This document discusses several concepts related to knowledge, learning, and education. It addresses knowledge as an emergent and participatory process, rather than something that is transferred or represented. It also discusses developing habits of mind and operating in an open way. Additionally, it discusses citizenship education and the project of enlightenment in creating public spheres for discussion, debate, and democratic participation.

1. Bryan Jackson
Bryanjack.ca

2. „Open‟ as a way of
operating
Developing Habits
of Mind
Knowledge as an
evolving, emergent
event

3. Social Political
Epistemological
Metaphysical
Epistemological
Knowledge Building
Social Political
Citizenship Education
The Project of
Enlightenment
Metaphysical
Refection and expression
of the Self

4. “…knowledge is neither a representation of something more
„real‟ than itself, nor an „object‟ that can be transferred from
one place to the next. Knowledge is understood, rather, to
„emerge‟ as we, as human beings, participate in the world.
Knowledge, in other words, does not exist in participatory
actions.”
Gert Biesta & Debora Osberg

5. “The struggle over politics and democracy is inextricably linked to
creating public spheres where individuals can be educated as political
agents equipped with the skills, capacities, and knowledge they need
not only to actually perform as autonomous agents, but also to believe
that such struggles are worth taking up.”
Daniel Schugurensky

6. We know ourselves in our relationships with others.
New ways of knowing one another creates new ways
of knowing ourselves.
New ways of knowing ourselves creates new
conceptions of the self, and the possibility of the
search for the self itself.
Image by Giulia Forsythe,
quote paraphrased from
Michael Wesch

7. Epistemological Emergence
Metaphysical Expression
“Enlightenment is man‟s
emergence from his selfPolitical Execution
imposed immaturity.
“…a philosophical life in
Immaturity to use one‟s own
understanding without
guidance from another.”
which the critique of what we
are is at one and the same
time the historical analysis of
the limits that are imposed on
us and an experiment with
Immanuel Kant the possibility of going
beyond them.”
“Through their continuing
praxis, men and women
simultaneously create history
and become historical-social
beings.”
Paulo Freire
Michel Foucault

8. “The public sphere consisted of organs of
information and political debate such as
newspapers and journals, as well as institutions of
political discussion such as parliaments, political
clubs, literary salons, public assemblies, pubs and
coffeehouses, meeting halls, and other public
spaces where socio-political discussion took
place.”
“Habermas, the Public
Sphere & Democracy: A
Critical Intervention”
Douglas Kellner
“For the first time in history, individuals and groups could
shape public opinion, giving direct expressions to their
needs and interests while influencing political practice. The
bourgeois public sphere made it possible to form a realm of
public opinion that opposed state power and the powerful
interests that were coming to shape bourgeois society.”

9. “…the function of the media have […] been transformed from
facilitating rational discourse and debate within the public sphere into
shaping, constructing, and limiting public discourse to those themes
validated and approved by media corporations […] transmuted into
that of a realm of political information and spectacle, in which
citizen-consumers ingest and absorb passively entertainment
and information.”
Kellner

10. Some of the things we hear when discussing “21st
Century Skills” are:
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Collaboration
Creativity
Social Responsibility
Global & Cultural Understanding
Communication
Innovation
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Personalized Learning in BC
Parents‟ Guide

11. “Young people learn at least as much about democracy
and citizenship – including their own citizenship –
through their participation in a range of different practices
that make up their lives, as they learn from that which is
officially
prescribed
and
formally
taught.”
Gert Biesta

12. “The context in which a thing is learned frames the nature
and purpose of that learning.”
Gardner Campbell on Gregory Bateson

13. „Open‟ as a
way of
operating
Developing
Habits of Mind
Knowledge as
an
evolving, emer
gent event

15. Socially Documented Inquiry
Introductory
Post
Project
Goals
IEP Goals
Peer Feedback &
Connections
Library Research
Trip
Learning Intentions
Documents & Reflections
Storify as Aggregator
Summative
Reflections
Blogged
Google Form

16. Feedly, Flipboard & other Readers
to Subscribe
Yahoo Pipes to Syndicate Blog
& Comment RSS

17. Introducing Eminent People
“Learning more about Sally Ride will hopefully open me up to different writing
opportunities, from a research perspective, and in narrative writing. One of my goals
for this year is to find more time for writing on a daily basis, and I believe that this
project will allow me to carry out this goal. In addition, as I learn more about Sallly
Ride, I hope to find some personal connections with her and her passion for science
and learning.”

