1. New digital spaces - pushing the boundaries into the unknown; trajectories of user behaviour in new frontiers Gráinne Conole, Open University, UK ASCILITE Conference, Auckland, 8 th December 2009

4. Paradoxes created by the digital Expansive knowledge domain Hierarchy & control less meaningful Increasingly complex digital landscape Content distributed, everything is miscellaneous Collective intelligence Free content & tools, open APIs and mash ups Death of expertise everyone an expert Multiple pathways / lost in cyberspace Beyond ‘digital space’/ New metaphors Multiple (co-)locations/ loss of content integrity Social collective/digital individualism Issues re: ownership , value, business models

5. Educational dilemmas Expansive knowledge domain Hierarchy & control less meaningful Increasingly complex digital landscape Content distributed, everything is miscellaneous Collective intelligence Free content & tools, open APIs and mash ups Challenges the role of the teacher Need for new learner pathways Widening skills gap between ‘tech savy’/others Need to rethink the d esign process Potential for new forms of learning Lack of uptake

9. Initial theoretical perspectives “ Social objects” Social networking makes little sense if we leave out the objects that mediate the ties between people Engeström Design framework for sociality Enabling practice Mimicking reality Building identity Actualising self Bouman et al .

12. Key concepts: Clouds Clouds: Ideas Design or case studies Tools or resources Questions or problems

13. Key concepts: Clouds Clouds: Ideas Design or case studies Tools or resources Questions or problems

14. Key concepts: Clouds Clouds: Ideas Design or case studies Tools or resources Questions or problems

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16. Key concepts: Clouds Clouds: Ideas Design or case studies Tools or resources Questions or problems

17. Key concepts: Clouds Clouds: Ideas Design or case studies Tools or resources Questions or problems

19. Key concepts: Cloudscapes Cloudscapes: Conferences Workshops Course team Student cohort Research theme Project

20. Key concepts: Cloudscapes Cloudscapes: Conferences Workshops Course team Student cohort Research theme Project

21. Key concepts: Cloudscapes Cloudscapes: Conferences Workshops Course team Student cohort Research theme Project

25. Key concepts: Activity streams Clouds

26. Key concepts: Activity streams Clouds Cloudscapes

27. Key concepts: Activity streams Clouds Cloudscapes Comments

28. Key concepts: Activity streams Clouds Cloudscapes Comments Links

29. Key concepts: Activity streams Clouds Cloudscapes Comments Links References

30. Key concepts: Activity streams Clouds Cloudscapes Comments Links References Extra content

38. Some stats…. 1603 registered users Aspect Everyone Team Non-team Cloudscapes 142 58 84 Clouds 1557 1014 543 Comments 2378 786 1592 Links 2021 1371 650 Added Sept . From 143 countries

39. Evolving theoretical framework Alevizou, G., Conole, G., Culver, J. and Galley, R., paper submitted to Netwerkd Learning Social objects Activity theory Context & culture Sociality framework Changing practices Rhetoric performance Expression of self Collective intelligence Expression of self