6. “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)
19. quick 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
• 1 billion Youtube videos served daily.
Stats as of Jan 22/10 via Royal Pingdom
37. Guiding Principles
• Open access, low-cost.
• Rethink space/interaction (walled gardens, open
spaces)
• Learning spaces controlled and/or owned by students.
• Tagging, aggregation, & other info literacies.
• Advocacy/integration/use/creation of/for FOSS & open
content wherever possible & when beneficial to
learning.
• Pedagogy focused more on connecting & interactions;
content important, but secondary.
• Development of sustainable, long-term, learning
connections.
43. “The course ... has been the most profound pd
experience Iʼve ever had. It forced me to critique & review
my practice. I never knew how important social networks
were. Now, I couldnʼt be a teacher without being
connected. Itʼs drastically changed my view of education.”
46. “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)