The document discusses Erik Duval's perspective on the future of learning. It notes that learning resources are becoming abundant but are difficult to find and filter through. Duval advocates for a "snowflake" approach to personalized learning that tailors resources to each individual learner's needs, similar to how music recommendation services work. He believes this approach is needed to help learners navigate the growing abundance of online educational content and resources.

1. The Snowflake Effect
Tildonk, 4 februari 2011
Erik Duval
http://erikduval.wordpress.com/
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2. Thanks - merci - gracias - dank u-
köszönöm - Vielen dank -
MANY thanks
for the invitation !
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3. http://www.slideshare.net/erik.duval
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4. excuse my english...
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5. interruptions are fine...
really!
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6. My team:
technology enhanced
learning, music & research
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7. the basics
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8. learning is
(the essence
of being)
human
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9. getting better at learning
=
getting better at getting better
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10. we can afford to disrupt learning
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11. http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/
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12. 12
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13. what does “exponential” mean?
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14. what does “exponential” mean?
if you fold a sheet of paper 50 times,
then how thick is the result?
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15. what does “exponential” mean?
if you fold a sheet of paper 50 times,
then how thick is the result?
about the distance to the sun...
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16. all learning resources available to all
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17. you have loads of great stuff
but I can’t find it!
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18. 15 http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/oct/07/vivaldi-flute-concerto-discovery-scotland
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19. 16
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20. will not solve all the problems
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21. will not solve all the problems
but will act as motor for innovation
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22. 17
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23. http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/
http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/GlobeFinderF1/search/
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24. Development Centers
• Lausanne, CH • KULeuven, Belgium
• Toulouse, France • Lorenet, NL
• Guayaquil, Ecuador • GRNET, Greece
• Al-Quds, Jerusalem
Technical interoperability with Europeana
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25. Searchability
http://globe-info.org/
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26. Open
Educational
Resources
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27. http://lreforschools.eun.org/
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28. 131.436
http://lreforschools.eun.org/
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29. http://portal.mace-project.eu/
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30. 166.637
http://portal.mace-project.eu/
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31. WHAT YOU END UP WITH...
BMBWK EUN MEC RVP
SQI UDDI OAI
SQI Client LOR Registry
OAI-PMH
Registry SQI ARIADNE C-H FWU MESC TLF
Harvester
OAI
ASPECT
CFL INDIRE MSU UL-FRI
MELT
SQI SQI
Federated EDUCATIO KUL NCTE XTEC
GLOBE Search
SPI OAI
OAI-PMH
ARIADNE
SQI Harvester
WINDS DYNAMO
ARIADNE
Harvester
MACE
MACE IRB CuminCAD
OAI OAI OAI SQI SQI SQI SQI
SQI SQI SQI
LACLO NIME EUN EdNA CGIAR Pubelo Merlot
OAI OAI SQI SQI SQI SQI
SQI SQI
ISKME KERIS III COSL LORNET Ariadne
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32. “Better problem”: abundance
but some way to go...
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34. > 3.000.000/day
> 3.400.000.000 total
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35. > 3.000.000/day
> 3.400.000.000 total
facebook
> 30.000.000/day
>15.000.000.000 total
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36. http://mashable.com/2009/10/09/youtube-billion-views/ http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/03/oops-pow-surprise24-hours-of-video-all.html
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37. > 1.000.000.000 videos/day
upload:
24 hours video/min
http://mashable.com/2009/10/09/youtube-billion-views/ http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/03/oops-pow-surprise24-hours-of-video-all.html
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41. 44.000 sites
20.000.000 users
1.900.000 courses
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42. more is just ... more ?
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43. 31
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44. http://www.thelongtail.com/
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45. from scarcity to abundance
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46. from scarcity to abundance
“better problem”
but still: a problem
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47. snowflake
• because all learning is personal
• and should be “just right”
• because we are moving to abundance
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48. information overload
filter failure
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49. loads of good examples in music
iTunes Genius, last.fm, pandora.com, tunify.com, blip.fm,
deezer.com, grooveshark.com, mufin.com, yamelo.com,
jango.com, imeem.com, musicmesh.net, jiwa.fm, ...
and many many many many more
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50. snowflake in music...
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51. snowflake in music...
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52. snowflake in music...
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53. snowflake in music...
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54. snowflake in music...
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55. snowflake in music...
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56. We do NOT (need to) understand how music works!
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62. warning:
design is difficult...
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63. http://erikduval.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/laptop-fun/
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64. from the trenches
or
open is not just about
copyright finding
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68. earn
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too
Text
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me
http://delicious.com/tag/mume09
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69. Pul
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72. walled garden...
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73. in the end...
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is
learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning
is life is learning is life is life is learning is life is learning is
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74. http://aspect-project.org/ http://www.icoper.org/ http://www.role-project.eu/ http://www.stellarnet.eu/
Questions?
http://erikduval.wordpress.com/
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
twitter: @ErikDuval
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