These slides accompany a keynote speech given on June 29th at the Engaging the Digital Generation Conference at Middlesex University. Full title of the presentation is: Digital Tribes and the Social ...
These slides accompany a keynote speech given on June 29th at the Engaging the Digital Generation Conference at Middlesex University. Full title of the presentation is: Digital Tribes and the Social Web: How Web 2.0 will Transform Learning in Higher Education
Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor at University of PlymouthThis derives from a chapter I wrote for the book 'Connected Minds, Emerging Cultures'. I would be very pleased to receive any feedback and comments from anyone on the ideas I present in these slides.2 years ago
Digital Tribes and the Social WebPresentation Transcript
Digital Tribes and the Social Web: How Web 2.0 will Transform Learning in Higher Education cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 Steve Wheeler University of Plymouth Engaging the Digital Generation Conference: University of Middlesex, London, 29 June 2010
Digital Tribes and the Social Web: How Web 2.0 will Transform Learning in Higher Education In the available time.... cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010
Transformative learning
Inspiration in learning
The Tribal Web (Web 2.0)
Social Web tools
Personalised Learning
Digital literacies
cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 Steve Wheeler University of Plymouth Engaging the Digital Generation Conference: University of Middlesex, London, 29 June 2010 http://www.sessionmagazine.com/
New York c 1920 Transformation cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://farm3.static.flickr.com
Does education need transformation? "In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad." ~Nietzsche cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 20 http://thescholasticdiary.wordpress.com Source: Chambers English Dictionary
It certainly needs inspiration... “For the first time we are preparing students for a future we cannot clearly describe.” –David Warlick cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://communications.nottingham.ac.uk/podcasts/
One tribe or many? cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 Celebration http://www.zimbio.com
Connection cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com
Online, En masse cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com
Postural echo = Identification cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://www.leifjeffers.com
Tribal nature of new media “New media ... have made our world into a single unit... The world is now like a continually sounding tribal drum. Media point us away from individual man and toward tribal man.” ~ Marshall McLuhan (1960) cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 metapedia.com
“A tribe needs a shared interest and a way to communicate.” Internet tribes “Twitter and blogs ... contribute an entirely new dimension of what it means to be a part of a tribe. The real power of tribes has nothing to do with the Internet and everything to do with people.” cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010
Tribes “The internet eliminates geography. This means that there are now more tribes: smaller tribes, influential tribes, and tribes that could never have existed before.” ~ Seth Godin cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://nedgrace.files.wordpress.com
Digital tribes and virtual clans There is one digital tribe ... But there are may subsets of this large digital tribe – what we can term ‘virtual clans’. - Wheeler (2009)
Wikipedians (Deletionism + Exclusionism) /Inclusionism = Darwikinism Survival of the fittest content cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 Source: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Darwikinism
Flickrites and Facebookers cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://www.travel-images.com http://www.coal-is-dirty.com
Mind tools Human activities are mediated by culturally established instruments such as tools and language. Vygotsky, L. S. (1978) Mind in Society: The development of higher psychological processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://www.phillwebb.net
Totems It is easier to project your feelings of awe towards a totem than something as complex as the tribe. ~ Emile Durkheim cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://www.phillwebb.net
Digital Totems? Gathering places Rituals and rules Celebration and fun Transmission of customs, social mores and values (storytelling) = Tribal identity = Social networks cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 Source: Wheeler (2009) Digital Tribes http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcbwalsh/3412625028/
Digital Totems For digital tribes ... their totems are their social networking tools within the World Wide Web. cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 Source: Wheeler (2009) Digital Tribes http://www.faqs.org
“We simply have too much information and we can’t make sense of it all. It changes too quickly”. ~ George Siemens cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 comets.iastate.edu Source: www.connectivism.ca/
Smart Mobs “Smart Mobs consist of people who are able to act in concert even if they don’t know each other. [They can] cooperate in ways never before possible.” Rheingold, H. (2002) Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books. cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu The ‘Thumb Tribe’ – one thumb signalling
Flash mobs cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://idirekt.cz The power of txtingto organise collective action
3 key human interaction characteristics... Cognition Cooperation cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 Communication
Blog ... and web tools that facilitate them Cognition Social Network Cooperation cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 Wiki Communication
DigitalNatives? cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://tatango.com
What do younger learners expect? cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://socialenterpriseambassadors.org.uk
anytime personalised anyplace cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://ithalas.com
cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 We are family http://pro.corbis.com
Wii are family! cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://wiifitnessdepot.com
