How Informal Learning Networks Can Transform Education
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The document discusses how informal learning networks, particularly through Web 2.0 tools, can transform education by fostering collaboration and innovation among educators. It emphasizes the importance of open access, connected learning, and the evolution of professional identities within educational frameworks. The future of learning is portrayed as increasingly reliant on open, connected, and social environments that enhance knowledge sharing and community building.
How Informal Learning Networks Can Transform Education
- 1. How Informal Learning Networks Can Transform Education ASI 2010 - Toronto Ontario - August 2010 - Dr. Alec Couros
- 2. #asi2010
- 3. me
- 5. The Blur
- 7. “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)
- 9. “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow” (Linusʼ Law, Raymond 1997)
- 11. “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)
- 12. “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)
- 16. open / connected
- 17. • philosophical stance • power & control open(ness) • access (short version) • design attributes - privacy/publics - transparency - accountability
- 18. open(ness) (short version) open education free software open source software open educational resources open content open access publication open access courses open teaching open accreditation
- 19. • pedagogical & pragmatic stance connected • knowledge exchange, curating, wayfinding, (ness) crowdsourcing, (short version) collaboration, problem solving • personal learning network/environment (PLN/PLE)
- 20. shift
- 21. “Tell me ... what it is I am educating and what sort of world we live in, and I will tell you what I am aiming at.” (Garforth, 1962)
- 23. Knowledge
- 24. Questions • 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?
- 28. 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)
- 31. Media
- 37. Stats as of March 17/10 via Mashable
- 38. personalization
- 42. the reality?
- 43. Networks
- 44. “Understanding how networks work is one of the most important literacies of the 21st century.” (Rheingold, 2010)
- 45. social networks • redefine communities, friends, citizenship, identity, presence, privacy, publics, geography. • enable learning, communication, sharing, collaboration, community. • networks form around shared interests & objects.
- 46. the utility of networks
- 48. divide
- 50. issues
- 53. “Some of the comments on Youtube make you weep for the future of humanity, just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and naked hatred.” @leverus (Lev Grossman)
- 54. Verifiability
- 56. Identity
- 60. “You are not Facebookʼs customer. you are the product that they sell to real customers - advertisers. Forget this at your peril.” (Greenberg, 2010, via tweet)
- 61. Privacy/Ethics
- 64. Kyle Doyle is not going to work today, f*** it, I’m still trashed. SICKIE WOO Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work
- 66. literacies
- 67. “...the set of abilities and skills where aural, visual, & digital overlap. These include the ability to understand the power of images & sounds, to recognize & use that power, to manipulate & transform them pervasively, & to easily adapt to new forms.” (New Media Consortium, 2005, on ʻnew literaciesʼ)
- 68. - new media are texts - information is abundant - surge of multimodal/multimedia expression - authorship increasingly complex assumptions - social contexts collapsing (short version) - potential audience expanding - social connections important - technology tends to be deterministic - digital reputation management vital to citizenry - wayfinding, sensemaking, curation, participation, production vital to literacy
- 69. danah boyd pay attention to ... •Properties: persistence, replicability, searchability, scalability, (de)locatability. •Dynamics: invisible audiences, collapsed contexts, blurring of public & private spaces @zephoria
- 70. 1. coding competence (the ability to decode texts) (Adapted from Four Resources Model, Freebody & Luke, 1990)
- 74. 2. semantic competence (the ability to make meaning) (Adapted from Four Resources Model, Freebody & Luke, 1990)
- 80. 3. pragmatic competence (functional literacy) (Adapted from Four Resources Model, Freebody & Luke, 1990)
- 87. 4. critical competence (ability to select, analyze & participate in texts) (Adapted from Four Resources Model, Freebody & Luke, 1990)
- 93. Example #1 - Connecting to Experts @kathycassidy
- 94. Example #2: Publishing in the Open ps22chorus.blogspot.com
- 95. Example #3: Use of Public Content @christianlong
- 96. Example #4: Educator as ...
- 98. Example #6: Social Reading
- 99. Example #7: Global Mentoring
- 100. Example #8: Real-time Feedback
- 101. Example #9: PD Anytime/Anywhere
- 103. The Big Ideas • Learning networks redefine how knowledge is created, distributed & managed. • Informal educator networks are becoming increasingly important and will redefine teaching, learning, and ProD. • The future of learning is open, connected, & social.
- 104. Donʼt limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time. ~Tagore web: couros.ca twitter: courosa google: couros couros@gmail.com