Learning in times of abundance - the snowflake effect, Presented at TEL Summer School, Terchova, Slovakia, 4 June 2009

Learning in times of abundance The Snowflake Effect TEL Summer School, Terchova, Slovakia, 4 June 2009 Erik Duval K.U.Leuven & ARIADNE & IEEE LTSC http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd 1 Thursday 4 June 2009

Thanks! for the invitation 2 Thursday 4 June 2009

Thanks! Really! for the invitation 2 Thursday 4 June 2009

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http://www.slideshare.net/erik.duval Thursday 4 June 2009 4

feedback please 5 Thursday 4 June 2009

learning as a root solution http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Old_man_at_Ravangla_Market.jpg 6 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Écoliers_maliens.jpg Thursday 4 June 2009

learning is (the essence of being) human 7 Thursday 4 June 2009

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the power of one connected to many... 10 Thursday 4 June 2009

design is difﬁcult... 11 Thursday 4 June 2009

http://erikduval.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/laptop-fun/ 12 Thursday 4 June 2009

bad problem from the past: scarcity books, video, audio, food, music, news, travel, clothes, cars, ... Thursday 4 June 2009

Searchability http://globe-info.org/ 16 Thursday 4 June 2009

http://portal.mace-project.eu/ Thursday 4 June 2009

Better problem: abundance Thursday 4 June 2009

if you fold a sheet of paper 50 times, then how thick is the result? 21 Thursday 4 June 2009

if you fold a sheet of paper 50 times, then how thick is the result? about the distance to the sun... 21 Thursday 4 June 2009

if you fold a sheet of paper 50 times, then how thick is the result? about the distance to the sun... http://www.worldpopulationbalance.org/pop/stats.php 21 Thursday 4 June 2009

Open Educational Resources 22 Thursday 4 June 2009

> 3.000.000.000 images Thursday 4 June 2009

> 3.000.000.000 images facebook > 10.000.000.000 Thursday 4 June 2009

> 80.000.000 videos upload: 20 hours video/min Thursday 4 June 2009

44.000 sites 20.000.000 users 1.900.000 courses 26 Thursday 4 June 2009

Do numbers matter? 28 Thursday 4 June 2009

Do numbers matter? http://www.thelongtail.com/ 28 Thursday 4 June 2009

from scarcity to abundance 29 Thursday 4 June 2009

from scarcity to abundance a “better problem” paradox of choice 29 Thursday 4 June 2009

Better problem: abundance still a problem... Thursday 4 June 2009

Better problem: abundance still a problem... Solution: massive hyper-personalization Thursday 4 June 2009

The Snowﬂake Effect Thursday 4 June 2009

snowﬂake in music... 32 Thursday 4 June 2009

snowﬂake in music... nice bootstrapping, too! 32 Thursday 4 June 2009

http://www.aristomusic.com/ Thursday 4 June 2009

Electronic forms are dead but metadara are very much alive ;-) Thursday 4 June 2009

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social? Thursday 4 June 2009

Physical? Thursday 4 June 2009

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html Thursday 4 June 2009

works? Thursday 4 June 2009

that’s it? Thursday 4 June 2009

walled garden... 51 Thursday 4 June 2009

in the end... learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is life is learning is life is learning is 52 Thursday 4 June 2009

Snowﬂaking TEL research! Feeds please? • produce • blog, delicious, twitter, slideshare, connotea, bibsonomy, tripit, eventful, ... • friendfeed? • consume • blogs, people you follow, 53 Thursday 4 June 2009

• The one thing I take away from this session is ... • This is relevant to my PhD research because ... 54 Thursday 4 June 2009

Come add to abundance... • i want to record what you do for your PhD. and why, • or the answers to the earlier questions. • or whatever you want to share... 55 Thursday 4 June 2009

Questions? http://erikduval.wordpress.com/ http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd Thanks! 56 Thursday 4 June 2009

http://aspect-project.org/ http://www.icoper.org/ http://www.role-project.eu/ http://www.stellarnet.eu/ 57 Thursday 4 June 2009

Learning in times of abundance - the snowflake effect, Presented at TEL Summer School, Terchova, Slovakia, 4 June 2009

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