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

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.”

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

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

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

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

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

Source: Richard Dennison, http://richarddennison.wordpress.com/

Authenticity: Redefining How You Communicate

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

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

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?

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.

Enterprise 2.0

Photoshop Users

Custom Car Collectors

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

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

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

Anthony D. Williams VP, New Paradigm

133 King Street East, Suite 300 Toronto, Canada

[email_address]

416-863-8864