Slides for my keynote presentation at YRDSB Quest in Richmond Hill, Ontario, November 17, 2010. Full video of the recording is found here: http://www.rogerstv.com/page.aspx?lid=237&rid=17&sid=3867&gid=73758

1. Teaching & Learning in a Networked Age
Quest 2010
Richmond Hill, Ontario
By Dr. Alec Couros
University of Regina

2. #yrdsbquest

4. 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)
http://edr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/full/38/4/246

8. Visitors vs. Residents

9. context
inspirations
the road ahead

10. context

15. Informal Learning
• “Informal learning is a
significant aspect of our
learning experience.
Formal education no
longer comprises the
majority of our learning.”
•
George Siemens
http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm

17. Access

20. 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)

24. http://www.flickr.com/photos/9119028@N05/591163479/

25. Participatory
Media
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosauraochoa/3256859352/sizes/z/in/photostream/

29. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/obama-in-berlin-video-of_n_114771.html

30. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/obama-in-berlin-video-of_n_114771.html

31. 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
Stats as of Jan 22/10 via Royal Pingdom

32. http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/11/great-scott-over-35-hours-of-video.html

33. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/obama-in-berlin-video-of_n_114771.html

34. danah boyd
pay attention to ...
•Properties: persistence,
replicability, searchability,
scalability, (de)locatability.
•Dynamics: invisible audiences,
collapsed contexts, blurring of
public & private spaces @zephoria

38. Networks
http://www.flowtown.com/blog/the-2010-social-networking-map

39. Network Literacies
• “Understanding how
networks work is one of
the most important
literacies of the 21st
century.” (2010)
Howard Rheingold

40. networks
• redefine communities,
friends, citizenship,
identity, presence, privacy,
publics, geography.
• enable learning,
communication, sharing,
collaboration, community.
• networks form around
shared interests &
objects.

44. Howard Rheingold
http://www.anduro.com/calgary-mayor-race.html

45. http://www.anduro.com/calgary-mayor-race.html

49. Personal Learning Network

50. connections

51. practice

52. 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?”
Henry Jenkins

53. Example #1: Transparent Walls
@royanlee

54. Example #2: Advocacy of Sharing
@thecleversheep

55. Example #3: Shared Global Experiences
@langwitches @hdurnin @glassbeed

56. Example #4: Making It Relevant
@danikabarker

57. Example #5: Meaningful Connections
@courosa

58. Example #6: Rethinking Classroom Time
@karlfisch

59. Example #7: PD Anytime, Anywhere

60. there are hundreds of examples
but this is NOT the norm

61. http://twitter.com/#!/dougpete/ontario-educators

62. the road ahead

63. 21st Century Learning
• “What happens to
traditional concepts of
classrooms and
teaching when we can
now learn anything,
anywhere, anytime?”
Will Richardson

64. Embrace Our Reality

65. Connect with Others

66. Create a Culture of Sharing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dolmansaxlil/4802611949/

67. Let Go Of Control
http://www.flickr.com/photos/admitchell08/2574455073

68. Private Public
Closed Open

69. “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)

70. Donʼt limit a child to your own
learning, for he was born in
another time. ~Tagore
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