1. Networks allow for collective intelligence, social support, and an expanding community of learners. As technology evolves, networks provide new opportunities for connecting with others and developing relationships that support teaching and learning.
2. Personal learning networks (PLNs) and the connections formed within them can replace isolation with collaboration, reinventing professional development and allowing voices to be heard beyond traditional boundaries.
3. The future of learning involves moving from fixed and closed systems to open, diffuse social networks where people and knowledge can flow freely. Learners now have more control over accessing information from around the world through platforms like YouTube.
Navigating the Marvellous: Openness in Education - #altc 2014Catherine Cronin
Keynote presentation for #ALTC 2014. A fuller link to video & a summary of the keynote is here: http://catherinecronin.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/navigating-marvellous/
Abstract: Inspired by a Seamus Heaney poem (Lightenings viii), I’ll explore “navigating the marvellous”, the challenge of embracing open practices, of being open, in higher education, from the perspective of educators and students, citizens and policy makers. To be in higher education is to learn in two worlds: the open world of informal learning and networked connections, and the predominantly closed world of the institution. As higher education moves slowly, warily, and unevenly towards openness, students deal daily with the dissonance between these two worlds; navigating their own paths between them, and developing different skills, practices, and identities in the various learning spaces which they visit and inhabit. Educators also make daily choices about the extent to which they teach, share their work, and interact, with students and others, in bounded and open spaces. How might we construct and navigate Third Spaces of learning, not formal or informal but combined spaces where connections are made between students and educators (across all sectors), scholars, thinkers, and citizens — and where a range of identities and literacy practices are welcomed? And if, as Joi Ito has said, openness is a survival trait for the future, how do we facilitate this process of “opening education”? The task is one not just of changing practices but of culture change; we can learn much from other movements for justice, equality and social change.
Navigating the Marvellous: Openness in Education - #altc 2014Catherine Cronin
Keynote presentation for #ALTC 2014. A fuller link to video & a summary of the keynote is here: http://catherinecronin.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/navigating-marvellous/
Abstract: Inspired by a Seamus Heaney poem (Lightenings viii), I’ll explore “navigating the marvellous”, the challenge of embracing open practices, of being open, in higher education, from the perspective of educators and students, citizens and policy makers. To be in higher education is to learn in two worlds: the open world of informal learning and networked connections, and the predominantly closed world of the institution. As higher education moves slowly, warily, and unevenly towards openness, students deal daily with the dissonance between these two worlds; navigating their own paths between them, and developing different skills, practices, and identities in the various learning spaces which they visit and inhabit. Educators also make daily choices about the extent to which they teach, share their work, and interact, with students and others, in bounded and open spaces. How might we construct and navigate Third Spaces of learning, not formal or informal but combined spaces where connections are made between students and educators (across all sectors), scholars, thinkers, and citizens — and where a range of identities and literacy practices are welcomed? And if, as Joi Ito has said, openness is a survival trait for the future, how do we facilitate this process of “opening education”? The task is one not just of changing practices but of culture change; we can learn much from other movements for justice, equality and social change.
Workshop for students who are thinking about their digital identities (social, civic, political, scholarly, pre-professional) and their use of social media and networked publics. Slides are shared here for students as well as for partners in the @AllAboardIE and @DigiChampsNUIG projects.
This presentation was created to support a workshop I gave at *Learning in the New Decade*, a Pro-D event sponsored by School District 71, Comox Valley, British Columbia on February 8, 2010.
See more resources related to this presentation at: http://couros.wikispaces.com/sd71 .
Connectivism and Social Media - Educ 407Ms. Holmwood
This presentation was created for an undergrad education class at UBC (Okanagan). It was intended to introduce pre-service teachers to some of the concepts of connectivism and social media.
Bryce biggs talk to trainers network finalBryce Biggs
This presentation deals with social learning and social media and the possible use of social learning tools to enhance employee engagement. It was presented to public service
Crowdsourced Learning: the power of the synergy that is achieved through the billions of interactions among the millions of experts in the world, freely helping each other to learn from the best each other is.
Developing a Digital Citizenship ProgramCathy Oxley
Promoting responsible Digital Citizenship within the school environment.
Schools have a duty of care to teach students how to behave in responsible and ethical ways when using the internet. A negative online presence can have a profound impact on a student’s learning, and personal and professional life. This looks at ways of helping students create a positive digital footprint and the process for developing a whole school Digital Citizenship program. Includes examples of a wide range of sources schools can use when implementing such a program.
