The document discusses collective learning and how people make use of collective knowledge. It explores how people connect to networks and resources to both consume and contribute knowledge. It also examines the literacies and mindsets needed for people to effectively engage in collective learning, including being open to various perspectives and freely adapting knowledge as needed. Collective learning may signal a new paradigm that balances the individual and collective.

1. A Change11 seminar by Allison Littlejohn Director, Caledonian Academy Chair of Learning Technology Shell Senior Researcher 2008-10 Collaborators: Dr Anoush Margaryan, Dr Colin Milligan, Lou McGill Glasgow Caledonian University, UK Connected knowledge, collective learning:

2. Scenario 4 banksy.com Society

3. Scenario 4 Why collective? Society

4. Scenario 4 Society banksy.com

5. Scenario 4 Our times are characterized by immaterial labour... ...labour that is not restricted to material production but penetrates also the political, the social, the cultural, and ultimately life itself. ‘ Multitude’, Hardt and Negri, 2004 Society

7. Key challenge: continual learning An adaptable workforce is essential for successful participation in the global economy IBM Global Human Capital Study (2008) Society

8. Scenario 4 Grand Challenge Learning how to solve real world problems faster and more effectively Society

9. Scenario 4 banksy.com Society

11. Scenario 4 How do people make sense of the collective knowledge for learning? Sensemaking

12. Scenario 4 Sensemaking ‘ Learning is a process of creating networks connecting people, resources and organisations...’ Siemens, 2006

13. COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE Sensemaking Connect

14. COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE Sensemaking Consume Connect

15. COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE Sensemaking Consume Connect Create

16. COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE Sensemaking Consume Connect Create Contribute

17. CHARTING Sensemaking Consume Connect Create Contribute

18. Groups, Networks and the Collective The Individual Their Goals Consume Connect Create Contribute Sensemaking

19. Sensemaking

20. Scenario 4 How do people use collective knowledge while learning? Knowledge

21. You Your goal

22. You Your goal Dynamic Knowledge, e.g. wikis Shared resources (e.g. delicious) Formal Learning Recommended Resources Collaborative Spaces Smart Information Your Knowledge

23. You Your goal Anyone Dynamic Knowledge, e.g. wikis Shared resources (e.g. delicious) Formal Learning Recommended Resources Collaborative Spaces Smart Information Your Knowledge External contacts You Colleagues with similar skills Peers with similar goals Manager Team

24. You Your goal Anyone GROUP Dynamic Knowledge, e.g. wikis Shared resources (e.g. delicious) Formal Learning Recommended Resources Collaborative Spaces Smart Information Your Knowledge External contacts You Colleagues with similar skills Peers with similar goals Manager Team

25. You Your goal Anyone GROUP NETWORK Dynamic Knowledge, e.g. wikis Shared resources (e.g. delicious) Formal Learning Recommended Resources Collaborative Spaces Smart Information Your Knowledge External contacts You Colleagues with similar skills Peers with similar goals Manager Team

26. You Your goal Anyone GROUP NETWORK COLLECTIVE Dynamic Knowledge, e.g. wikis Shared resources (e.g. delicious) Formal Learning Recommended Resources Collaborative Spaces Smart Information Your Knowledge External contacts You Colleagues with similar skills Peers with similar goals Manager Team

27. You Your goal Anyone Dynamic Knowledge, e.g. wikis Shared resources (e.g. delicious) Formal Learning Recommended Resources Collaborative Spaces Smart Information Your Knowledge External contacts You Colleagues with similar skills Peers with similar goals Manager Team

28. You Your goal Anyone Dynamic Knowledge, e.g. wikis Shared resources (e.g. delicious) Formal Learning Recommended Resources Collaborative Spaces Smart Information Your Knowledge External contacts You Colleagues with similar skills Peers with similar goals Manager Team CONNECT

29. You Your goal Anyone Dynamic Knowledge, e.g. wikis Shared resources (e.g. delicious) Formal Learning Recommended Resources Collaborative Spaces Smart Information Your Knowledge External contacts You Colleagues with similar skills Peers with similar goals Manager Team CONNECT CREATE

30. You Your goal Anyone Dynamic Knowledge, e.g. wikis Shared resources (e.g. delicious) Formal Learning Recommended Resources Collaborative Spaces Smart Information Your Knowledge External contacts You Colleagues with similar skills Peers with similar goals Manager Team CONNECT CREATE CONNECT CONTRIBUTE

31. Anyone Your goals Dynamic Knowledge, e.g. wikis Shared resources (e.g. delicious) Formal Learning Recommended Resources Collaborative Spaces Smart Information Your Knowledge External contacts You Colleagues with similar skills Peers with similar goals Manager Team CONNECT CREATE CONNECT CONTRIBUTE You and Your Peers

32. Anyone You and Your Peers Your goals Dynamic Knowledge, e.g. wikis Shared resources (e.g. delicious) Formal Learning Recommended Resources Collaborative Spaces Smart Information Your Knowledge External contacts You Colleagues with similar skills Peers with similar goals Manager Team CONNECT CREATE CONNECT CONTRIBUTE

33. Scenario 4 The knowledge-creation approach to learning highlights those kinds of activities where people collaboratively develop new artefacts and products while learning (and working) Hakkarainen, Palonen, Paavola, & Lehtinen, 2004. Knowledge

34. Scenario 4 ‘ ... A kind of individual and collective learning that goes beyond information given and advances knowledge and understanding: there is collaborative systematic development of common objects of activity’ Paavola and Hakkarainen, 2005 Knowledge

35. Scenario 4 banksy.com What are the binding forces that draw people/ resources together? Forces

36. Scenario 4 Social learning through knowledge creation: people create knowledge, working in networks, connecting via social objects. Forces

37. Scenario 4 Social learning through knowledge creation (formal): Botanists (people) explore plant growth (knowledge) and connect (networks) by uploading photos (social object) to iSpot UK Open University iSpot http://www.ispot.org.uk/ Forces

38. Scenario 4 Social learning through knowledge creation (workplace): Professionals in the energy sector (people) build a novel solution to an oil spill (knowledge) by working on a designed solution (social object) via a global knowledge network. Forces

39. How do we support the achievement of goals? ME MY GOALS

46. Scenario 4 What literacies and mindsets do people need for collective learning? People

47. Connections, resources, practices, tools People Open, participatory learning ecosystems seem ideal environments for collective learning. They are not bounded, accommodate a variety of perspectives and allow learners freedom to source, use and reinterpret knowledge in ways that make sense to them. For ideas on learning ecosystems read John Seely Brown, Minds on Fire (2008) http://www.johnseelybrown.com/mindsonfire.pdf

49. Connections, resources, practices, tools People

50. Connections, resources, practices, tools People

51. Does collective learning signal a new relationship between the individual and the collective? Third paradigm for learning ?

52. Key challenge: continual learning People banksy.com

53. A seminar for Change11 Allison Littlejohn Director, Caledonian Academy Chair of Learning Technology Shell Senior Researcher 2008-10 Collaborators: Dr Anoush Margaryan, Dr Colin Milligan, Lou McGill Glasgow Caledonian University, UK Connected knowledge, collective learning: