YOU Learning - the impact of user generated content on education

YOU Learning – the Impact of User Generated Content on Education Karsten D. Wolf Didactical Design of Interactive Learning Environments interaktiivinen tekniikka koulutuksessa 2007 Thursday, 19.04.2007 cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 1

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and ! cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 3

really lots of people cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 5

really lots of people 171,502,194 © Karsten D. Wolf 2007 6

171,503,220 friends! cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 8

Blogs cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 9

really lots of people measures the „blogosphere“ „71 million blogs… some of them have to be good.“ –Matt © Karsten D. Wolf 2007 10

70M 60M 50M 40M 30M 20M 10M 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000493.html cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 11

1,250,000/day 2004 2005 2006 2007 http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000493.html cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 12

1,731,000 569,000 474,000 367,000 353,000 288,000 283,000 251,000 222,000 221,000 cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 13

native speakers of language Wikipedia article articles ratio Suomi 109,454 48 German 569,000 176 cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 14

native speakers of language Wikipedia article articles ratio Suomi 109,454 48 German 569,000 176 Finnish speaking Wikipedians are nearly four times as productive as the German speaking ones! cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 15

statistics* 50% of all edits done by 0.7% of users (615 people) 72% of text written by 1.8% of users (1,500 people) really old: October 2005 = 1.5 Internet years ≈ 10.5 years ago cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 16

100 cumulative % of content 75 50 25 0 25 50 75 100 125 % of authors ranked by contribution cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 17

actual data 100 cumulative % of content 75 50 25 0 25 50 75 100 125 % of authors ranked by contribution cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 18

rough estimation 100 cumulative % of content 75 50 25 0 25 50 75 100 125 % of authors ranked by contribution cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 19

100 cumulative % of content 75 very few people 50 25 0 25 50 75 100 125 % of authors ranked by contribution cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 20

do very much 100 cumulative % of content 75 very few people 50 25 0 25 50 75 100 125 % of authors ranked by contribution cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 21

20% of people are doing 80% of the work cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 22

I am doing all the work and everyone else is lazy! cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 23

100 equal participation cumulative % of content 75 50 25 0 25 50 75 100 125 % of authors ranked by contribution cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 24

equal 100 participation cumulative % of content gap 75 50 25 0 25 50 75 100 125 % of authors ranked by contribution cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 25

as of February 2007 Datasource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_number_of_edits # of edits authors ranked by # of edits cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 26

Wikipediholism #1 159,825 #10 79,162 #30 53,500 # of edits #50 46,529 #100 36,608 #500 17,305 #1,000 11,101 #2,500 5,300 authors ranked by # of edits cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 27

Wikipediholism #1 159,825 #10 79,162 #30 53,500 # of edits #50 46,529 #100 36,608 10 edits a day #500 17,305 for 3 years #1,000 11,101 #2,500 5,300 authors ranked by # of edits cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 28

as of February 2007 # of edits logarithmic scales authors ranked by # of edits cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 29

as of February 2007 # of edits Long Tail of Authors authors ranked by # of edits cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 30

having thousands of people* editing an online text collaboratively for free accessed by hundred of millions** is a major success… * 63,000 active editors in November 2006 (English) ** 43 million unique visitor in USA in January 2007 source: http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=1214 cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 31

Wikipedias today Wiktionaries Wikiquotes 2 years Wikinews Wikibooks 5-10 years Wikisources 20-40 years Wikiversities cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 32

thousands of user generated content tools & communities cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 33

user generated content is here to stay! but does it change education as we know it? cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 34

You vs. We cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 35

You do it for yourself, but all have benefits You vs. We do it together to reach goals We too large for each of us cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 36

educational policy didactics & practice & design user generated content educational educational technology research cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 37

didactics & design cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 38

R.I.P. Mass adoption of Constructivism in the Classroom Idea born multiple times Never received in practice cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 39

Web 2.0 services cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 40

literally thousands of „Web 2.0“ tools cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 41

build public entities Seymour Papert Father of Logo Constructionist cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 43

(networked) apprenticeship environments: see how experts work and solve problems John Seely Brown Xerox Parc Cognitive Apprenticeship cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 44

culture of participation recreation to become a form of re-creation (remix, tinkering, sharing) based on productive inquiry situated in communities of co-creation learning about ➙ learning to be http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/419/ cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 45

educational research cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 46

What is the role of collaboration and sharing in successful online learning? How can we nurture learning communities and a culture of sharing? What are the learning impacts of creating learning materials by students themselves? How do we influence swarm/hive/collective motivation? cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 47

Ã not only abundance, but better quality, too vs. Œ the hive mind is for the most part stupid and boring cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 48

educational technology cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 49

Does Web 2.0 makes Learning 2.0? cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 50

mashup = combing services + adding some usefulness re-mix = re-using material in a novel combination symbiotic relationships and rich learning ecosystems Google Maps* *http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/ cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 51

re-mixes and mashups mashup = combing + adding some usefulness re-mix = re-using material in a novel combination symbiotic relationships and rich learning ecosystems Google Maps* *http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/ cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 52

challenges robust and usable learning environments to support remixing, re-creating and mashups? Personal learning environments helping me to learn, find, collect, organize, collaborate etc. Traditional Learning Management Systems are mostly dead cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 53

user generated content ideas from Sony‘s „Little Big Planet“ cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 54

educational policy & practice cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 58

What is the value of "open" vs. "closed" books / content Can user generated content improve the learning of all citizens or just a few? What impacts can be expected for schools and universities? Will universities be old school and do informal learning settings take over? Does user generated content improve or undermine education? cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 59

from content wasteland cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 60

to content jungle cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 61

open content for open education cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 62

open content for open education cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 63

controlling the jungle again? cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 64

(Source: Atkins, Brown, Hammond 2007) cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 66

sounds like experts generated content access ≠ education focus on repurposing (Source: Atkins, Brown, Hammond 2007) cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 67

Faculty educational science Didactical design of interactive learning environments What does it mean to me? 68

me T T T tutors ST ST ST ST ST ST student 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 tutors 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 student 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 students 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 © Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf 2006 69

before: my average course had 30 pages today: 250 - 350 pages, ~90% done by students higher motivation & deeper learning much smaller participation gap cc by Karsten D. Wolf 2007 75

YOU Learning - the impact of user generated content on education

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