A Tweet and a Poke: How Educators Harness the Power of Social Networks

A Tweet and a Poke How Educators Harness the Power of Social Networks Walls Optional Camosun College May 1, 2009 Dr. Alec Couros

#wallsoptional

who is this guy?

Shifts in Edtech Group growth Individual growth Objectivism Cognitivism Constructivism Social Learning (Leinonen) (Schwier)

journey

knowledge what is k? • how is k acquired? • how do we know what • we know? why do we know what • we know? what do humans know? • who controls k? • how is k controlled? •

assumptions re: school knowledge is scarce • access can be controlled • boundaries make sense • expertise rests only in individuals • learning can be managed • change is slow • institutions can rest on reputation • we can predict the future • is the best way to learn •

reactions: forms of openness open education free software open source software open educational resources open content open access publication open access courses open teaching open accreditation

how are creative works produced and shared? cathedral vs. the bazaar

how we view knowledge and creative works copyright/copyleft/commons

open content, access, publication, accreditation how we view learning - institutional & informal

access we have to free or inexpensive tools

Rocky Mountain News 1859 - 2009

social networks redeﬁne communities, • friends, citizenship, identity, presence, privacy, publics, geography. enable learning, • communication, sharing, connections, collaboration, community. networks formed around • shared interests & objects.

lightbulb vs. ipod

human networks

netbooks & 1:1

microblogging

Google/Twitter Greasemonkey script

geotagging

streaming video

Each technology creates a new environment. The old environment becomes content for the new environment. The effects of media come from their form not their content.

cornﬂakes or cadillacs

media literacy Accessing, analyzing, • evaluating, and creating messages in a variety of forms. • Enable skillful creators, consumers, and disseminators of media. • Facilitate an understanding of strengths, weaknesses, and inﬂuences of media forms.

how ideas spread

cautions Soulja Boy

cautions new challenges

affordances new motivations

new forms

re/think: toward open & networked learning

content

privacy

toward open educational experiences

interaction

social architecture

transparency

professional learning

I can haz pln adapt

connecting become a learner (again) • experiment with the tools • learn to read new media • explore online communities • participate in web and f2f events • be critical, but open-minded • it begins with a single • connection, but you will be embraced by the network

advantages greater access • currency & adaptability • improved economics • adaptive pedagogy • preserved knowledge • greater diversity of voice • sustainable communities • transparency for critique • long-term connections •

Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time. ~Tagore web: couros.ca twitter: courosa google: couros alec.couros@uregina.ca

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