Presented in Graz on 14 May 2009.

1. Learning in times of abundance
The Snowflake Effect
TUGraz, 14 May 2009
Erik Duval
K.U.Leuven & ARIADNE & IEEE LTSC
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
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2. Thanks!
for the invitation
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4. http://www.slideshare.net/erik.duval
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5. e-learning?
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6. e-learning?
technology
enhanced
learning
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7. e-learning?
technology
enhanced
learning
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Écoliers_maliens.jpg
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8. e-learning?
technology
enhanced
learning
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Écoliers_maliens.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Old_man_at_Ravangla_Market.jpg
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9. design is difficult...
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10. http://erikduval.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/laptop-fun/
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11. Bad problem:
scarcity
books, video, audio, food, music, news, travel, clothes, cars, ...
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13. Searchability
http://globe-info.org/
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15. http://portal.mace-project.eu/
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16. http://portal.mace-project.eu/
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18. Open
Educational
Resources
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19. Open
Educational
Resources
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21. > 3.000.000.000 images
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22. > 3.000.000.000 images
facebook
> 10.000.000.000
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24. > 80.000.000 videos
upload:
13 hours video/min
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29. 44.000 sites
20.000.000 users
1.900.000 courses
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30. Do numbers matter?
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31. Do numbers matter?
http://www.thelongtail.com/
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32. from scarcity to abundance
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33. from scarcity to abundance
a “better
problem”
paradox of
choice
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34. snowflake in music...
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35. snowflake in music...
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36. snowflake in music...
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37. snowflake in music...
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38. snowflake in music...
nice bootstrapping, too!
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39. snowflake in music...
nice bootstrapping, too!
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40. snowflake in music...
nice bootstrapping, too!
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41. snowflake in music...
nice bootstrapping, too!
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42. snowflake in music...
nice bootstrapping, too!
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43. http://www.aristomusic.com/
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50. why?
• no lock-in
• leverage best of breed
• TOLEDO will have blogs & wikis next year
• source of innovation
• Blackboard is so ... 1998 web?
• ... 1975 education?
• allow personalization (Snowflake Effect)
• my RSS reader, my social network, my twitter
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51. but?
• we did solve a problem with TOLEDO
• back to build-your-own
• do we all want to do that?
• can we all do that?
• yes to small-pieces-loosely-joined
• no to fragmented user experience
• closed innovation exists too
• Apple & iphone, I use facebook :-)
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52. walled garden...
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53. in the end...
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
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54. Questions?
http://erikduval.wordpress.com/
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
Thanks!
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55. http://aspect-project.org/ http://www.icoper.org/
http://www.role-project.eu/ http://www.stellarnet.eu/
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