Education in Abundance: Network Literacies & Learning
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This document discusses the changing nature of literacy and learning in an era of knowledge abundance enabled by digital networks and the Internet. It argues that we must rethink what it means to be literate and how education is structured to take advantage of network tools that connect people and allow knowledge to be shared more openly. Key network literacies discussed include developing an online identity, contributing knowledge through participation as a resident rather than just a visitor, and making connections by engaging with audiences and building communities of shared interests through hashtags and other networking tools. The focus is on how education can cultivate learners who can navigate and help others navigate a world of abundant, openly accessible knowledge distributed through online networks.
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Education in Abundance: Network Literacies & Learning
- 1. EDUCATION IN ABUNDANCE: Network Literacies & Learning Bonnie Stewart @bonstewart University of Prince Edward Island #Elearning16 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Network_bot_drill_down_compromised_areas.JPG
- 2. me at work, last APRIL 17th
- 3. So. Yes. Thank you for inviting me. J
- 4. knowledge scarcity knowledge abundance open practices public models market models closed practices Personalizing Beyond Content… in Changing Times
- 5. NETWORKS
- 6. Digital + network tools connect people to each other
- 7. (When we let them)
- 8. • How we think about tools shapes what we can do with them. • How we think about learning shapes what we can do with education.
- 9. What does it mean to be literate in the 21st century?
- 10. Literacies = tools + concepts https://www.flickr.com/photos/zzpza/3269784239/
- 11. Literacy, 400 BCE = Threat to Knowledge
- 12. Literacy, 1500 CE = Control of Knowledge
- 13. Literacies, 2016 BCE = Management & Synthesis of Knowledge
- 15. What literacies are you working on? Where are YOUR strengths?
- 16. THINK : PAIR : SHARE What literacies are you working on? What literacies are the faculty & students you work with working on?
- 19. "For the first time in human history, two related propositions are true. One, it no longer is possible to store within the human brain all of the information that a human needs. Second, it no longer is necessary to store within the human brain all of the information that humans need. Education needs to be geared toward the handling of data rather than the accumulation of data.” - Berlo, 1975
- 20. Abundance = integration of media into daily life
- 21. …and education.
- 22. Sometimes abundance can be overload http://www.flickr.com/photos/striatic/2191408271/
- 23. Structure of Abundance = Networks https://plus.google.com/+DaveGray/posts/CQRVeKEsUvF? pid=5751686447270321954&oid=117373186752666867801
- 24. Networks are not JUST digital h"ps://www.flickr.com/photos/ironypoisoning/8133705441
- 26. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ooohoooh/1350774613/ Networks are not just for consuming, but connecting
- 27. Many-to-many communications allow us to create ourselves as network nodes, forming webs of visible (& invisible) connections
- 28. …Like a party line with various private/public options https://www.flickr.com/photos/94342662@N00/3869483214/
- 30. Abundance = the internet as the world’s biggest small town
- 31. Educating in Abundance = Network Learning
- 32. So. Trying to map network literacies over systems of education: What does that LOOK like?
- 34. Many-to-many communications, & org structures CAN co-exist
- 38. This was the promise of Web 2.0 http://img12.deviantart.net/f1e6/i/2008/081/e/7/web_2_0___everybody_contribute_by_sulich.png
- 39. It cannot be achieved by just putting content online. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sepblog/3649959481
- 41. Identity = Price of Admission https://www.flickr.com/photos/mkhmarketing/8468788107
- 42. Digital identity = reputation built through repeated interactions
- 43. In institutional structures, an individual has a role. In a networked culture, an individual has an identity, which it is his/her job to differentiate.
- 44. Digital identity = control
- 45. You need to work on your identity before it will work for you
- 46. Identity need not be fully public, but should allow in-group identification
- 47. Should scaffold & extend conversations & resource-sharing @hypothes_is!
- 48. Should open new conversations
- 49. Should model how to navigate many-to-many communications with minimal harm / damage http://www.flickr.com/photos/ooocha/2632434274/sizes/z/in/photostream/
- 50. To lead networked learning, facilitators need to be networked too. BUT THEY DO NOT NEED TO BE EXPERTS.
- 51. To get started (in any network)…
- 52. Building network literacies on your campus = choices https://www.flickr.com/photos/42386632@N00/8528725328/
- 55. There is no such thing as a digital native.
- 56. Visitors | Residents • The web as an untidy garden tool shed • Actions are instrumental - users leave no social trace • Task is priority • The web as a human, social, connected place • Engagement leaves social traces & connections (& content) behind • Synthesis is priority
- 58. Where are YOUR practices?
- 59. Emphasizing content & consumption prioritizes visitor approaches https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belber_Suitcase.jpg
- 60. But learners must learn to be productive residents in a world of knowledge abundance.
- 61. …and algorithms? and data? ???
- 63. Networked learning = learning with an audience https://www.flickr.com/photos/tattoodjay/4129779298/
- 64. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tmesis/21126825/ Audiences = people The Internet = people
- 65. WHAT YOU NEED TO ASK: • What kinds of conversations do you want to have access to? • What audiences do you want for your learners? What audiences matter to them? • What do you – and your learners – have to offer that isn’t being seen right now?
- 66. Connect beyond the walls of the classroom https://www.flickr.com/photos/danieldslee/5523383653
- 67. Support students to build real audiences for their work
- 68. Support professionals to, too. #s enable connection across distance, over shared interests. • #highered • #OpenEd • #edchat • #digped • #BYOD • #educolor • #lrnchat • #digilit • #MinecraftEdu • #edtech
- 69. Create #s to focus conversations or build awareness of upcoming events
- 70. NETWORKED LEARNERS: CONTRIBUTE TO ABUNDANCE. CONNECT. CHANGE.
- 71. Be the change that will help people navigate change knowledge scarcity knowledge abundance open practices public models market models closed practices
Editor's Notes
- Once I asked a room show me what tools you have for networking the education process…and everyone pulled out phones, and pointed to their laptops. And I said great…but don’t stop there. Look at the people next to you. Think about what you know about teaching. THOSE are tools as well….and to be literate in networks, all are required.
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- Different from broadcast
- How many of you have 1:1? Litmus test