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Whoami? Nobody Live online Blogger Wannabe geek Think out loud Radical idea?

Nobody

Live online

Blogger

Wannabe geek

Think out loud

Radical idea?

We live in fascinating times Did You Know/Shift Happens Pay Attention The Machine Is Us/Ing Us

Did You Know/Shift Happens

Pay Attention

The Machine Is Us/Ing Us

Anthropological Perspective Non-deterministic Exposure Reuse Rethink Copyright, authorship, identity, ethics, aesthetics, rhetorics, governance, privacy, commerce, love, family, ourselves.

Non-deterministic

Exposure

Reuse

Rethink

Copyright, authorship, identity, ethics, aesthetics, rhetorics, governance, privacy, commerce, love, family, ourselves.

Web 2.0 and Sixth Internet Cultures Participation Participating in…? Learning Learning as creative process Constructing knowledge Creating “content”

Participation

Participating in…?

Learning

Learning as creative process

Constructing knowledge

Creating “content”

Learning Material Everything used in learning Gathered for learning Created for learning Created through learning Verbal emphasis

Everything used in learning

Gathered for learning

Created for learning

Created through learning

Verbal emphasis

Types of material General Learner-created Teacher-generated Published

General

Learner-created

Teacher-generated

Published

General Email messages Forum posts Blog entries Comments

Email messages

Forum posts

Blog entries

Comments

Learner-Created Course notes Term papers Presentations Exam answers

Course notes

Term papers

Presentations

Exam answers

Teacher-Generated Syllabi Slides Lesson plans Exam questions Lectures

Syllabi

Slides

Lesson plans

Exam questions

Lectures

Published Journal articles Monographs Textbooks Reference

Journal articles

Monographs

Textbooks

Reference

Personal Approach Simple Comfortable Adapted Workflow…

Simple

Comfortable

Adapted

Workflow…

Steps

Outlines Organise thoughts Slides during lecture Shared as lesson plans Use as study guides Overview for exam preparation

Organise thoughts

Slides during lecture

Shared as lesson plans

Use as study guides

Overview for exam preparation

Podcasting Repetition Encourage engagement Build upon Archive

Repetition

Encourage engagement

Build upon

Archive

Put Online Free Open Flexible

Free

Open

Flexible

Free Speech Information Beer

Speech

Information

Beer

Open Accessible Transparent Boundless

Accessible

Transparent

Boundless

Flexible Timely Dynamic Adaptive

Timely

Dynamic

Adaptive

“ Check this out!” Sharing Peer-teaching Exposure Increase awareness

Sharing

Peer-teaching

Exposure

Increase awareness

Repurposing Adapt each semester Grow understanding Find new ways explain

Adapt each semester

Grow understanding

Find new ways explain

Still Need Textbooks?

Problems with textbooks Keeping up with editions Standardised Static Cost to students Unnecessary material Inconsistent expertise

Keeping up with editions

Standardised

Static

Cost to students

Unnecessary material

Inconsistent expertise

Simple Idea Create material together

Create material together

Online Learning Materials (Community Created) Constructing knowledge Collaborative learning Collaborative editing Critical thinking Diversity of voices

Constructing knowledge

Collaborative learning

Collaborative editing

Critical thinking

Diversity of voices

Issues Open Access Academic freedom Diverse learning and teaching styles Attitudes toward technology Authority

Open Access

Academic freedom

Diverse learning and teaching styles

Attitudes toward technology

Authority

Free, Open, Flexible: Rethinking Learning Materials Online Alexandre Enkerli Department of Sociology and Anthropology Concordia University http://enkerli.wordpress.com/