4. “Open source software
communities are one of the most
successful -- and least
understood -- examples of high
performance collaboration and
community building on the
Internet today.”
(Kim, 2003)
5. “A key to transformation is for the
teaching profession to establish
innovation networks that capture
the spirit and culture of hackers -
the passion, the can-do,
collective sharing.”
(Hargreaves, 2003)
7. open(ness)
(short version)
open education
free software
open source software
open educational resources
open content
open access publication
open access courses
open teaching
open accreditation
8. David Wiley
“openness is the only
means of doing education”
“if there is no sharing,
there is no education”
@opencontent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb0syrgsH6M
9. Dean Shareski
“the moment we focus
on protecting our work
we are in someways the
antithesis of a teacher”
@shareski
http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=610
13. Personal Learning Environments
... systems that help learners take control of
and manage their own learning. This includes
providing support for learners to
• set their own learning goals
• manage their learning; managing both
content and process
• communicate with others in the process of
learning
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_personal_learning_environments
14. Challenges
“An institution-controlled tool presents the user with a
fixed interface of controls (instruments) that the user
must learn to use effectively if they are to access the
service provided. It is a feature of the current Web
environment that the use of a large number of these
interfaces creates an obstructive user experience,
made worse by the lack of flexibility the user has for
integrating the different services they access. To
operate within this environment, the user must manage
a number of different dispositions and skills required for
different interfaces.
(Johnson et al, 2006)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_personal_learning_environments
15. Challenges (continued)
“... the change from content that was developed by
expert and/or teachers towards possibilities and
challenges to make use of the bazaar of learning
opportunities and content leads to the necessity of
advanced self-organizing and searching in the Web - in
other words: media competent learners.
(Schaffert & Hilzensauer, 2008)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_personal_learning_environments
16. What are your thoughts, considerations or
challenges on PLE/PLNs so far?
Are they important/necessary for present or future
learning?
Do they potentially challenge or augment what we
do in formal learning environments?
Is this all hype - some sort of corporate-driven,
ʻtechno utopianismʼ?
33. quick 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
• 1 billion Youtube videos served daily.
Stats as of Jan 22/10 via Royal Pingdom
35. Michael Wesch
Youtube & other social media
mitigate “connection without
constraint”. Often, this leads to the
development of “tremendously
deep communities”.
@mwesch
36.
37.
38.
39.
40. The Web as Random Acts of Kindness
• Technical infrastructure of
the web.
• Wikipediaʼs content & form
• ʻHitchhikingʼ exists through
Internet-facilitated kindness,
collaboration, & sharing.
@zittrain
49. Owing a domain name is
about claiming your piece
of the internet. You’re no
longer renting, you’re a
home owner.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35723943@N00/2379057597/
55. Shifts
standard based to interest based
place/time to anytime/anywhere
individual to networked group
private to public
paper to digital
linear to distributed
synchronous to asynchronous
@willrich4
56. Have we seen a significant change
in the media landscape? Is there
any truth to the often stated effects
of the ʻdigital ageʼ (e.g., are kids
different?)
If these shifts are real, how do
educators adapt to these changes?
73. What can we learn from non-edu. culture (e.g., sub culture)?
Can you offer examples of exemplary networked practice?
Are there implications for teacher education or ProD?