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By: John Seely Brown Presented: OpenLearn2007 30-31 October 2007 More: http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/document.cfm?docid=10605 Video/audio: http://stadium.open.ac.uk/stadia/preview.php?whichevent=1063&s=31
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Open Learning Broadly Construed.
I feel like I am bringing coals to Newcastle
An Approach to Sustainability
Leverage and build onthe kind of learningthat always happens
(even without our trying)(even without our trying).
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Cartesian View of Learning
Knowledge as substance
And pedagogy as knowledge transfer
Leading us to think of learning like this...Leading us to think of learning like this...
“The delivery model:I teach - you learn”
“Cultivate the neat rows of disciplinary knowledge”
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we participatetherefore we are
The Social View of Learning
understanding is socially constructed
Suggesting we view learning more like this
“We learn in and through our interactions with others and the world”
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Nothing Beats Collaborative Study Groups –especially around homework & exam preparation.The social construction of understanding is real.
And this works virtually as well -IMing or Second Life
The social life of learning on campus
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And in virtual worlds on/off campus
Second Life
And in social networks across communities/friends
Blogs – Facebook – MySpace – LinkedIn, …
Now study groups or just plain bull sessions can naturally extend to peer groups galore
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Can we turn everyone into being both a learner & a teacher?
Nothing clarifies ideas better than explaining them to others.
we participateth f
Learning as supported through participatory architectures
therefore we are
understanding is socially constructed
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a powerful social learning environment
The architecture studio--the atelier form of learning
where work in progressis made public.
learning asenculturationinto a practice.
ExplicitLearning about
Beyond textbook learning:
learning-about ====> learning-to-be
TacitLearning to be
dimensions of knowledge(Michael Polanyi)
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ExplicitLearning about
Reversing the Flow
TacitLearning to be
Key: unleashing productive inquiry
MIT’s studio for 8.02 electricity and magnetism --technology enabled active learning (teal)
following RPI’s & NCSU’s studio physics courses.
moving seamlessly between lecture, experiment & discussionand addressing the drop out rate
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And, of course, the sage on the stage
model won’t work here!m d n
Nor, marking on a curve!
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Faulkes Telescope Project
d l Physical Location -- Maui
Students get remote access – run real experimentspool and analyze their results with a master.
New kind of learning/scholarship platform:the specialized scholar’s portal(allows for mini-papers as well)
New ways for students to engage in researchN f f i i i t tiNew forms of peer review – a view into a practice
Brown Univ.
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‘Modern’ kids from the global worldgrowing up with mobile phones and internet
Do We Understand Them?
What creates meaning for them?
Or even for Us? The Ancients
theory hacker converses with theory tinkerer
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Tinkering as a learning platformand its death and rebirth
as remix, mashups, etc
New Forms of Tinkering for the Born Digital Generation
Open SourceYou TubeS d L fSecond LifeGame moddingCivilization I – IVLego kits meet computingAmateur AnimeYour Truman ShowYour Truman Show----
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Life in the Digital Age –A culture of participation:
Tinkering, Building, Remixing & Sharing
Creating meaning by what I produceand others build on – a remix, opensource culture.
• writing code to be readThe Open Source Movements:
Open Source as a Participatory Learning Platform
g• engagement thru useful additions• social capital matters
A form of distributed situated learning(cognitive ‘apprenticeship’)
lt t t t l enculturating to a virtual community of practice
open code, open system, open community discussion
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Remix & Mashup creative tinkering & the play of imagination
But it is also ‘creative reading’ like in But it is also creative reading like in fandom – fans filling in the back story in highly imaginative ways.
Ah creating meaning by integratingAh, creating meaning by integratingtheir imagination with that of the‘author’ in remix.
sometimes seen on YouTube
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A new kind of participatory A new kind of participatory media/medium
for students/teachers/parents/producers/consumers
The Brewing Perfect Storm of Opportunity
Transformative Initiatives
OER …OER …Tying it alltogether:
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Open Participatory Learning Open Participatory Learning Ecosystem Ecosystem --
with feedback/loops galorewith feedback/loops galore
Open Participatory Learning Open Participatory Learning Ecosystem Ecosystem --
with feedback/loops galorewith feedback/loops galore
eScienceeScience
eHumanitieseHumanities
Web 2 0 & beyondWeb 2 0 & beyond
gcontent/tools/activities
with feedback/loops galorewith feedback/loops galorewith feedback/loops galorewith feedback/loops galoreWeb 2.0 & beyondWeb 2.0 & beyond
Creating a new kind of ecosystems for intertwining
knowledge creation, learning & mentoring
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Fundamental Trend
Scarcity Abundance===>
ManufacturingEconomy
ConsumerSociety
CreatorEconomy:Culture of
Co-creation &
=> =>
&Participation
Doesn’t this lead to niche communities,the Long Tail and suggest thatlearning-on-demand is now possible/ideal?
Tapping the Abundant Digital Resourcesfor formal/Informal & collateral learning
Games and game design – Civilization III,…Simulations – Climate models,…Remote instrumentations telescopes sem Remote instrumentations – telescopes, sem, ..Scholarly websites -Open source movementsOpen courseware – OpenLearn, OCW, Connections, …Digital story telling – iMovie,…Creating & remixing music – Garage Band Creating & remixing music Garage Band, …Writing – blogs galore…Access – Goggle Scholar…Yahoo! Groups around communities of interest/practice
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The long tail distribution of the networked age(circumventing scarce ‘shelf space’)
niche markets, niche genres, niche interest groups.
Now documentaries can reach the market on demand.
The Long Tail in Learningleveraging and supporting each segment differently
Supporting the rise of an ecology of learning/doing nicheslearning/doing niches
Ah, I am passionate about this niche topic.I want to learn/do more!
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The Bigger Picture
in three slides
Active Blending –beyond just taping resources
Researching, re-searching & learning meldinto a new kind of distributed
learning/knowledge ecosystem with mentors:peer based, masters & intelligent tutors
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Stocks FlowsA Radical Change of Point of View
( l h) (demand pull)
Explicit
Building inventoryof skills to be deployed later.
Participating inproductive inquiry
(supply push) (demand pull)
Authority based Situational basedTacitExplicit
for a stable world basedon an old factory model
for a rapidly changingworld
Learning 2.0 - learning on demand
Tacit
When recreation becomes an act of
re-creation/remix & productive inquiry
Culture of Learninga culture that thrives on
participatory life long learningparticipatory life long learningand perhaps
the ultimate sustainability model .
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Thank YouThank You
Toru IiyoshiDan Atkins
Hewlett Foundation:(cathy/mike)(cathy/mike)Richard AdlerConnie Yowell