Snowflake Effect: open learning and research without barriers

Snowflake Effect

open learning and researchwithout barriers

erik duvalK.U.Leuven & ARIADNE

http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd 1

slogan warning!

http://www.kinkyangel.co.uk/ 2

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http://www.slideshare.net/erik.duval

snowflake?

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The Snowflake Effect:

The ideal is getting to “just right*”…

• Just the right CONTENT, to• Just the right PERSON, with• Just the right PARTNERS, at• Just the right TIME, on• Just the right DEVICE, in• Just the right CONTEXT, and• Just the right WAY ………

* not to be confused with perfection!!

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?foodtravelcontentmedia...

Already happening...

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Already happening...

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Already happening...

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Already happening...

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Already happening...

nice bootstrapping, too!8

Already happening...

nice bootstrapping, too!8

Already happening...

nice bootstrapping, too!8

Already happening...

nice bootstrapping, too!8

“mass contribution”

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“mass contribution”

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“mass contribution”

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http://blip.tv/10

http://blip.tv/10

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snowflake for learning?

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you used last year

teachers

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you used last year

new since last year

teachers

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new since last year

other teachers like you...

teachers

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you used last year

new since last year

other teachers like you...

used in this

context

teachers

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other teachers like you...

used in this

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also used by...

teachers

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new since last year

other teachers like you...

used in this

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also used by...

your peers have done

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teachers learners

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new since last year

other teachers like you...

used in this

context

also used by...

your peers have done

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teachers learners

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you used last year

new since last year

other teachers like you...

used in this

context

also used by...

your peers have done

this

they asked ...

who is doing this

now?

teachers learners

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you used last year

new since last year

other teachers like you...

used in this

context

also used by...

your peers have done

this

they asked ...

who is doing this

now?

learn together?

teachers learners

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you used last year

new since last year

other teachers like you...

used in this

context

also used by...

your peers have done

this

they asked ...

who is doing this

now?

learn together?

thumbs up/down?

teachers learners

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http://www.ariadne-eu.org/13

Searchability

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http://globe-info.org/

http://www.mace-project.eu/

€3.6M 37,593 resources and 97,200 assets

EUN, ARIADNE

Ministries: Austria, Catalonia, Hungary, Iceland, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Commercial: UK, Germany, IcelandDanube University Krems (evaluation)

Europese Hogeschool Brussel (school pilots)

OAI - SQICreative Commons

folksonomies

http://info.melt-project.eu/

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snowflake for learning?

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snowflake for learning?

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18http://portal.acm.org/

18http://portal.acm.org/

18http://portal.acm.org/

RSS?

google scholar

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http://scholar.google.com

google scholar

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http://scholar.google.com

RSS?

google scholar

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http://scholar.google.com

RSS?

Quality?

why can i get music on my ipod or information about who blogs mewithout having to search for it...

and i can’t get citations of my work as easily?!

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Is this all we can do!?

22 http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/14418/

22 http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/14418/

22 http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/14418/

22 http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/14418/

scientometrics?

22 http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/14418/

scientometrics?learnometrics?

Open feedback

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Open feedback

http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/empirical/ Attention metadata

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Open feedback

http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/empirical/ Attention metadata

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Open feedback

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1.Property2.Mobility3.Economy4.Transparency

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1.Property2.Mobility3.Economy4.Transparency

How about you?

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How about you?

• not scarce & searchbut abundant & find

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How about you?

• not scarce & searchbut abundant & find

• “snowflake effect”

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How about you?

• not scarce & searchbut abundant & find

• “snowflake effect”

• fight not invented here

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How about you?

• not scarce & searchbut abundant & find

• “snowflake effect”

• fight not invented here

• interconnect for scale

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How about you?

• not scarce & searchbut abundant & find

• “snowflake effect”

• fight not invented here

• interconnect for scale

• join Ariadne, LACLO & Globe !25

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Thanks!

Questions?http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/wordpress/eduval/

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