4.18.24 Movement Legacies, Reflection, and Review.pptx
Ten Theses on Do-It-Together Learning
1. Ten
Theses
on
Do-‐It-‐Together
Learning
Prof.
Dr.
Trebor
Scholz
The
New
School,
NYC
Metropolitan
Museum,
NYC.
February
29
scholzt@newschool.edu
http://twitter.com/trebors
2. There
is
not
a
person
-‐
students,
teachers,
administrators
-‐
who
believes
that
the
current
education
system
is
working.
-‐Cathy
Davidson
at
MobilityShifts,
October
2011
4. Education
as
Social
Practice
In
1915,
the
founder
of
The
New
School,
John
Dewey,
emphasized
that
education
does
not
only
take
place
in
schools
and
that
it
ought
to
prepare
learners
for
democratic
citizenship.
6. 2)
In
the
midst
of
the
worst
>inancial
crisis
in
living
memory,
what's
necessary
for
positive
institutional
change
is
for
administrators
to
provide
incentives
for
innovation
and
experimentation
of
programming
efforts.
7. Today,
the
1970s
models
of
DIY
universities
meet
the
technological
opportunities
of
the
Social
Web.
•
Free
University
Movement
(Berkeley,
Berlin,
etc)
•
Peer
to
Peer
University
•
University
of
the
People
•
Edu
Factory
•
Khan
Academy
•
Public
School
9. The
University
of
the
People
offers
high
quality,
tuition
free
global
online
education
in
business
administration
and
c o m p u t e r
s c i e n c e .
D e s i g n e d
f o r
e c o n o m i c a l l y
underdeveloped
countries,
50%
of
enrolled
students
are
US
American.
tuition
free
10. 3)
Museums
as
intermediary
spaces
for
informal,
participatory
learning.
11. Dedicated
spaces
for
participatory
learning
in
museums
Blended
Learning
(intelligent
use
of
digital
media
+
face
to
face,
digital
media
as
hook-‐
user-‐generated
content
tagging,
blogging,
podcasting,
game
production)
“Interest-‐driven
learning,”
“project-‐based
learning
and
self-‐direction”
(Ito
et
al,
2009)
“The
goal
is
not
to
provide
a
few
classes
to
teach
a
few
skills;
the
goal
is
for
participants
to
learn
to
express
themselves
Jluently
through
digital
media.”
(Resnik,
Rusk,
and
Cook
1998)
13. Provide
a
continuous,
learner-‐centered
experience,
connect
experiences
inside
and
out
of
the
museum
Emphasizing
legitimacy
of
supplementing
school,
and
university
curriculum
with
museums
programs
(“learning
from
and
with
objects,”
media
production)
14. 5)
Social
instigators
rather
than
authoritative
professionals
should
lead
communities
in
the
co-‐
creation
of
museum
experiences.
17.
Cross-‐generational
and
diverse:
Pre-‐college
learners
(middle
school
and
high
school)
University
students
Retired
professionals
Each
class
should
have
a
percentage
of
those
learners.
