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.”

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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://couros.cacouros@gmail.com

@courosa

Donʼt limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in

another time. ~Tagore