Teaching & Learning in a Networked Age
Quest 2010Richmond Hill, Ontario
By Dr. Alec CourosUniversity of Regina
#yrdsbquest
The Blur
“Web 2.0 tools exist that might allow academics to reflect and reimagine what they do as scholars. Such tools might
positively affect -- even transform - research, teaching, and service responsibilities - only if scholars choose to build
serious academic lives online, presenting semi-public selves and becoming invested in and connected to the work of their peers and students.” (Greenhow, Robella, & Hughes, 2009)
http://edr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/full/38/4/246
Visitors vs. Residents
context
inspirations
the road ahead
context
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
Access
Free/Open Content“describes any kind of creative work in a format that explicitly allows copying and
modifying of its information by anyone, not exclusively by a closed organization, firm, or
individual.” (Wikipedia)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9119028@N05/591163479/
Participatory Media
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosauraochoa/3256859352/sizes/z/in/photostream/
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
Stats as of Jan 22/10 via Royal Pingdom
media stats (2009)
• 90 trillion emails sent annually from 1.4 billion email users
• 234 million websites
• 1.73 billion Internet users
• 126 millions blogs
• 350 million Facebook users
• 4 billion images on Flickr
• 2.5 billion photos uploaded every month on Facebook
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/11/great-scott-over-35-hours-of-video.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/obama-in-berlin-video-of_n_114771.html
pay attention to ...
•Properties: persistence, replicability, searchability, scalability, (de)locatability.
•Dynamics: invisible audiences, collapsed contexts, blurring of public & private spaces @zephoria
danah boyd
Networks
http://www.flowtown.com/blog/the-2010-social-networking-map
Howard Rheingold
• “Understanding how networks work is one of the most important literacies of the 21st century.” (2010)
Network Literacies
• redefine communities, friends, citizenship, identity, presence, privacy, publics, geography.
• enable learning, communication, sharing, collaboration, community.
• networks form around shared interests & objects.
networks
Howard Rheingold
http://www.anduro.com/calgary-mayor-race.html
http://www.anduro.com/calgary-mayor-race.html
Personal Learning Network
connections
practice
Henry Jenkins
Challenges of Participatory Culture
“How do we ensure that every child has access to skills and experiences need to become a full participant in the social, cultural, economic, and political future of our society?”
@royanlee
Example #1: Transparent Walls
@thecleversheep
Example #2: Advocacy of Sharing
Example #3: Shared Global Experiences
@glassbeed@langwitches @hdurnin
Example #4: Making It Relevant
@danikabarker
Example #5: Meaningful Connections
@courosa
Example #6: Rethinking Classroom Time
@karlfisch
Example #7: PD Anytime, Anywhere
there are hundreds of examples
but this is NOT the norm
http://twitter.com/#!/dougpete/ontario-educators
the road ahead
Will Richardson
• “What happens to traditional concepts of classrooms and teaching when we can now learn anything, anywhere, anytime?”
21st Century Learning
Embrace Our Reality
Connect with Others
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dolmansaxlil/4802611949/
Create a Culture of Sharing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/admitchell08/2574455073
Let Go Of Control
Private Public
Closed Open
“We need to move beyond the idea that education is something
that is provided for us, and toward the idea that an education
is something that we create ourselves.”
(Downes, 2010)
http://[email protected]
@courosa
Donʼt limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in
another time. ~Tagore
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