Open and Connected : Learning in the 21st century

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Presentation to the PEI department of education and early childhood by dave cormier and bonnie stewart. Copyright of images as indicated in image links by author (various versions of CC) all other content is CC attribution.

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Learning in the 21st Century

Bonnie StewartDave Cormier

University of Prince Edward Island

Open and Connected

We hear: young people are “digital natives” who can do things we'll never understand

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Sharing is Public

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People don't listenPeople don't listen

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Social networks are getting in the way ofSocial networks are getting in the way of

learning!learning!

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But learning has always been about social networks

Past networks were local

Now they are global

Instead of becoming a separate cyberspace, our electronic networks are becoming deeply embedded in real life.

Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody, p.196.

We have the chance to shape the knowledge space that

is emerging.

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We think:1. Social networks work.2. Positive network role models are critical for teachers and students.

Social Networking is literacies, not technologies

You probably already have most of these literacies. The “digital natives” are still learning them.

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Key literacies?Connectedness

&Openness

It's that simple. And that complicated.

Learning is connected

Erica Marshall of muddyboots.org

Knowledge is Connection

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BE BE openopen

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Openness as practice

Orient

Declareyourself

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ConnectVision: who do you want

to connect with?

Engage: ask questions, tell stories, be interested

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Openness is emergent - Connectedness is cultivated

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Be openConnectLead

Dave Cormier, @davecormierBonnie Stewart, @bonstewart

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