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Connected Learning
#etmooc - January 20 - February 2, 2013
introductions
memories of media past
what are your memories of(media, information, educational) technology?
Handheld
Multi-Player
Piracy
Adaptation
Personalization
Troubleshooting
Mobile
Edtech
Edtech
Wealth of Human Knowledge
Convergence
Ubiquity
atoms <-----> bits scarcity <-----> abundance
consuming <-----> creating individuals <-----> networks control <-----> freedom
significant shifts
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/obama-in-berlin-video-of_n_114771.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/obama-in-berlin-video-of_n_114771.html
photographed by George Couros
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luc/2944876508/sizes/o/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alainbachellier/2572801898/in/photostream/
"To immortalize this moment ... the girl seems to forget the original pleasure."
(making sense of)
connected learning
how should we, as teachers and learners, respond to this highly connected, information-rich reality?
connectedlearning.tv
Free & Open Source
“given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow”
(Linus’ Law, Raymond 1997)
How Knowledge is Controlled
human thought/ideas
human language
high-level language(e.g. C++, Java, PERL)
low-level language(assembly language)
machine code(binary)
source code
code irretrievable
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dolmansaxlil/4802611949/
Sharing
“it’s about overcoming the inner 2 year old in
you that screams mine, mine, it’s mine.”
(Wiley, TEDxNYED, 2010)
On Sharing ...
“Open source software communities are one of the most
successful -- and least understood -- examples of high performance collaboration and
community building on the Internet today.”
(Kim, 2003)
Leveraging Networks
Networked Affordances
Social Networking Services
Six Degrees of Separation“the idea that everyone is on average six steps away, by way of introduction, from
another person in the world.”
Strength of Weak Ties“There is strength in weak ties. Our
acquaintances, not our friends, are potentially our greatest source of new ideas and
information.” (paraphrased from Gladwell, 2010)
Where Good Ideas Come From“The trick to having good ideas is not to sit
around in glorious isolation and try to think big thoughts. The trick is to get more parts on the
table.” (Steven Johnson, 2010)
“Chance favors the connected mind” ~ Stephen Johnson
@elenelli
@npyrini
networks1. as mechanisms: enable communication &
collaboration in ways that were once impossible.
2. for inspiration: connect us to new ideas & expand our thinking & potential for innovation.
* ‘us’ meaning those who are increasingly literate
Leveraging Networks
“For Unleashing the Ideavirus, Godin released the entire eBook on the Internet for free, which led to eventual publishing deals in 41 countries and a public speaking career.”
“... it would be an album only heard by playing the songs.”
Crowdsourcing
“the song intentionally lacked a copyright so that people would be encouraged to create their
own online parodies, in essence their own "XYZ Style"”
PLNs/PLEs
what is a PLN?
“A key to transformation is for the teaching profession to establish innovation networks that capture the spirit and culture of hackers -
the passion, the can-do, collective sharing.”
~ Hargreaves, 2003
see: “Principles of Connectivism”
@langwitches
@langwitches
@langwitches
Stylianos Mystikidas
Michael Paskevicius
@sleslie
“A rhizomatic plant has no centre and no defined boundary; rather, it is made up of a number of semi-
independent nodes, each of which is capable of growing and spreading on its own, bounded only by
the limits of its habitat. (~Dave Cormier)
social learning
Objectivism
Group growth
(Schwier)(Leinonen)
Individual growth
CognitivismConstructivism
Social Learning
shifts in edtech
“To answer your question, I did use Youtube to learn how to dance. I
consider it my ‘main’ teacher.”
“10 years ago, street dance was very exclusive, especially rare dances like popping
(the one I teach and do). You either had to learn it from a friend that knew it or get VHS
tapes which were hard to get. Now with Youtube, anyone, anywhere in the world can
learn previously ‘exclusive’ dance styles.”
slide by Dean Shareski
George Siemens
• “Informal learning is a significant aspect of our learning experience. Formal education no longer comprises the majority of our learning.”
•
Informal Learning
http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm
“A New Culture of Learning”
@douglast@jseelybrown
• “The new culture of learning actually comprises two elements. The first is a massive information network that provides almost unlimited and resources to learn about anything. The second is a bounded and structured environment that allows unlimited agency to build and experiment with things within those boundaries.” (2011)
slide by Dean Shareski
slide by Dean Shareski
slide by Dean Shareski
concluding thoughts
(Joichi Ito)
@barrywellman
“The developed world is in the midst of a paradigm shift both in the ways in
which people and institutions are connected.
It is a shift from being bound up in homogenous “little boxes” to surfing life through diffuse, variegated
social networks.” (2002)
blog fodder
Thinking Points•What does my PLE/PLN look like? How can I share it?
•How important is connected learning? Why?
•Is it possible for our classrooms and institutions to support this kind of learning? If so, how?
•What skills and literacies are necessary for connected learning? How do we develop these?
•What are limits of openness in regards to privacy & vulnerability? Are we creating or worsening a digital divide?
•How do we expand this conversation?
•Your questions?
join me in the the first ever
MOOC-enabledlip dub?
song nominations?
process
http://[email protected]
@courosa
“Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born
in another time.” ~Tagore