Disruptive Education

Professor Jeremy B. WilliamsChief Academic Officer, Knowledge Universe Education

www.jeremybwilliams.net

W6 ICT Committee Educational Research SharingTowards a fraternity of reflective practitioners

9 September 2009

http://www.marcprensky.com

Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants – A New Way To Look At Ourselves and Our Kids (2001)

Bloom’s taxonomy blooms digitallyAndrew Churches (2008)

Lorin Anderson (2001)Benjamin Bloom (1956)

(2008)

Connectivism

Learning rests on diversity of opinions … it is a process of connecting specialised nodes or information sources … … the capacity to know more is more critical than what is currently known

communication of content

has become less important than the

network of communication

The consequences of all this?

The barbarians are at the gate!

The affordances of social media

Allows Mass communication at a low cost

Permits participatory pedagogy

Encourages self-reflectionDevelops learning networks

Disruptive innovation

… aimed at non-consumption or customers who are ignored by established companies

Christensen 1997

The edupunks are coming

As more and more edutechpreneurs arrive on the scene, the transformation of education may happen faster than people think

Jim Groom

Where are you in the digital landscape?

This presentation is available at:www.jeremybwilliams.net/jbw/Presentations.html

authenticlearning.wordpress.com

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… the 140 character world#FutureSchools Jeremy Williams gave a talk on Disruptive Education www.jeremybwilliams.net/jbw.Presentations.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/2516648940/ i am here for the Learning revolution

Credits

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jandfriends/2913443068/ disruptionSocial Media Revolutionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/2516648940/ Our Digital Landscape, Revision 2

Thomas Gradgrindhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk5KI7JAbEE

http://www.slideshare.net/semiot/norman-lewis-mobilecamp The barbarians are at the gate!http://bavatuesdays.com/the-glass-bees/ Edupunk