build the society that pleases you

Build the Society that Pleases You Most

@fredgarnett

#makesense

We are all born curious

But we all express it differently

Some play, some act, some organise,

Some study, some discuss… &

If you trust this human diversity

We will figure things out

We all want to learn

In unique ways that makesense to us

Education preps us for one society

But learning is, mimetic, social, emergent

Yet in building our nation-states

only certain kinds of instruction are valued

“Technology is the essence of politics”

But are we e-enabling or transforming?

You cannot benchmark the future

So how do we makesense of what might be

P A HTeacher

School

Teacher/Learner

Learner

Research

Cognition Epistemic Cognition

Meta-Cognition

Adult

You need “development frameworks”

scaffolding & supporting new thinking; PAH

I’ve been building edtech since 1995

Must be; learner-centric, social, trusting

Learning about new futures, new contexts

Needs new metaphors, new concepts; EoR

We created the Emergent Learning Model

Adapting i2020 around informal learning

Developed Emergent Projects;

Ambient Learning City; Manchester

created #socialmedia Learning Models

such as; Aggregate then Curate… #MOSI-ALONG

Social Cities of Tomorrow

Some Answers

New metaphorsNew relationships

Object-centred socialityParticipative curatorial strategies

Aggregate then CuratePost-institutional thinking

Participatory CitiesSocial cities not smart cities

SURPRISE!

Technology helps reveal that we humans are

adaptive

Open, Participatory, Collaborative

SURPRISE!

Our shared #digital future can be social, creative, interactive, personal, and; ………… ..self-determined.

What most pleases us!

Oct 2011 the University Project

Oct 2011 University Project; Hub Westminster

discussed alt.Unis & WikiQuals

Solving the problem that annoyed us most

#WikiQuals; self-accredited learning TEDx

Phillipa Young - TEDx

Change comes from the margins

From “liminal” “adjacent platforms”

We need Social Innovation

To build a network society

Folksonomy

What are YOU…most CURIOUS about?What ANNOYS… YOU the MOST?

not TaxonomyWhat PLEASES! You the MOST?Can you use your GROUP GENIUS to #makesense of our future?

Build the Future that #pleases you most

By Solving the Problem that annoys you most

Build the Future that #pleases you most’ Resources

I Am Curious; DigitalEmergent Learning ModelEcology of Resources modelAggregate then CurateEverything is a MetaphorSocial Cities of TomorrowThe University ProjectWikiQuals blogWikiQuals presentationPhillipa Young – WikiSqolar TEDx TalkOpen Learning & Networked SocietyWhere Good Ideas come fromSocial Innovation for a network societyGroup GeniusContact @fredgarnett

What is Heutagogy?

a curated conversation