Learning in the connecticon
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The document discusses the opportunities for learning in rural areas enabled by high-speed broadband connections, known as the Connecticon. It describes how faster internet allows for more complex sharing of information and hyper-interaction between users. This leads to emergent properties like self-organizing groups and new forms of informal and collaborative learning using technologies like wikis and social networks. The Connecticon reduces disparities between rural and urban areas by providing greater opportunities for blended formal and informal learning across work, home and other contexts through online collaboration and convergence of technologies.
Learning in the connecticon
- 1. Bangers and Mashups: Learning in the Connecticon Dr Frank Rennie
- 2. What I will talk about 1) What is the Connecticon? 2) Emergent properties of broadband access Faster information exchange More complex data transmissions Hyper-interaction between users Always-on implications 3) Lessons for rural education and innovation
- 4. Faster information exchange Rural businesses & SME Real time savings on information transfer New networks and business opportunities Side effects on training and learning New applications e.g. webcam
- 5. More complex data Scots-Irish Gaelic poetry Extension of offline activities Complex high quality images, text, and audio Built-in interaction Educational resource Masterclasses etc
- 6. Hyper-interaction ICT Consultancy Rural base but wide customer base Revised working practices Wide range of customer applications Competitive edge
- 7. Always-on Welsh Internet Radio International 24/7 coverage Gateway to other Welsh language activities Merchandising spin offs Educational and advocacy role
- 8. Emergent Properties Self organisation – sorting out the weakest links Stability domains – the safety nets Memes – viruses of the mind Complex system cycles – been here before. Natural selection – the graveyard of ideas What does this mean for education & learning?
- 10. Contextual Communities Self organising groups of learners May be structured or not May be work or topic based May be open and distributed Will be flexible and transient
- 11. Formal Learning
- 14. Web 2.0 Participative rather than Passive Receptor Collaborative rather than single author Wikis, blogs, web/podcasts, social networking,,,, Attention rather than Information is premium commodity Tests veracity and applicability Context in addition to Contents Truly multi-media
- 15. Mashups for Education Blog Wikipedia Text Wiki Google Maps Flickr Photos YouTube Video Audio Podcasts Music Social Network
- 16. The Connecticon…. reduces the disparity between rural and urban provides greater opportunities for informal learning in rural areas /work/home/school/CLC adds value to business learning and educational networks through collaboration stimulates interaction between local and global promotes convergence of technologies
- 17. So why…? do educators remain diffident and conservative in their use of technologies in education? can educators not be proactive in harnessing the possibilities of new technologies in blended learning?