8/4/2013 Reimagining Learning for a world of constant change our current context The 21 st century entrepreneurial learner (a quick fly over) 21 st C infrastructure: no stability in sight In a world of increasingly rapid change, the half life of a given stock/skill is driven by continual exponential advances in computation constantly shrinking. (perhaps as low as 5 years) 20 th C infrastructure Stocks =====> Flows 70 yrs protecting/delivering participating authoritative in knowledge flows knowledge creating new knowledge S-curve (strong tacit component) S-curve canons/genres stable over decades . genres fluid: relatively fixed institutional warrants less valuable Too Big to Know: Participation & By david Weinberger ( Jan, 2012) the embodied mind “We used to know how to know. We got our (the essence of tacit learning) answers from books or experts. We’d nail down the facts and move on. We even had canons.” “But in the Internet age, knowledge has moved onto networks. There’s more knowledge than ever, but it’s different. Topics have no boundaries, and nobody agrees on anything.“ We, as learners, need new strategies and tools Hand & Head 1
8/4/2013 BUT WHAT ARE WE Core Values AIMING AT? Equity: educational opportunity should be available to all Full participation: everyone should be engaged and contribute Social connection: learning is built around relationships Dispositions of an entrepreneurial learner. Learning dimensions curiosity - driven by awe content ------> can be taught questing – seeking, uncovering, probing ... but always doing (curiosity in action) skills ------> can be mentored dispositions ----> can be cultivated connecting – listening to others, engaging… reflecting – on performance with the help of cohorts. Reflective practitioner Today’s kids – creating in a multi-modal world Today’s kids – creating in a multi-modal world Visual Visual Musical Musical Procedural Cinematic Procedural Cinematic 2
8/4/2013 Harry Potter Worldwide Movement YOUMedia forums Fanfiction.com wikis • A Place where Youth can Hang Out, Mess 65,000 videos stories & Around and Geek Out podcasts podcasts contests Fanfiction.net 6,314 communities of interest 1,774 discussion forums 386,000 stories archived A Place where Youth can Are we prepared for students used to creating their own Hang Out, Mess Around & Geek Out fan collective, intertwined with a networked imagination? Chicago Pubic Library A more social view of learning we participate Cartesian View therefore we are of Learning but how might we approach learning in the 21 st century more generally? Pedagogy as understanding is socially constructed. knowledge transfer making knowledge personal A more connected/blended Connected/blended Epistemology epistemology Homo Sapiens Homo Faber Homo Sapiens Homo Faber man who knows man who makes man who knows man who makes content/things content/things & Tools as instrumental This could mean CONTEXT many things… The maker movement and beyond Tools as instrumental 3
8/4/2013 Ah, let me change the music of a film and I can alter A pathway forward not only its meaning but also what you actually “see”. Blending epistemologies for combining Ah, in a fluid world judgment learning in school with and critical thinking is more important than ever … learning in the wild reading context is king the millennials believe there are no authoritative sources! Learning Networks: From Networks to Ecosystems: with an infrastructure that unifies and a platform that scaffolds these all these resources Cloud + Mobile + Social + Big Data + Badges (OBI) The Bigger Picture A Fundamental Transition in how today’s millennials create their own identity I am what I I am what I create, share wear / own/control and others build on. And the ‘others build on’ is critical. 4
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