Wikinomics and the Future of Education

Wikinomics and the Future of Education Anthony Williams Co-Author of Wikinomics

Wikinomics - 21 Languages

The Rise of Self Organization 10 M June 2005 70 M

The Power of Collaborative Communities vs. Blogger.com beats CNN.com

The Power of Collaborative Communities vs. Myspace.com beat MTV.com

The Power of Collaborative Communities vs. Wikipedia.org beats Britannica.com

Wikipedia: New Possibilities for Collective Action
2 million English language articles
15X encyclopedia Britannica
200+ languages
1 million + editors
70,000 regular contributors
9 th most visited site on the Web

Acquiring External Ideas & Innovation
An eBay for innovation
How do you create a vibrant marketplace where you leverage other people's talents, ideas and assets quickly and move on?
P&G’s Larry Huston: “Alliances and joint ventures don't open up the spirit of capitalism within the company. They're vestiges of the central planning approach when instead you need free market mechanisms.”

LINUX Multi-Billion Dollar Linux Ecosystem

Turning Consumers into Producers

Open Sourcing the Genome

The Age of Participation Age of Participation

The New Talent Equation

Web 2.0: Broadband, Mobile, Pervasive L EGACY 2.0

You Can Program the Internet

True Multimedia: the 3D Internet

The Internet of Things: The “Beyond Microwave”
Internet-enabled microwave
Swipe product barcode
“ knows” settings for 4,000 different products
Updates data via the Internet

The Thing: “Tag” Any Object With A 2D Bar Code

The Thing: Browsing the Physical World

Mobility: Rise of the Global Mobile Web
100 million handsets in sub-Saharan Africa
520 million handsets in China
3.1 billion users worldwide
Rising to over 4 billion by 2010
97% of Tanzanians say they can access a mobile phone

Digital/Physical Convergence http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanvlarocca/310472325/in/photostream

Geospatiality A Platform for Global Problem Solving

Geospatiality: Wiki City Rome

Geospatiality: Tag Your World On The Go Otetsudai Networks: Mobile temporary workers

The Digital Natives

Boom, Bust and Echo

School Enrollment

Under 25 Population (thousands) Global N-Gen Population Source: United Nations (N-Gen in India + China) = 9.5 x (N-Gen in U.S. and Canada)

The World: According to Land Area Source: Worldmapper

The World: Number of Children Under 15 (2004) Source: Worldmapper

The N-Gen Wants the Internet Which would you rather do? Source: 2007 New Paradigm Global Study (Q825) * Significantly higher than for Xers/Boomers

The N-Gen Life Without Technology

% Regularly Add or Change Things Online A Generation of Content Creators Source: 2007 New Paradigm Global Study (Q640)

The N-Gen and Democracy Interactive models of political communication and a more genuine role in democracy

The N-Gen Mind
Digital technologies impact brain function
Perception and cognitive abilities
Skill acquisition
Learning
Empathy, altruism and other fundamental human traits
How does growing up digital influence social, interpersonal and consumer behavior?
Implications for marketing and management

Education 2.0 Education 2.0

Blog Ideas & Comments Personal Attractor Wiki Shared Documents Status/Policies/etc. Forum Question & Answer Discussion Point Shared Bookmarks Co-developed resource Research/Look up Feed Reader Updates in one place Quick scan Social Networking Search & Find People Bonds over distance RSS Feeds and Tags Act as Linking Mechanism Web 2.0 in Education

Source: Richard Dennison, http://richarddennison.wordpress.com/
Disseminating Ideas Through Blogs and RSS

Authenticity: Redefining How You Communicate

Structured Team Work & Wiki Knowledge Bases
Source: http://cases2.com

Wiki Collaboration Process Model Source: Intellipedia

Curriki: Creating An Open Source Curriculum

Could you wiki your organization?
Widen input into strategy and operations?
Capture the knowledge of a retiring workforce?
Marshal resources in a crisis?
Harness intelligence, wherever it resides?
Cut down on email?
Have fun?
Transforming Educational Administration

Connecting Students with Social Networks

Skills Groups Current Project My Location Online
Enterprise 2.0
Photoshop Users
Custom Car Collectors
Customer Segmentation Duration: 18 days End Dates: March 28, 2008 Project Lead: Tess Drake The Rich User Profile John Smith Performance Rating Recommendations Work Activity March 11 March 10 March 9 New Business connection with Jane Doe Completed project for Senior Management Team Project Rating: Feedback: 1 report, 2 sr. clients March 7 Updated product specification sheet for Widget Client meeting with Acme Co.

Educational Talent Markets
Staff/Students see all projects requiring people
Staff/Students apply through transparent, simple process
Managers/Teachers choose based on rich social network profiles

Brainstorming with Students

Creating Global Educational Communities

CyberOne: Harvard’s Virtual Law School

MIT’s Open Courseware

The Twenty-First Century Text Book
Digital, accessible from many devices
Searchable, by words, images, sounds, etc.
True multimedia books that engages the five senses
Readers become producers (Prosumers)
“ No book is an island”
Lego books -- components, to be re-combined with others -- gardening to biology
Some books will have geo-spatial awareness – a guided tour of the physical world
A platform for learning, collaboration, composition and innovation -- where everyone can participate

Wikinomics and Democracy Harnessing the Collective Intelligence of a Nation

Thank You
Anthony D. Williams VP, New Paradigm
133 King Street East, Suite 300 Toronto, Canada
[email_address]
416-863-8864

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