a tweet and a poke: how educators harness the power of social networks
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Keynote presentation for Camosun College's Walls Optional Conference by Dr. Alec Couros, May 1st, 2009, in Victoria, BC, Canada. Full video of the presentation is available here: http://disted.camosun.bc.ca/wallsoptional/2009/resources/keynote.htm Full Keynote.app (Mac) version available for download here: http://www.box.net/shared/yud86u9811TRANSCRIPT
A Tweet and a PokeHow Educators Harness the Power of Social Networks
Walls OptionalCamosun College
May 1, 2009Dr. Alec Couros
#wallsoptional
who is this guy?
Shifts in Edtech
Objectivism
Cognitivism
Social Learning
Constructivism
Individual growth
Group growth
(Schwier)(Leinonen)
journey
knowledge
• 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?
assumptions re: school
• knowledge is scarce
• access can be controlled
• boundaries make sense
• expertise rests only in individuals
• learning can be managed
• change is slow
• institutions can rest on reputation
• we can predict the future
• is the best way to learn
reactions: forms of openness
open source software
open contentopen access publication
open accreditation
open education
open access courses open teaching
free software
open educational resources
cathedral vs. the bazaar
how are creative works produced and shared?
copyright/copyleft/commons
how we view knowledge and creative works
how we view learning - institutional & informal
open content, access, publication, accreditation
access we have to free or inexpensive tools
Rocky Mountain News1859 - 2009
• redefine communities, friends, citizenship, identity, presence, privacy, publics, geography.
• enable learning, communication, sharing, connections, collaboration, community.
• networks formed around shared interests & objects.
social networks
lightbulbvs.
ipod
human networks
netbooks & 1:1
microblogging
Google/Twitter
Greasemonkey script
geotagging
streaming video
Each technology creates a new environment.
The old environment becomes content for
the new environment.
The effects of mediacome from their form
not their content.
cornflakes or cadillacs
• Accessing, analyzing, evaluating, and creating messages in a variety of forms.
• Enable skillful creators, consumers, and disseminators of media.
• Facilitate an understanding of strengths, weaknesses, and influences of media forms.
media literacy
how ideas spread
cautions
Soulja Boy
cautions
new challenges
affordances
new motivations
new forms
toward open & networked learning
re/think:
content
privacy
toward open educational experiences
interaction
social architecture
transparency
professionallearning
adaptI can haz pln
• become a learner (again)
• experiment with the tools
• learn to read new media
• explore online communities
• participate in web and f2f events
• be critical, but open-minded
• it begins with a single
connection, but you will be
embraced by the network
connecting
• greater access
• currency & adaptability
• improved economics
• adaptive pedagogy
• preserved knowledge
• greater diversity of voice
• sustainable communities
• transparency for critique
• long-term connections
advantages
web: couros.catwitter: courosagoogle: couros
Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born
in another time. ~Tagore
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original slide deck in Keynote format.