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- 1. Replacing teachers with crowds TENCompetence Winter School ‘09 Jon Dron Athabasca University, University of Brighton http://www.cofind.net - jond@athabascau.ca
- 2. loose plan Intelligent crowds and candy Groups, Networks and Collectives and play time Ten principles and more play time
- 3. “We shape our dwellings and afterwards our dwellings shape our lives” Winston Churchill
- 4. Some influences on learning external learner drivers profile VLEs tools emergent other people behaviours pedagogies subject formalisms environment planned and context institutional behaviours logistic rules/norms community processes ethos
- 5. Some influences on learning external learner drivers profile VLEs tools emergent other people behaviours pedagogies subject formalisms environment planned and context institutional behaviours logistic rules/norms community processes ethos Technologies Contexts of use
- 6. Web 2.0, proper noun The name given to the social and technical sophistication and maturity that mark the- Oh, screw it. Money! Money money money! Money! The money’s back! Ha ha! Money! From The Devil’s Dictionary (2.0) http://www.eod.com/devil/archive/web_20.html
- 9. Once upon a time...
- 10. There is a new organising principle...
- 11. There is a new organising principle...
- 12. There is a new organising principle...
- 13. There is a new organising principle...
- 14. Groups, Networks and Collectives
- 15. Once upon a time... teacher content learner (after Terry Anderson)
- 16. There is a new view of learning teacher many learner content
- 17. What kind of Many? collective network me group
- 18. What kind of Many? collective network me group
- 19. New view of learning Learner Negotiated Teacher control control control autonomy structure dialogue
- 20. New view of learning Collective control Learner Negotiated Teacher control control control autonomy structure dialogue
- 21. What is a collective? algorithm feeds crowd behaviour drives influences or controls interface
- 22. play time! • think of/visit social sites you know • identify collective processes • algorithm • interface
- 23. Ten Design Principles Adaptability 1. Sociability 6. Stigmergy 2. 7. Constraint Evolvability 8. Context 3. 9. Connectivity Parcellation 4. 10. Scale Trust 5.
- 24. Adaptability • build from small parts and mash-up • rapid development methodologies • use standards like OpenSocial, RSS, FOAF, OpenID, OAuth, JSON etc.... • Control with individuals, not teachers/ administrators/programmers
- 26. A bit of my Personal Learning Environment
- 27. A bit of my Personal Learning Environment Mashup
- 28. Stigmergy
- 29. Stigmergy • It will happen - use it • Signposts, not fence-posts
- 30. Evolvability • Deferred design • Different scales • Exaptions • Replication with variation • Death as a great teacher
- 31. Many other processes . uses gs.. ellin y imar w . D ture of pr 1 Mix 2. hort blocks d and new people . S ture of ol tration of 3 Mix ncen e.g.4. ense co .D 5 • city dynamics • market-based systems Sit Lim e Ma Att ited a rket ent tten ion t me ion ans size and rep utatio n
- 32. Parcellation Photo by Kerry Lannert:: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stirwise/ 2675405956/
- 33. evolvability flickr tags over 2 years apart
- 34. evolvability flickr tags over 2 years apart
- 35. parcellation
- 36. play time! • how can we put texture in our learning landscapes?
- 37. the problem of evil
- 42. Trust • Soft security vs hard security • Systems security • Controllable security • Who’s who? • How does it work?
- 43. Sociability • Awareness of others • Multiple channels • Not necessarily in the same piece of software
- 44. Pedagogy • Meaningful signposts • If you design a mountain you will get mountain goats • If you design an ocean you will get fish • What is the shape and physics of an educational environment?
- 45. Context • A truly self-organised environment can evolve into anything • Institutional contexts • The broader environment • People wishing to learn
- 46. Meta-principles • Scale • connectivity • Connectivity
- 47. Big and things small
- 48. Things that change context
- 49. Things that come first
- 51. del.icio.us is cool but... • single dimension of metadata • limited interoperability • commercial monolith • limited parcellation • very limited trust model
- 52. del.icio.us is cool but... • single dimension of metadata • limited interoperability • commercial monolith • limited parcellation • very limited trust model
- 53. Facebook is cool but... • single layer of hierarchy (the group) • extendible but not very interoperable • simple one-dimensional metadata • limited trust model • everyone is a friend or not • commercial monolith
- 54. Ning is brilliant but... • not distributed - single site • relatively coarse privacy/trust control
- 55. Elgg is a bit better... • richer trust model • educational context • institutional control (?) • why does everyone have to be your friend?
- 56. Using them all... • NetVibes • Sniperoo • Grazr • iGoogle • Widgets and Gadgets
- 57. Read the book... Control and Constraint in E-Learning: Choosing When to Choose jond@athabascau.ca http://www.cofind.net
- 58. Read the book... Control and Constraint in E-Learning: Choosing When to Choose jond@athabascau.ca http://www.cofind.net
- 60. jond@athabascau.ca http://www.cofind.net http://www.igi-pub.com/books/details.asp?ID=6732