This document discusses open learning and the open education movement. It defines open learning as opportunities that are participatory, learner-driven, free/accessible, transferable, adaptable, and have low barriers to entry. Open learning is important for giving people in knowledge economies access and opportunities to constantly update their skills. It also allows learning to be responsive to future changes by enabling people to learn skills and knowledge themselves, rather than relying solely on traditional education systems. The document provides examples of topics people can learn about through open resources and encourages participants to identify their own learning goals, find study groups, and create shareable learning materials.

1. Shaping the Crowd
Identity, openness and new ways of learning.
Pippa Buchanan (@pipstar)

2. education is the process by which society
deliberately transmits its accumulated
knowledge, skills and values
from one generation to another
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education

3. Learning is acquiring new or modifying existing
knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or
preferences and may involve synthesizing
different types of information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning

4. The Open Education Movement:
...creating, using, adapting and improving open
educational resources; embracing educational
practices built around collaboration, discovery and
the creation of knowledge...
The Cape Town Open Education Declaration, September 2007

6. Open Learning
Learning opportunities that are:
● Participatory and collaborative
● Learner driven
● Free / accessible
● Transferable and recognisable
● Adaptable to learners' requirements
● Low barriers to entry

7. Why is open learning important?

8. Access and Opportunity
In knowledge-based economy, those who have
the lowest levels of skill and the weakest capacity
for constant updating are less and less likely to
find paid employment.

9. Responsive to Future Changes
What happens when our elders can't teach the
knowledge, skills and values we need today?

10. We live in a changing world.
The skills and knowledge we need can't be
transferred by education.
We have to learn that ourselves.

11. Doctor, Teacher, Architect, Psychologist
Astronaut, Painter, Mechanic

12. B.A, M.A. Dip. PhD

14. What should I learn?
How should I organise this study?
How can I track what I learn?
Who and what do I learn from?
How do I share my knowledge?
How do I afford this?
How can I get this learning recognised?

15. When we learn we change.

17. Education is life: 'not merely preparation for an
unknown kind of future living... The whole of life is
learning, therefore education can have no
endings.'
Eduard Lindman, The Meaning of Adult Education, 1926

18. What did you learn today?

19. ... and many more

22. Propose a topic to learn about.
Find open and free resources.
Create a study group with like-minded people.
Collaborate on tasks.

23. What you can do
●Identify what you want to learn.
Keep a learning journal
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Reflect on your learning experiences
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Get involved with P2PU.org
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Participate in a skill swap
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● Create a sharable learning resource

24. Thank you
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Contact:
Pippa Buchanan, School of Webcraft Community Lifeguard and Curriculum Lead
Pippa.Buchanan@gmail.com | @pipstar
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