ec&i 831 final thoughts
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A short summary for EC&I 831, November 2011. More at http://eci831.caTRANSCRIPT
#eci831thoughts on
opennessmindsettransparencysharingaccessfreedom
techno-pedagogical philosophy
small tools loosely joined
contentcommunity as curriculum
personal learningyours affects others
discoveryprocedural vs. navigational
literacieslife long process
“...the set of abilities and skills where aural, visual, & digital overlap. These include the ability to understand the
power of images & sounds, to recognize & use that power, to manipulate &
transform them pervasively, & to easily adapt to new forms.”
(New Media Consortium, 2005, on ‘new literacies’)
• As we “move toward an environment of instant & infinite information ... we need to move from bring simple knowledgeable to knowledge-able.”
@mwesch
Michael Wesch
immersionfor understanding
networkscreate, share, learn
I am part of all that I have met.Tennyson (1842)
changeconversationadvocacyagency
... we’ve reached the point in our (disparate) cultural adaptation to computing and
communication technology that the younger technical generations are so empowered
that they are impatient and ready to jettison institutions most of the rest of us tend to
think of as essential, central, even immortal. They are ready to dump our schools.
(Cringely, 2008)
“what an incredible era to be young and talented.
(Cormier, 2008)
assessmentpurposesubjectivityrelativityfeedback