Graham Attwell Learning and Knowledge maturing

We are at present undergoing a deep and prolonged industrial revolution based on digital technologies

Changing the way we live, the way we produce things, the way we communicate, the way we learn

and the way we develop and share knowledge

Learning is a process of becoming rather than a process of acquiring Stephen Downes

Learning is a process of sense making and values To learn is to instantiate patterns of connectivity in the mind (in the neural net)

The Old Transmission Model

The way networks learn is the way people learn… they are both complex systems the organization of each depends on connections Connectivism (George Siemens) Stephen Downes

they are both complex systems

the organization of each depends on connections

Learner centered Learning is centered around the interests of the learner Learning is owned by the learner This implies learner choice of subjects, materials, learning styles The Concept Stephen Downes

Learner centered

Immersive learning Learning by doing Stephen Downes

Immersive learning

Connected Learning The computer connects the student to the rest of the world Learning occurs through connections with other learners Learning is based on conversation and interaction Stephen Downes

Connected Learning

The reaction of education systems and institutions to the rise of social networking has been at best bewilderment, at worst downright hostility

a refusal to engage in these issues risks school becoming increasingly irrelevant to the everyday lives of many young people

and particularly irrelevant to the ways in which they communicate and share knowledge

Web 2.0 allows young people to be active co-creators of knowledge Web 2.0 allows young people to be active co-creators of knowledge

We have to review the industrial schooling model including the organisation of institutions and pedagogy and curriculum

and, above all, systems of assessment which fail to support learning

Personal Learning Environments are based on the idea that learning will take place in different contexts and situations and will not be provided by a single learning provider

the idea of a Personal Learning Environment recognises that learning is continuing and seeks to provide tools to support that learning

Using whatever tools and devices which the learners choose

It also recognises the role of the individual in organising their own learning

PLEs can help in the recognition of informal learning

The promise of Personal Learning Environments could be to extend access to educational technology to everyone who wishes to organise their own learning.

the PLE will challenge the existing education systems and institutions

PLEs and the institution Scott Wilson

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