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Slide 1: A narrative of learning for a world without boundaries eLearning Africa May 29, 2008 George Siemens

Slide 2: Copyright Innovation Adoption Learner success Inclusivity Innovation ICT Digitization Blended learning Collaboration ICT in health care Research Infrastructure Mobile learning Open source Teacher development Empowering women Partnership Web 2.0 Policy Networking eLibraries Development Pedagogy OERs Quality management R e Diffusion

Slide 5: History of educational technology

Slide 6: Technological revolution Year Industrial from 1771 Steam/Railways from 1829 Steel/Electricity from 1875 Oil/Automobile/Mass production from 1908 Information/telecommunications from 1971 Perez, C. 2004

Slide 7: Looking within Humanity

Slide 8: Increased opportunities

Slide 9: Goals of learners Life of learners

Slide 10: Changing societal needs

Slide 11: Not content, but interaction, connections, socialization

Slide 12: Principles of openness To people, to places, to methods, to ideas Lord Geoffrey Crowther, 1969

Slide 13: Looking forward Respect of history Mobile technologies OERs Socialization A narrative of inclusion Resolution (acknowledgement) of tension points

Slide 16: Not knowing in advance Complicated vs Complex

Slide 17: “New technologies take hold only in the context of accompanying cultural innovation as their latent possibilities are explored.” Joe Karaganis in Structures of Participation in Digital Culture

Slide 18: What is learning in a world without boundaries?

Slide 20: Belonging

Slide 21: A new narrative? On returning… On participating…

Slide 22: Participating In content creation In learning network formation In socialization In owning our participation

Slide 24: Taking the “whole view” Learning (cognitive, social, situational, emotive) Learner needs, context Diversity Access Technology Variability of information quality International/global relations/partnerships

Slide 25: STAKEHOLDE RS

Slide 26: Achieving “whole view” Build capacity:  System (policy)  Faculty (skills)  Learner (skills, access, and opportunity)  Stakeholders: society, government, employers Perils of building a development model too soon, or too rigidly

Slide 27: Websites and Newsletters www.elearnspace.org www.knowingknowledge.com www.connectivism.ca http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wordpress/ gsiemens@elearnspace.org