A keynote presentation given at the University of Delaware for the Summer Faculty Institute. More information about the event can be found here: http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2009/may/sfi051309.html
The source slides for the presentation are available for download in Keynote format. Please contact alec.couros@uregina.ca for the link.
See full video of the presentation here: http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/1611
Salient Features of India constitution especially power and functions
Harnessing the Power of Social Networks in Teaching & Learning
1. Harnessing the Power of
Social Networks in
Teaching & Learning
Dr. Alec Couros
2009 Summer Faculty Institute
at the University of Delaware
June 5, 2009
8. Shifts in Edtech
Group growth
Individual growth
Objectivism
Cognitivism
Constructivism
(Leinonen) (Schwier) Social Learning
9.
10. Key Questions
• 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?
11. 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
40. 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.
41. 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.
67. sustained community Benefits
transformative experiences
gained technical skills
media literacies
move toward openness
empathy toward new literacies
greater community
68. “I was able to go out and learn
throughout the entire week,
the entire year, and I’m still
learning with everyone.”
“The best part of the course
is that it’s not ending. With
the connections we’ve built,
it never has to end.”
69. “The course ... has been the most profound pd experience
I’ve ever had. It forced me to critique & review my
practice. I never knew how important social networks
were. Now, I couldn’t be a teacher without being
connected. It’s drastically changed my view of education.”
70. Don’t limit a child to your
own learning, for he was born
in another time. ~Tagore
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