Presentation for Speakers Ink Seminar, August 2012 and Creating Future Libraries Day October 2012
Introduction to Second Life for university-level life sciences research & teaching faculty. Images are from http://flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/ . Podcast will soon be available at http://www.dent.umich.edu/informatics/bootcamp/ and/or http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/podcasts/ .
A presentation on the educational implications of the Web 2.0. It is the latest version, I believe better worked out and clean.
Redondo Beach edition. May 2009.
Identity, Networks, and Connected LearningAlec Couros
Slides from my keynote presentation at the DesireToLearn Fusion conference in Boston, MA, on July 17, 2013. You can download the .key (Keynote) file at https://www.dropbox.com/s/tzmw3pccuugu7aq/D2L.key ... feel free to reuse/remix under the CC-NC/ATT/SA license.
A video of this presentation is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF2Xj48iRhw
Workshop for students who are thinking about their digital identities (social, civic, political, scholarly, pre-professional) and their use of social media and networked publics. Slides are shared here for students as well as for partners in the @AllAboardIE and @DigiChampsNUIG projects.
This presentation was created to support a workshop I gave at *Learning in the New Decade*, a Pro-D event sponsored by School District 71, Comox Valley, British Columbia on February 8, 2010.
See more resources related to this presentation at: http://couros.wikispaces.com/sd71 .
Connectivism and Social Media - Educ 407Ms. Holmwood
This presentation was created for an undergrad education class at UBC (Okanagan). It was intended to introduce pre-service teachers to some of the concepts of connectivism and social media.
Bryce biggs talk to trainers network finalBryce Biggs
This presentation deals with social learning and social media and the possible use of social learning tools to enhance employee engagement. It was presented to public service
Crowdsourced Learning: the power of the synergy that is achieved through the billions of interactions among the millions of experts in the world, freely helping each other to learn from the best each other is.
Developing a Digital Citizenship ProgramCathy Oxley
Promoting responsible Digital Citizenship within the school environment.
Schools have a duty of care to teach students how to behave in responsible and ethical ways when using the internet. A negative online presence can have a profound impact on a student’s learning, and personal and professional life. This looks at ways of helping students create a positive digital footprint and the process for developing a whole school Digital Citizenship program. Includes examples of a wide range of sources schools can use when implementing such a program.
Presentation for Speakers Ink Seminar, August 2012 and Creating Future Libraries Day October 2012
Introduction to Second Life for university-level life sciences research & teaching faculty. Images are from http://flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/ . Podcast will soon be available at http://www.dent.umich.edu/informatics/bootcamp/ and/or http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/podcasts/ .
A presentation on the educational implications of the Web 2.0. It is the latest version, I believe better worked out and clean.
Redondo Beach edition. May 2009.
Identity, Networks, and Connected LearningAlec Couros
Slides from my keynote presentation at the DesireToLearn Fusion conference in Boston, MA, on July 17, 2013. You can download the .key (Keynote) file at https://www.dropbox.com/s/tzmw3pccuugu7aq/D2L.key ... feel free to reuse/remix under the CC-NC/ATT/SA license.
A video of this presentation is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF2Xj48iRhw
Slides used to facilitated the Introduction to Connected Learning session in #etmooc (http://etmooc.org). Supporting resources found at: http://bit.ly/Xv3R3P
Slides for a remote presentation/session for http://conference2009.e-uni.ee/index.php?n=en
SCHOOL - FROM TEACHING INSTITUTION TO LEARNING SPACE which takes place April 02 - 03, 2009 at the Estonian University of Life Sciences conference centre (Kreutzwaldi 1A, Tartu), Estonia (but I'll be in Seattle and it will be 4:30 am my time!)
Exploring digital literacies with our students means that we must we willing to reflect on our own digital practices and digital identity/identities. This presentation describes how an undergraduate module for IT students was designed and structured so that students could explore, develop and reflect on digital literacies, digital identity and related issues such as privacy and authenticity in networked publics.
My keynote presentation for the CNIE 2010 conference in Saint John, New Brunswick on May 18, 2010.
