1. Who Are We Now That We’re Online?
Connected Learners, Connected
Educators
CONNECT 2013
Bonnie Stewart
@bonstewart
University of Prince Edward Island

2. Education = Multiple axes of
change
knowledge scarcity
knowledge abundance
open
public funding
neoliberal markets
closed

3. Increasing pressure to go online

4. Going online means moving
away from institutional concepts
hp://www.flickr.com/photos/rofi/2647699204/

5. Newly emerging species:
open, public learner/educators

6. Online networks enable
different forms of identity,
legitimacy,
and belonging
than institutions do

7. Who are we when we’re online?
hp://www.flickr.com/photos/kaptainkobold/5066287053

8. Ourselves

9. Always Faceted
hp://www.flickr.com/photos/thelotuscarroll/6842167375/

10. Always staring down identity
choices as the cursor blinks
/hp://www.flickr.com/photos/jamison/3669034513

11. Networked Identity Roles =
Multiple, Public, Participatory

12. Always Connected
hp://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanr/142455033/

13. My local cohort

14. My cohort on Twitter
greater access, diversity, visibility…
also increased noise time.

15. Networked Publics
• Multiple, overlapping, global networks
• Always accessible
• Identities are visible, traceable searchable
• Different audiences all in plain sight
See Kazys Varnelis, danah boyd, Alice Marwick,
Mizuko Ito for more

16. Who we are is shaped by the context(s)
we’re addressing

17. The Performative Self

18. The Quantified Self

19. The Participatory Self
hp://etmooclearnings.blogspot.ca/2013/03/no-­‐sorry-­‐here-­‐just-­‐thanks.html

20. The Asynchronous Self
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vylen/6158720720/

21. The Neoliberal Self
“Me, Inc.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/4880623547

22. Always Hybrid

23. hp://www.flickr.com/photos/striaHc/2191408271/
Hard to hear

24. Different contexts have
different legitimacy practices
Institutions Networks
product-focused process-focused
mastery participation
bounded by time/space always accessible
hierarchical ties peer-to-peer ties
plagiarism crowdsourcing
authority in role authority in reputation
audience = teacher audience = world

25. The Digital = a Reputational Economy
hp://www.flickr.com/photos/8113246@N02/7932198032

26. Not just for teachers but for students

27. A networked education…
l Connects
l Cultivates
l Curates
hp://www.flickr.com/photos/gforsythe/7153872159/

28. …but cannot
control or count
in the same ways as
institutional models of
education

29. There are many currencies in
online networks

30. Benefits as thinker:
just-in-time emergent, choral
conversation

31. Benefits as learner scholar:
access, engagement, profile

32. Benefits as teacher:
opportunities to connect
convey info in new media

33. Benefits as writer:
real audiences

34. …that awkward moment when you
remember you friended your grandma
on Facebook.
And that your students – and your VP –
follow you on Twitter.
Context Collapse

35. Institutions Networks =
politics are part of every public
hp://www.flickr.com/photos/rowan72/8672846415/

36. But so are new ways of
belonging
hp://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/stratedgy/foundaHons-­‐strategy-­‐part-­‐3-­‐technology

37. Get networked. Connect.

38. Thank you.
@bonstewart