Spaces and Structures of Tomorrow’s Learning George Siemens dCCF March 30, 2007

If you’re about content, you’re in for enormous change

New knowledge, defined containers Knowledge emerges Tolerate ambiguity …resist classification of understanding in advance

Content flow

Space of content flow Content flows on the network

Physical Digital Artifact Malleable Defined User-created Content is a conduit to conversation

Content as centralization

UGC: All content is NOT created equal

Content as node in network

Content as gradient

Content

Mediation of Understanding

Nature of content determines interaction

Exposure of periphery: loose connections http://www.quintura.com/ Multiple narratives

Content abundance…making sense

GDP http://www.worldmapper.org/

Population http://www.worldmapper.org/

Spaces We don’t control the space

Structures We don’t create the structure of knowledge and understanding

Legal/social

www.elearnspace.org www.connectivism.ca www.knowingknowledge.com

www.elearnspace.org

www.connectivism.ca

www.knowingknowledge.com