My presentation at Dag van de Docent, K.U. Leuven, Belgium

1. Parasitic Learning
CEO Teemu Arina / Dicole Ltd.
tarina.blogging.fi
2007-12-13
Photo: Tracy O

2. Who am I?
Photo: Don J. McCrady

3. Zeitgeist
The Spirit of the Age

4. All-at-onceness
Marshall McLuhan
(1911-1980)
Photo: matildaben

5. Meta-experiences
Medias are identity devices
Photo: TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³

6. Knowledge work
becomes
network work

7. Pattern Recognition
“Information overload is an opportunity for
pattern recognition” – Marshall McLuhan Image: jbum

8. Education: from outcome-based
to process-based
Photo: Pavlos Pavlidis

9. Serendipic Learning
Photo: Cocca

10. Informal learning

11. Parasitic Learning
Learner using someone as a
teacher through virtual means
without the knowledge or
consensus of the host
Photo: Spike55151

12. Information Technology
• Core is information

13. Interaction Technology
• Core is interaction
Ref: Esko Kilpi (2006)

14. Personal Learning Environment
Sharing links
del.icio.us
Blogs
Reflection
Sharing
Flickr
photos,
YouTube
videos,
YOU Odeo
audio
(PLE)
Collective Wikipedia Other
editing communities

15. Web X.0.

16. Integrated intelligence
Individual intelligence
Computer intelligence
Integrated:
Collective intelligence
(networked)‫‏‬
Image: uscfan

17. Luddites

18. Social media synonym for the social web?

19. Palimpsest (wiki)
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (5th century) +
Ephraem the Syrian (12th century)

20. Tatler (blog)
Richard Steele (1709)

21. Welcome to the Future
ps. It’s broken.

22. Forget Best Practices
Best practice = Past practice
Reflection = Future practice
Image: Felippe Torres

23. Worst Practices Learning
Image: Duncan

24. Artist: Lotta Viitaniemi, Story: Kim Forsman & Teemu Arina Dicole Ltd.

25. Artist: Lotta Viitaniemi, Story: Kim Forsman & Teemu Arina Dicole Ltd.

26. Efficiency is not effectiveness

27. You need inefficiency,
in order to adapt
Image: Lab2112

28. Anatomy of an Organisation as an Organism
Nervous system Brain
Feeds, Search, APIs - Wikis, tagging -
Sharing, discovering and Connecting and remixing
tapping into reflections reflectons
Senses Blood system
Blogs, Microblogs, Social networking,
Social bookmarking - Real-time
Reflection in and on action communications,
Network analysis -
Optimizing interaction flow
Skeleton
Automation, Real-
time processes,
Operative
technologies - Back-
bone for business processes
Ref: Teemu Arina, Illustration: Lotta Viitaniemi

29. Gesamtkunstwerk of our time
“I am convinced that there are universal currents of
Divine Thought vibrating the ether everywhere and that
any who can feel these vibrations is inspired”
Richard Wagner
(1813-1883)
Image: Z E N

30. Contact info
CEO Teemu Arina
Dicole Ltd.
050 – 555 7636
teemu@dicole.com
Blog: tarina.blogging.fi
www.dicole.com
Photo: Tanakawho