18. Downtown Library Research Trip
“I found myself fascinated, and feeling sonder quite prominently. It‟s fascinating to
stumble across the idea that every suit with a cup of Starbucks actually has a life
behind it. In a place as large and as populated as Vancouver, there are plenty of
people to base your internal epiphany upon, and I couldn‟t think of the idea of
sonder enough.”
talonslyle.edublogs.org

19. “I always get the most peculiar tickling sensation in my tummy after
late nights with TALONS. I don‟t know if it‟s those shooting stars or
the fact that these late nights are way past my bedtime, but it‟s always
a rather homey feeling that curls around my chest when we join
hands, tired and warm from the long day.”
talonsjeanie.edublogs.org

20. Describe your process that led to the success highlighted
in the above question.
“I spent a lot of time and effort drafting writing memorizing and rewriting
only to do it over again. I didn‟t stop editing my speech right up until I
presented it an this way I feel it was genuine and fresh. I knew my speech
backwards and forwards and thought that I presented my speech with
great expression.”

21. “In building […] personal
cyberinfrastructure, students not
only would acquire crucial technical
skills for their digital lives but also
would engage in work that provides
richly teachable moments ranging
from multi-modal writing to
information science, knowledge
management, bibliographic
instruction, and social networking.
Fascinating and important
innovations would emerge as
students are able to shape their
own cognition, learning, expression
and reflection in a digital age, in a
digital medium.”
Gardner Campbell
Individual
Blogs
Subject
Wikispaces
Flickr
Personal
Social
Media
Youtube
Twitter

22. Learning “of the web”

23. Blended Learning
Environment credit
• For credit / Non
Open Educational
Resourcepathways
• Navigable
• Constructed out of individual
• Face to Face / Online
voices
• Synchronous / Asynchronous
• Lasting record of process and

25. Reclaiming the Public Sphere
“…set in motion a critical process of public communication through the
very organizations that mediatize it.”
Jurgen Habermas

26. Quiz courtesy of Dr. Gardner Campbell
Score 0, 1 or 2 for each
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Did you read material for today‟s
class meeting carefully?
Did you come to class today with
questions or with items you‟re eager
to discuss?
Since we last met, did you talk at
length to a classmate or classmates
about either the last class meeting,
or today‟s meeting?
Since our last meeting, did you read
any unassigned material related to
this course of study?
Since our last meeting, how much
time have you spent reflecting on
this course of study and recent
class meetings?

27. “Being intentional and persistent in developing habits for thinking and
understanding [ourselves] as thinkers in this way and pursuing intellectual
endeavors with delight, nurtured by [our] love of learning for the sake of
learning.”
GNA Garcia (@drgarcia)

28. “Knowledge exists in our participatory
actions.”
“As my group discussed and as some people alluded to during the discussable
object creation, knowledge only exists when you show it and are able to fully
explain something to someone else. It is only when you demonstrate your
knowledge that it truly exists. When you engage on the blog and in the
comments you demonstrate and essentially create and show your

30. Citizenship Education in Informal Learning
Spaces
“It can be argued that citizenship learning pervades all aspects of young
people‟s lives because, in principle, any aspect of their lives can be
relevant for their growth as democratic citizens.”
Gert Biesta

31. 
DS106 Radio
 Distributed, free form live web
radio station
 Developed in conjunction with
Digital Storytelling 106 at the
University of Mary
Washington
 Open platform for audio
sharing, collaboration, and
listening.

35. “...generate public spaces of social interaction in which
discourse is based on finding agreement, welcoming
different points of view, identifying the common good in
the myriad of competing self-interests, searching for
synthesis and consensus, promoting solidarity, and
ultimately improving community life.”
Daniel Schugurensky

36. Habits of
Mind
Knowledge
as an
Emergent
Event
Open as a
Way of
Operating
The Project of
Enlightenment