This document discusses removing "lids" that limit learning. It presents several potential lids, including lack of resources, expertise, and problems that are not truly problems. It also discusses lids created by standardized testing, rigid definitions of literacy and knowledge, and constraints on sharing work. Removing these lids could open up new ways of learning, teaching, assessing, and collaborating.

1. Removing the
Lids
of Learning
Dean Shareski
Calgary, AB
March 15, 2013

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14. shareski.ca
dean_shareski@discovery.com
@shareski

15. #ccsd

18. What lids have we
placed on learning?

20. Is Fire Bad?
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22. Technology rarely comes
without a trade off
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tronics/380379732

24. Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

30. Lack of Resources

31. Lack of Resources Lack of Expertise

32. Pseudo Problems

33. Pseudo Problems
Pseudo Learning

36. After 2005

37. Courtesy D’arcy Norman

38. 5 lids

39. # Print

40. The Lid

41. The Lid

44. “Books are designed
to contain all the
information required to
stop inquiries within the
book’s topic. But now
that our medium can
handle far more ideas
and information, and
now that it is a
connective medium
(ideas to ideas,
people to ideas,
people to people),
our strategy is
changing. And that is
changing the very
shape of knowledge.”

47. “At this age, they get stuck on
Wikipedia being the answer to
everything and they forget that
people can be a really great
resource.”

48. “Bringing smart people
together is an ancient and
effective technique for
developing ideas. The Net
also lets smart people
connect and communicate...

50. But the Net brings people
together in new and
occasionally weird
configurations—a weirdness that
is now being reflected in how
expertise works....”

51. # Literacy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56739145@N07/6237964984/

52. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkuropatwa/4554087615
The Lid

54. I’m eating bacon

55. I like bacon

56. I have skills eating bacon

57. This is where I eat bacon

58. Watch me eating bacon

59. Here’s a vintage photo of my bacon

60. Here’s a recipe with bacon

61. I work for Google and I eat bacon

62. I’m listening to music about bacon

72. Consumption Creation
Reading Writing
Listening Speaking
Viewing Representing

73. Consumption Creation
Reading Writing
Listening Speaking
Viewing Representing

74. Consumption Creation
Reading Writing
Listening Speaking
Viewing Representing

83. # Assessment

84. The Lid

85. Grading

91. AFL | Assessment For Learning | Feedback

92. “Assessment is a Conversation, Not a Spreadsheet”
Joe Bower

93. # Teachers

94. The Lid

96. Tell that to Chris Avenir

97. Tell that to Chris Avenir
Ryerson University sites 3 reasons for
the case against him.
1.Learning should be hard.
2.There is no structure of regulation
for online behavior and that makes it
incompatible with academic work.
3.It is our job to protect academic
integrity from any threat.
i.e. Unless learning is hard and is directed by others, it fails
to meet the standard for academic rigor.

98. My Learning Project

99. My Learning Project

105. My Teaching Staff

108. # Sharing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30864080@N00/842409487/

109. “[T]he word “publishing” means a cadre of
professionals who are taking on the
incredible difficulty and complexity and
expense of making something public.
That’s not a job anymore. That’s a
button. There’s a button that says “publish,”
and when you press it, it’s done.”
The Lid

110. “[T]he word “publishing” means a cadre of
professionals who are taking on the
incredible difficulty and complexity and
expense of making something public.
That’s not a job anymore. That’s a
button. There’s a button that says “publish,”
and when you press it, it’s done.”
The Lid

112. Can I find your
best work online?

113. any of
Can I find your
best work online?

116. http://stories.cogdogblog.com/

117. Dan Meyer
http://blog.mrmeyer.com

123. ...connecting educators to their most valuable resource

124. ...connecting educators to their most valuable resource
...each other
http://www.flickr.com/photos/khokanson/188856360

126. Removing the
Lids
of Learning

127. Removing the
Lids
of Learning