Personalisation of learning means ensuring that individual differences are acknowledged cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010
You are your own ‘VLE’ Aggregation Services Tools cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 Formats Content Channels Networks
PLEs, PLNs and PWs Personal Learning Network Personal Learning Environment cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 Personal Web
Digital cultural capital – Membership of the Tribe “Where digital communication has fractured the tyranny of distance and computers have become pervasive and ubiquitous, identification through digital mediation has become the new cultural capital”. - Wheeler (2009) cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://www.coreideas.com.au/
Digital literacies Social networking Transliteracy Privacy maintenance Identity management Creating content Organising content Reusing/repurposing content Filtering and selecting Self presenting cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://www.mopocket.com/
Filtering/Selecting Media provide selected access to the world rather than direct access to it. cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 Source: Buckingham, D. (2003) Media education: Literacy, learning and contemporary culture. http://fotosa.ru
‘Transliteracy’ The ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality, through handwriting to digital social networks. cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 Image source: unknown
Social tagging “Delicious is like a virtual fieldtrip through a library built by the recommendations of others.” – Chris Sessums cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://1.bp.blogspot.com
Taxonomies are defined by the community Folksonomies define a community cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009
Reuse as an art form “Good artists borrow, great artists steal” - Pablo Picasso cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://blog.leniwiener.com Source: Martin Weller: http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk
Presentation of self in cyberspace ... theperformance of the self (Goffman) cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 @timbuckteeth
Citizen journalism ... That’s what’s happening.... cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010
Self broadcasting ... Podcasting, video sharing, webcasting, slidecasting... cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://www.classcaster.org
Managing identity avatar language images name personal data images interaction identity reputation cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 privacy netiquette privacy legacy avatar interaction reputation images name
Managing identity language name personal data images interaction identity reputation cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 privacy netiquette privacy legacy avatar interaction reputation images name http://i.dailymail.co.uk
Competition cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://www.twilightblue.eu
Cooperation cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://sites.google.com/site/dragonsrunningclubsale
Cooperation cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://www.green-me.co.uk Collaboration http://sites.google.com/site/dragonsrunningclubsale
cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 ... and it’s often self organised
How do we get people to collaborate? cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://media1.break.com/
Space integration Community space Personal space cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010
Wiki blog integration Community space Personal space Blog Wiki cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 Reflective space Collaborative space
Wiki blog integration Proximal Development Professional ID Community space Personal space Blog Wiki cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 Reflective space Collaborative space Negotiation of meaning Co-construction of knowledge
Wiki blog integration Creative writing Critical thinking Meta cognitive processes Socio cognitive processes (Gleaves et al, 2007) Blog Wiki cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 Who I am What I know Sharing/exchanging Editing/modifying (Tu et al, 2008) Reflection Self expression (Brescia & Miller, 2006)
Connections “It's not what you know that counts anymore. It's what you can learn.” – Don Tapscott cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 http://www.nationalpost.com
Making connections In connectivism, learning involves creating connections and developing a network. It is a theory for the digital age drawing upon chaos, emergent properties, and self organised learning. (It’s not what you know but who you know) cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 Source: Wikipedia http://www.pestproducts.com
Rhizomes Deleuze & Guattari cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 Anarchy of the Web
Rhizomatic learning cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 http://archbold-station.org “...multiple, non-hierarchical entry and exit points in data representation and interpretation.”
‘Glocalization’ “Web2.0 is about glocalization .... making global information available to local social contexts and giving people the flexibility to find, organize, share and create information in a locally meaningful fashion that is globally accessible. […] It is about new network structures that emerge out of global and local structures” - danahboyd cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://www.baoye.net
All learning begins when our comfortable ideas turn out to be inadequate. - John Dewey cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://www.dancinghearts.org
Thank you! cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 E: swheeler@plymouth.ac.uk B: steve-wheeler.blogspot.com T: @timbuckteeth Engaging the Digital Generation Conference: University of Middlesex, London, 29 June 2010 http://www.sessionmagazine.com/
Steve Wheeler swheeler@plymouth.ac.uk University of Plymouth, United Kingdom This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: International Licence. Engaging the Digital Generation Conference: University of Middlesex, London, 29 June 2010
Habitus Bourdieu: Habitus is a method of intentionally discerning and practicing a new habit Deleuze: Habitus denotes a self-organising system or "abstract machine" functioning on the plane of immanence
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