The presentation was titled "Knock Down the Walls: Designing for Open/Networked Learning"
Taking on the Challenge of 21st Century Teaching & LearningAlec Couros
Keynote presentation for the North East School Division (Saskatchewan) Annual Convention held August 28, 2012. Resources for this presentation available at: http://couros.ca/x/nesd
The slides were used to support the conversations with grades 4-9 at Calgary Girl's School for their Digital Citizenship Symposium. This was facilitated on January 20th, in Calgary Alberta
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
11. “Web 2.0 tools exist that might allow academics to reflect
and reimagine what they do as scholars. Such tools might
positively affect -- even transform - research, teaching,
and service responsibilities - only if scholars choose to
build serious academic lives online, presenting semi-
public selves and becoming invested in and connected
to the work of their peers and students.” (Greenhow,
Robelia, & Hughes, 2009)
24. “The Open Scholar is someone who makes their
intellectual processes digitally visible and who invites and
encourages ongoing criticism of their work and secondary
uses of any or all parts of it -- at any stage of its
development.” (Burton, G., 2009)
25. “People don’t buy what
you do. They buy why you
do it.” (2010)
@simonsinek
41. “72 hours of video are uploaded every
minute.”
“Over 3 billion hours of video are
watched each month.”
“Over 800 million unique users visit
Youtube every month.”
“More video is uploaded to YouTube in
one month that the 3 major US networks
created in 60 years.”
42.
43.
44. Free/Open Content
“describes any kind of creative work in a
format that explicitly allows copying and
modifying of its information by anyone, not
exclusively by a closed organization, firm, or
individual.” (Wikipedia)
45.
46. “Today knowledge is free.
It’s like air, it’s like water...
There’s no competitive
advantage in knowing
more than the person next
to you. The world doesn’t
care what you know. What
the world cares about is
what you can do with what
you know.” (2012)
@drtonywagner
47. Access to the world’s content anywhere,
anytime is enough to create significant
changes in learning.
Engagement, conversation, &
transparency around the development &
acquisition of knowledge is necessary.
51. shifts in edtech Group growth
Individual growth
Objectivism
Cognitivism
Constructivism
(Leinonen) (Schwier) Social Learning
52.
53.
54.
55. PLE: Tools, artefacts, processes, and
connections that allow learners to control
and manage their learning.
PLN: The sum of all human/social capital
and connections that result from the
development and facilitation of a personal
learning environment.
PLEs can be seen as a subset of PLNs.
88. You are what you eat
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooklyntyger/
My PLN Let’s Me Eat Their Brains
@cfanch
89. The smartest person in the room,
is the room. Dave Weinberger
@shareski
cc licensed flickr photo by torres21: http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/484675706/
92. Why Do Students Go to University?
Content Degrees
Social Life Support Services
(Wiley, 2010)
93. Why Do Students Go to University?
Twitter PLoS
GCT
Wikipedia MCSE
Google Scholar ACT
OCW
Content Degrees
Flatworld K arXiv.org CNE
CCNA
Open Courses Badges
Facebook Twitter Twitter
Skype
Social Life Support Services
MySpace Yahoo! Answers
MMOGs
Quora
ChaCha
(Wiley, 2010)
96. “... here's the thing: the professional growth couldn't
have happened without the personal interaction. It took
time to build trust and to get to a place where I could be
vulnerable. The random photographs, the silly tweets,
the heated debates, the commentary on music and
sports - these all led naturally to professional growth. I
went online hoping to share some ideas. Instead, I've
found a community of teachers who I can share my life
with.”
104. Networks aren’t about the tools and platforms you use,
they will change as our communities grow. They are
about connecting with others, developing relationships,
supporting and mentoring, sharing, laughing, caring,
encouraging and participating. Educators don’t need to
feel isolated in their busy workplaces where transient
conversations occur on the way to class and professional
development is difficult and expensive to organise. We
don’t need to reinvent the wheel and feel reluctant to ask
for help. Our voices can be heard beyond the noisy and
sometimes threatening atmosphere of the staff room.
Social networks matter.
108. This is what I know.
This what I want to know.
Help?
109.
110.
111. “To answer your question, I did use
Youtube to learn how to dance. I
consider it my ‘main’ teacher.”
“10 years ago, street dance was very
exclusive, especially rare dances like popping
(the one I teach and do). You either had to
learn it from a friend that knew it or get VHS
tapes which were hard to get. Now with
Youtube, anyone, anywhere in the world can
learn previously ‘exclusive’ dance styles.”
121. “The developed world is in
the midst of a paradigm
shift both in the ways in
which people and
institutions are connected.
It is a shift from being
bound up in homogenous
“little boxes” to surfing life
through diffuse, variegated
@barrywellman social networks.” (2002)