13. Higher
Education
Social
Media
Membership in intellectual and social affinity groups X X
Access to resources and experts X X
Engaging in intellectual discussions X X
Accumulate and develop skills for employment X X
Association with professional community X X
Establish social and professional network X X
Enhance personal and professional reputation X X
Share enthusiasm for common interests X X
Build skills X X
“Educators are no longer the gatekeepers of knowledge.”
- Dr. Sarah Smith-Robbins
Higher Education and Social Media
14. “Educators are no longer the gatekeepers of knowledge.”
- Dr. Sarah Smith-Robbins
Higher Education and Social Media
Higher Education Social Media
Indicator of Success Official endorsement of
completion via diploma
Evidence of work
completed and place in
community
Navigation Guidance through
experiences and thought
processes
Self-directed exploration
of ideas, discussions, and
sources
Investment Money Time
Priority Priority set by Institution Priority set by Individual
Rules Rigid Flexible
15. Education vs Everyday
Analog Digital
Tethered Mobile
Isolated Connected
Generic Personal
Consumption Creating
Closed Open
Then vs Now
Analog Digital
Tethered Mobile
Isolated Connected
Generic Personal
Consumption Creating
Closed Open
Licensed under Creative Commons By-SA
David Wiley
http://opencontent.org/blog/
16. Education vs Everyday
Analog Digital
Tethered Mobile
Isolated Connected
Generic Personal
Consumption Creating
Closed Open
Opportunity
17.
18. Image licensed under Creative Commons by craigCloutier: http://www.flickr.com/photos/craigcloutier/3045377851/
Quote source: Learning and Understanding (2002) Principle 2
19. Image licensed under Creative Commons by Nongbri Family Pix: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aznongbri/3349618967/ Retrieved from http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org
20. Concept: Paul Baran, “On Distributed Networks,“ 1964
Connect Learning to Distributed Networks
21. Stephen Downes, National Research Council of Canada, http://downes.ca/
George Siemens, Athabasca University, http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/
22.
23. HOW DO YOU LEARN
NEW THINGS?
HOW DID YOU LEARN NEW
THINGS 20 YEARS AGO?
WHAT IS DIFFERENT?
24. Each of us
has our own
“Personal
Message
Shield”
http://www.slideshare.net/socialogilvy/the-insidious-plot-to-socialize-the-enterprise
26. (Stephen Downes)
Personalized
We do for you
Institutional goals
Content --> Practice
Requirements & Correction
We test you
Personal
You do for yourself
Personal goals
Practice --> Content
Affordances & Iteration
We help you
34. "He who receives an
idea from me,
receives instruction
himself without
lessening mine; as
he who lights his
taper at mine,
receives light without
darkening me."
- Thomas Jefferson
35. "MIT OpenCourseWare
(OCW) is a web-based
publication of virtually all
MIT course content. OCW is
open and available to the
world and is a permanent
MIT activity."
2,260 courses
175 million visitors
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
36.
37. "In the times of rapid
change, learners inherit
the Earth, while the
learned find themselves
beautifully equipped to
deal with a world that
no longer exists."
- Eric Hoffer washingtonrebel.typepad.com
ccSteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2010