1) New approaches to learning focus on dealing with change, uncertainty, and learning from a variety of sources rather than just teachers. This involves lifelong learning through formal and informal means.
2) Effective teaching requires collaboration, networking within and outside of schools, and continuous learning through daily practice. Teachers must become "learning professionals."
3) Open practices that facilitate networked learning involve creating open networks of practice to collaboratively address real educational problems through open innovation. This helps transform organizational culture and leadership to better support informal learning networks.
4. New Learning
Learning to learn
• Dealing with change and uncertainty
– There are no ‘true’ answers
• Teachers are no longer the main/only source of information
– Participate in (professional) communities & networks of practice
• Focus on how to handle information, validate & interpret,
– Learn to produce, create & innovate
• Prepare students for lifelong (professional) learning
– combine informal and formal learning.
– Help students build professional networks and join communities
8. that sees working, learning and innovating as
one and the same – workplace learning
that learns continuously informal and
formal, embedded in their daily practice
that collaborates to innovate with colleagues
that is an active networker within and
outside the school walls
… Involves Being a ‘Learning’ Professional
9. Organizational Mechanisms
Individual collective
formal
informal
control
Open organizational structure
rules
Open communication
trust
assignments
Self-organization
Hierarchical structures
Horizontal organization
autonomy
Centralized leadership
Shared/distributed leadership
isolation
integration
Top-down decision-making
Rigid organizational structure
Personal choice
commitment
14. • Networks provide a platform to meet
‘peers’
• Networks combine supply & demand
• Networks are interactive and develop
over time
• Networks are responsive spontaneous
and ad hoc
• Networks are fluid and live in the
moment
• Networks cut through hierarchies
• Networks are boundless
• Networks are open
• Networks are self-governed
Networked Learning in Open Practices
“Papa allows me to network with you..
Interested?”
15. • Networks are about something
• Networks make knowledge flow
• Networks share experiences and
expertise
• Networks provide easy access to a
variety of sources
• Networks combine explicit with tact
knowledge
• Networks develop learning
friendships and communities
Networked Learning in Open Practices
16. Network Challenges
The “dark side” of networking
• Networks come and go
• Networks are personal
• Networks are invisible
• Networks are informal
“Psst interest in sharing an idea or two?”
17. Known ‘wicked problems’
• Individual accountability
• Centralized management and control
• Small networks
• Localized
• Teachers have a limited free agenda
• Other teachers are mostly ‘invisible’
• Closed working environments
Networked Learning in Open Practices
Knowledge
Practices
open
closed
Human Capital
fragmented integrated
Pushing the
trade-off frontier
outwards
New Ways
of Working
18. - Identify local/regional
educational problems
- Open collaboration with
teachers/schools on real burning
issues
- Develop/design meaningful
solutions that resonate in
practice
Attitude, Visibility, Value
Practice-based Networked Learning
Research
Create Open Networks of Practice
19. Attitude
Stimulate an open learning culture in the organization
Transform traditional leadership & increase informal
space
Practice-based Networked Learning
Research
21. Visibility
Make networking visible and transparent
Stimulate connectivity and access
Provide network support
Practice-based Networked Learning
Research
22. Network ability to learn: Visibility
Practice-based Networked Learning
Research
23. Value
Reward the value that networks create
Share their products and stories (Social Networking
Site?)
Practice-based Networked Learning
Research
24. Network value creation
- Help tell and share stories about their value
Wenger, Trayner & De Laat, 2011
Practice-based Networked Learning
Research
27. Networked Learning in Open Practices
CFP 2016 Networked Learning Conference
http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk
Maarten de Laat
maarten.delaat@ou.nl