A pedagogy of abundance

by Martin Weller on Nov 12, 2009

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I explore the idea whether, as with economics, the shift from a model of scarcity to one of abundance has implications for pedagogy.

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A pedagogy of abundance — Webinar Transcript

Pedagogy http://www.flickr.com/photos/hippie/2596821107/ a of Martin Weller

http://www.flickr.com/photos/svenwerk/858381180/ Less a presentation More a discussion

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviddmuir/2125697998/ Economics as metaphor

Warning metaphors are dangerous and imperfect!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/r80o/5549288/ Warning: Metaphors are dangerous

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hartnupj/78406716/ Supply and demand

Music – talent is scarce, hard to find, record it, resource is manufactured according to demand, access is scarce (opening hours, stock, etc)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/frf_kmeron/3350179151/

When music is abundant what is the model?

Talent is still scarce, but access to it is easy

Distribution is instant

Model of scarcity breaks down

http://www.flickr.com/photos/helloeno/530649757/

Abundance responses

Long tail

Freemium

Services

Digital is free – pay for object

Content free – experience

Enterprise versions

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dantaylor/188987057/

Scarcity responses

Legal enforcement

Subscription

Expertise is scarce – build model around it

Learners (demand) come to where expert is (supply)

Group many experts together for convenience = university

http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeyleader/3297222812/

Pedagogy of scarcity:

Lecture – one to many

Library?

Instructivism/didactic

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyfaller/8394194/

What would a pedagogy of abundance look like? http://www.flickr.com/photos/42903611@N00/387761039/

Assumptions

Content is free

Content is abundant

Content is varied

Sharing is easy

Social based

Connections are ‘lite’

Organisation is ‘cheap’

Based on a generative system

Crowdsourcing

Network is valuable

Resource based learning:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mlgkhc/3284242747/

Problem based learning

http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnagrayson/195244498/

Constructivism

http://www.flickr.com/photos/auro/230377281/

Communities of practice

http://www.flickr.com/photos/antphotos/3489600094/

Connectivism!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/feuilllu/153570089/

3 possible conclusions

There is nothing in the pedagogy of abundance

We have enough theories just need to recast them

None of the existing theories quite captures new tech & behaviour & new one is required

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cawley/894692611/

Lisamaygrace Nice one. Thanks for sharing. 11 months ago

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benmason NIce work. Thanks for the deck. 1 year ago

Soydan Cengiz , Managing Director at ECR Turkey / SBC Marketing & Retailing Consultancy Excellent, Thanks for sharing. 2 years ago

Gabriela Grosseck , assoc.prof., Ph.D. at Univesity of the West Timisoara Congrats! Excellent point of view! 2 years ago

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