Connected Learning

1. WHAT IS CONNECTED
LEARNING?

2. LEARNING HAS ALWAYS BEEN
ABOUT CONNECTIONS…
Books connect authors
and readers…
Classrooms connect
teachers and students…

3. BUT CONNECTED LEARNING TAKES
THESE CONNECTIONS A LITTLE STEP
FURTHER….

4. SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGES THE OLD
HIERARCHES OF HOW LEARNERS
AND TEACHERS CONNECT…
Today, with social media, people
can connect as both teachers and
learners at the same time (Dron &
Anderson, 2014, p.xi)
The teacher once
stood at the front of
the group.

5. TECHNOLOGY LINKS LEARNING WHICH
TAKES PLACE…
At home,
and in school.
amongst
peers,
(Ito et al., 2013; Dron & Anderson, 2014; Garcia, 2013)
in the
community,

6. Because it combines student’s academic
and non-academic learning, using
Connected Learning in schools represents
a “bold re-envisioning of what education
can look like.” (Garcia, 2013, p. 4)

7. CONNECTED LEARNING IS NOT JUST
FOR OUR STUDENTS. IMAGINE…
This as your professional
network
Or this.
Curran and Wetherbee (201

8. I KNOW WHERE I LEARN MORE….

9. TEACHERS WHO ARE CONNECTED
LEARNERS THEMSELVES ARE UPDATING
THEIR SKILLS AND KEEPING ON TOP OF
TECHNOLOGIES THEY CAN USE IN THEIR
OWN CLASSROOMS.
Curran and Wetherbee, 2014, p.24

10. WHAT IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
CONNECTED LEARNING AND JUST
HANGING OUT ON THE INTERNET?

11. ITO ET AL. (2014) DEFINE
CONNECTED LEARNING AS A NEW
APPROACH TO EDUCATION WHICH
IS:
Connected
Learning
Socially
embedded
Oriented towards
educational,
economic or political
opportunity
Interest-
driven

12. GUESS WHAT?
By using this site, you are a Connected Learner. Watch our video to learn
more.

13. REFERENCES
Curran, B., & Wetherbee, N. (2014). Engaged, connected, empowered: teaching
and learning in the 21st century. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education.
Dron, J., & Anderson, T. Teaching crowds: Learning and social media. Edmonton:
AU Press. doi: 10.15215/aupress/9781927356807.01
Garcia, A. (Ed.). (2013). Teaching in the connected learning classroom. Irvine,
CA: Digital Media and Learning Research Hub. Retrieved from
http://dmlhub.net/wp- content/uploads/files/teaching-in-the-CL-
classroom.pdf
Ito, M., Gutiérrez, K., Livingstone, S., Penuel, B., Rhodes, J., Salen, K., Schor, J.,
Sefton-Green, J., & Craig Watkins, S. (2013). Connected learning: An agenda
for research and design. Irvine, CA: Digital Media and Learning Research
Hub. Retrieved from http://dmlhub.net/wp-
content/uploads/files/Connected_Learning_report.pdf

14. IMAGES
Side2
Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Navajo Area Office.
(n.d.). Teacher and students in day school classroom. Retrieved 18 April
2015 from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teacher_and_students_in_da
y_schoo l_classroom_-_NARA_-_295151.jpg
Shimer College. (1973). Student lies on grass reading Viking Compass
edition of Aristotle's Politics and Poetics. Retrieved 18 April 2015
from
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Aristotle_Poli
tics_and_Poetic s_Shimer_College_1973.jpg
Slide 4
Steinchen. (2010). Hierarchy Chef Figures Play Stone Team. Retrieved from
http://pixabay.com/en/hierarchy-chef-figures-play-stone-261961/
Steinchen. (2010). Team Round Figures Human Network Play Stone Set.
Retrieved from http://pixabay.com/en/team-round-figures-human-
network-261912/

15. IMAGES (CONTINUED)
Slide 5
Blackcatuk. (2007). Larkmead School. Retrieved from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lmspic.png
Hesperian. (2009). Model Timber Home. Retrieved from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Model_Timber_Home.jpg
Marquette University. (2013). Students helped Campus Kitchen prepared 450 Thanksgiving dinners
for its guests in the community. Retrieved from
https://www.flickr.com/photos/marquetteu/8487267362/
Tup Wanders. (2006). Kids playing with marbles. Retrieved from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Children_marbles.jpg
Slide 7
MiCRoSCoPiC^earthling. (2009). Stamford International University, Bangkok campus, Thailand.
Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Man_using_photocopier_(Stamford_International_University,
_Bang kok_campus,_Thailand_-
_22_April_2009).jpg#/media/File:Man_using_photocopier_(Stamford_International_University,
_Ban gkok_campus,_Thailand_-_22_April_2009).jpg
All other images are original.