Knock Down the Walls: Toward a Model of Open Teaching

Open & Networked Teaching

moodle moot canada ‘09alec couros

Thursday, April 2, 2009

#hackcouros

#HeyAlecIReallyWantToLetYouKnowWhatIAmThinkingAndWouldLikeToGiveYouSomeInputIntoYourPresentationSoHereAreMyThoughtsFor

YourConsiderationThnks

who is this guy?

open doctrine?

journey

knowledge

• what is k?

• how is k acquired?

• how do we know what

we know?

• why do we know what

we know?

• what do humans know?

• who controls k?

• how is k controlled?

assumptions re: school

• knowledge is scarce

• access can be controlled

• boundaries make sense

• expertise rests only in individuals

• learning can be managed

• change is slow

• we can rest on reputation

• we can predict the future

• is the best way to learn

“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

reactions: forms of openness

open source software

open contentopen access publication

open accreditation

open education

open access courses open teaching

free software

open educational resources

cathedral vs. the bazaar

how are creative works produced and shared?

copyright/copyleft/commons

how we view knowledge and creative works

how we view learning - institutional & informal

open content, access, publication, accreditation

access we have to free or inexpensive tools

Rocky Mountain News1859 - 2009

• redefine communities, friends, citizenship, identity, presence, privacy, publics, geography.

• enable learning, communication, sharing, connections, collaboration, community.

• networks formed around shared interests & objects.

social networks

Each technology creates a new environment.

The old environment becomes content forthe new environment.

The effects of mediacome from their formnot their content.

370 student registered 443 digital devices.

14 students brought desktop computers, 93 brought iphones/Touch devices.

Only 5 students reported landline service.

432 of 438 new students on Facebook, College group had 3225 posts before start of school.

Source: Academic Commons

• Accessing, analyzing, evaluating, and creating messages in a variety of forms.

• Enable skillful creators, consumers, and disseminators of media.

• Facilitate an understanding of strengths, weaknesses, and influences of media forms.

media literacy

how ideas spread

cautions

Soulja Boy

cautions

new challenges

affordances

new motivations

new forms

going open

• sharing by default

• rethinking privacy

• publish, then filter

• educators as learners

• knowledge as fallible/incomplete

• expertise found in networks

• relevance of remix/mashup

• recognizing alternate forms of creativity

• minutia and presence as social bonds

mindset changes

• become a learner (again)

• play with the tools

• absorb the media

• find a network guide

• explore online communities

• participate in events

• be critical, but open minded

• share what you have learned

build your PLN

tell everyone

Participants in Jan 2008:

• 20 registered students

• 10 experts in the field

• over 200 informal

participants (teachers,

admin, professors,

admin, k12 students, etc.)

invite everyone

rethink constraints

rethink social architecture

• greater access

• currency & adaptability

• improved economics

• adaptive pedadogies

• preserved knowledge

• greater diversity of voice

• sustainable communities

• transparency for critique

• long-term connections

advantages

web: couros.catwitter: courosagoogle: couros

alec.couros@uregina.ca

Knock Down the Walls: Toward a Model of Open Teaching

Education

Knock Knock

Knock Knock, Who is there? - DiVA portalliu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:459205/FULLTEXT01.pdfLinköping University Medical Dissertations No 1280. Knock Knock Knock, Who is there?

DemandBase - Knock Knock

Knock Knock on GameDev Gate

Knock, knock

Turgenev, Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories

She rolled her head toward walls th an,ed the As she

Knock Knock - Forte School of Music Teacher Training...Knock Knock - Lesson 2 Song Jungle Babies Walkers Management Knock, Knock A Knock, knock Parents tap “Knock, knock” on baby’s

K NOCK KNOCK NATURE READING LISTknockknockmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Knock-Knock-Nature.pdfK NOCK KNOCK NATURE READING LIST Knock Knock Children’s Museum (KKCM) is a community

Knock Down the Walls and Let the Horse c

Knock knock who are you?

Knock Knock Who

Knock, Knock!

25 Dirty (Adult) Knock Knock Jokes

Knock K nock Knock

Knock Knock Trick Or Treat

Reviewing knock for knock indemnities: Risk allocation in ... knock for knock indemnities: Risk ... Piper Alpha (b) Deepwater Horizon 2 Features of knock for knock clauses 3 Construction

INCDED ERES - Century Communities€¦ · Stained hand rails in coordinating nish Walls and ceilings in knock down nish ®Sherwin-Williams paint Walls & ceilings in satin nish Baseboards

No Moda Zine-Issue# - "Knock, knock..."

Knock, Knock! - Australian Broadcasting Corporation · 2014. 12. 17. · Knock, Knock, Knock Composer: Colin Buchanan Publisher: Rondor (Australia) Dragon Song Composer: Don Spencer