Keynote presentation for ASI 2010, York University, Toronto, Ontario - August 2010.
Mashup of several presentations. More info available at http://couros.wikispaces.com/asi2010
7. “Web 2.0 tools exist that might allow academics to reflect and
reimagine what they do as scholars. Such tools might
positively affect -- even transform - research, teaching, and
service responsibilities - only if scholars choose to build
serious academic lives online, presenting semi-public selves
and becoming invested in and connected to the work of their
peers and students.” (Greenhow, Robella, & Hughes, 2009)
11. “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)
12. “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)
18. 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
24. Questions
• what is k?
• how is k acquired?
• how do we know what we
know?
• why do we know what we
know?
• what do humans know?
• who controls k?
• how is k controlled?
25.
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28. Free/Open Content
“describes any kind of creative work in a
format that explicitly allows copying and
modifying of its information by anyone, not
exclusively by a closed organization, firm, or
individual.” (Wikipedia)
53. “Some of the comments on
Youtube make you weep for the
future of humanity, just for the
spelling alone, never mind the
obscenity and naked hatred.”
@leverus
(Lev Grossman)
60. “You are not Facebookʼs
customer. you are the product
that they sell to real customers -
advertisers. Forget this at your
peril.”
(Greenberg, 2010, via tweet)
64. Kyle Doyle is not going to
work today, f*** it, I’m still
trashed. SICKIE WOO
Cisco just offered me a
job! Now I have to weigh the
utility of a fatty paycheck against
the daily commute to San Jose
and hating the work
67. “...the set of abilities and skills where
aural, visual, & digital overlap. These
include the ability to understand the
power of images & sounds, to recognize
& use that power, to manipulate &
transform them pervasively, & to easily
adapt to new forms.”
(New Media Consortium, 2005, on ʻnew literaciesʼ)
68. - new media are texts
- information is abundant
- surge of multimodal/multimedia expression
- authorship increasingly complex
assumptions - social contexts collapsing
(short version)
- potential audience expanding
- social connections important
- technology tends to be deterministic
- digital reputation management vital to citizenry
- wayfinding, sensemaking, curation,
participation, production vital to literacy
69. danah boyd
pay attention to ...
•Properties: persistence,
replicability, searchability,
scalability, (de)locatability.
•Dynamics: invisible audiences,
collapsed contexts, blurring of
public & private spaces @zephoria
70. 1. coding competence
(the ability to decode texts)
(Adapted from Four Resources Model,
Freebody & Luke, 1990)
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74. 2. semantic competence
(the ability to make meaning)
(Adapted from Four Resources Model,
Freebody & Luke, 1990)
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80. 3. pragmatic competence
(functional literacy)
(Adapted from Four Resources Model,
Freebody & Luke, 1990)
103. The Big Ideas
• Learning networks redefine
how knowledge is created,
distributed & managed.
• Informal educator networks
are becoming increasingly
important and will redefine
teaching, learning, and ProD.
• The future of learning is open,
connected, & social.
104. Donʼt limit a child to your own
learning, for he was born in
another time. ~Tagore
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