Slides for my keynote presentation at YRDSB Quest in Richmond Hill, Ontario, November 17, 2010.
Full video of the recording is found here: http://www.rogerstv.com/page.aspx?lid=237&rid=17&sid=3867&gid=73758
7. “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, Robella, & Hughes, 2009)
http://edr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/full/38/4/246
15. Informal Learning
• “Informal learning is a
significant aspect of our
learning experience.
Formal education no
longer comprises the
majority of our learning.”
•
George Siemens
http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm
20. 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)
31. media stats (2009)
• 90 trillion emails sent annually from 1.4 billion email
users
• 234 million websites
• 1.73 billion Internet users
• 126 millions blogs
• 350 million Facebook users
• 4 billion images on Flickr
• 2.5 billion photos uploaded every month on Facebook
Stats as of Jan 22/10 via Royal Pingdom
52. Challenges of Participatory Culture
“How do we ensure that every
child has access to skills and
experiences need to become
a full participant in the social,
cultural, economic, and
political future of our society?”
Henry Jenkins
63. 21st Century Learning
• “What happens to
traditional concepts of
classrooms and
teaching when we can
now learn anything,
anywhere, anytime?”
Will Richardson
69. “We need to move beyond the
idea that education is something
that is provided for us, and
toward the idea that an education
is something that we create
ourselves.”
(Downes, 2010)
70. Donʼt limit a child to your own
learning, for he was born in
another time. ~Tagore
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