-centered, resourceful, teacher- or community-created rather than corporate-sourced, and underwritten by a progressive political stance.” Source: Stephen’s Web:

http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44760

The VLE is dead

PLE is better Learners like

social software Self organised

learning is the future

VLEs are CRAP