2. CREATIVITY AND
INTEGRATED
TECHNOLOGY FOR
LIFELONG LEARNING
Center for Distance Learning
April 2011
Carol Yeager
SUNY/Empire State College

3. Future Shock ... A. Toffler
The illiterate of the 21st century will not
be those who cannot read and write, it will
be those who cannot learn, unlearn and
relearn.
• How do we build a community of global learners for the
purpose of connecting and engaging people in
collaborative lifelong learning?
– Creativity and creative problem solving are building
blocks for sustaining lifelong learning and having fun
in the process.
– If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far,
go with others ... African proverb

4. www.wordle.net

5. Learn, Unlearn and Relearn
Think Different
Voicethread

6. Wikieducator

7. "Creativity is the type of learning process where
the teacher and pupil are located in the same
individual" ... Arthur Koestler
WHY ?
IT4ALL

10. Blogging for Reflective
Learning
Moodle Musings

11. Creative (Re)Learning
What do we need to know ?
How can we communicate?

12. Creative Learning with Web
2.0 and Beyond ...

13. Creative Problem Solving Carol Yeager

14. Creative Learning with Web
2.0 and Beyond ...
Beyond Bloom

16. Personal Learning
Environment/Network of
PLENK
Knowledge

17. PLE

18. Jessica McElvaney
Zane Berge

19. Stephen Downes
George Siemens

20. Elluminate in PLENK2010

21. http://wordandimage.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/10-levels-of-intimacy-in-communication.png
http://wordandimage.wordpress.com/about/
http://wordandimage.1iles.wordpress.com/2010/06/10-­‐levels-­‐of-­‐intimacy-­‐in-­‐communication.png

23. Presenting ... Second Life as a
Learning Community
Introducing ... Second Life
Second Life Conversations and Collaborations

24. Creative
Connections for Lifelong
Learning
Link to CC4LL

25. CCK11
• A MOOC on Connectivist Learning Theory
and Application:
• George Siemens and Stephen Downes
• Reflection on CCK11

26. MOOClive

27. CCK11 FaceBook

28. MobiMOOC

29. Empire State College
Opportunities and
Choices
• Where do we go now and how do we
develop the resources for the SUNY/ OER
Global footprint?

30. SUNY/Empire State College
joining as a founding member

31. TED-ED Brain Trust

33. ESC/CDL MOOC coming soon:
CMC1I

34. CMC11
Creativity and Multicultural Communication
Increasingly, the challenges we face are complex and open-ended and
greater understanding of creative problem solving is needed.
Knowledge alone is not enough to reach innovative and effective
solutions and more creative thinking skills are needed. In addition, the
connected world needs to be acknowledged as the new learning
environment.
Students and mentors will interact through web-based and mobile-
based research, practical implementation assignments and web 2.0
activities designed around creative problem solving challenges in a
multicultural environment. Connectivist theory will be used as a guide
for navigating our networked world. Approaches to creativity will be
applied to student-generated challenges. Students and mentors will
strive to improve their creativity and communication skills throughout
the term.