The document discusses several key trends that will shape the future of education, including aggregation, abundance, and frictionless creation of content. Education will become more open, informal, networked, and social. Barriers to sharing knowledge will continue to break down, and learning networks will grow in importance. The creation and sharing of content will become easier and more collaborative across distances.

1. What is the future of education? Martin Weller Edtechie.net

2. Aggregation The future of education is… http://www.flickr.com/photos/32601210@N06/3546971247/

3. i.e. Taking this stuff http://www.flickr.com/photos/huladancer22/530743543/

4. And making this http://www.flickr.com/photos/23501684@N00/225828952/

5. Abundance The future of education is…

6. i.e. a shift from this http://www.flickr.com/photos/33626269@N08/3518611918/

7. To this http://www.flickr.com/photos/42903611@N00/387761039/

8. Frictionless creation The future of education is…

9. I.e– all the stuff we used to create specific content for…

10. Public engagement BBC/OU Coast TV series

11. Specific audiences http://www.flickr.com/photos/97831130@N00/1066368855/

12. Teaching http://www.flickr.com/photos/44742295@N00/2814710002/

13. Is now just a by-product of what scholars do Academic output as ‘collateral damage’ (thanks to @jjsanderson) http://www.flickr.com/photos/28753313@N04/2706221662/

14. Social The future of education is…

15. (It always was, we just didn’t recognise it) http://www.flickr.com/photos/svenwerk/858381180/

16. We built spaces for it http://www.flickr.com/photos/38346136@N02/3948121729/

17. Now we encourage learners to be a part of a network

18. Building a network, contributing to it, and getting it to work for you will be the key skill for future students http://www.flickr.com/photos/antphotos/3489600094/

19. Multi Media The future of education is…

20. Open The future of education is…

21. Informal The future of education is…

22. Networked The future of education is…

23. This Presentation The future of education is…

24. I created this presentation for: George Siemens Dave Cormier http://www.flickr.com/photos/71755445@N00/3035991158/

25. Who I have never met http://www.flickr.com/photos/9619972@N08/1350940605

26. I live here:

27. They live here somewhere:

28. So why make this for them? http://www.flickr.com/photos/78042080@N00/2303709058/

29. Because it’s easy http://www.flickr.com/photos/ucumari/2813269535/

30. Because I have a social/professional connection via twitter and blogs

31. Because it’s fun and creative http://www.flickr.com/photos/ripizzo/2310929170/

32. Because I can easily share it

33. Because it’ll be part of an open course

34. Because lots of people might see it http://www.flickr.com/photos/34838158@N00/3370167184/

35. Because you’re looking at it and we’ve probably never met http://www.flickr.com/photos/91545223@N00/3258958203/

36. In a way – all that’s kind of amazing isn’t it?

37. Music: Daisy by Karine Polwart