Graham Attwell

Learning and Knowledge maturing

We are at present undergoing a deep and prolonged industrial

revolution based on digital technologies

Changing the way we live, the way we produce things, the way we communicate,

the way we learn

and the way we develop

and share knowledg

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Learning is a process of becoming rather than a

process of acquiringStephen Downes

Learning is a process of sense making and

valuesTo learn is to

instantiate patterns of connectivity in the mind (in the neural

net)

The Old Transmission Model

The way networks learn is the way people learn…

• they are both complex systems• the organization of each depends on connections

Connectivism (George Siemens)

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• Learner centered

Learning is centered around the interests of the learner

Learning is owned by the learner

This implies learner choice of subjects, materials, learning styles

The Concept

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• Immersive learning

Learning by doing

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Connected Learning

The computer connects the student to the rest of the worldLearning occurs through connections with other learnersLearning is based on conversation and interaction

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The reaction of education systems and institutions to the rise of social networking has been at best

bewilderment, at worst downright hostility

a refusal to engage in these issues risks school becoming increasingly irrelevant to the everyday lives of many young

people

and particularly irrelevant to the ways in which

they communicate and share knowledge

Web 2.0 allows young people to be active co-creators of knowledge

We have to review the industrial schooling model including the organisation of institutions and

pedagogy and curriculum

and, above all, systems

of assessment which fail to

support learning

Personal Learning Environments are based on the idea that learning will

take place in different contexts and situations and

will not be provided by a single learning provider

the idea of a Personal Learning Environment

recognises that learning is continuing and seeks to

provide tools to support that learning

Using whatever tools and devices which the learners

choose

It also recognises the role of the individual in organising their own

learning

PLEs can help in the recognition of informal

learning

The promise of Personal Learning Environments

could be to extend access to educational

technology to everyone who wishes to organise

their own learning.

the PLE will challenge the existing education systems

and institutions

PLEs and the institutionS

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