A synthesis of Chapter 7- Opener 6, - Learner Participation in Open Communities, from Curtis J Bonk, The World is Open.

1. A synthesis of Chapter 7
The world is Open
by
Curtis Bonk
Opener 6
Learner Participation in Open Information Communities
For HMID 6303
Current Trends & Issues in Instructional Technology
Helene Francis Seaman

2. • This presentation will give you an idea of the
tremendous opportunities that learners have to
participate in Open forum Communities.
-ALL MADE POSSIBLE BY-
• THE INTERNET, WEB 2.0 TOOLS AND A PLETHORIA OF
INTERENET VISIONARIES WHO SHOW US THAT THROUGH
PARTICIPATION & COLLOBORATION,
WE-ALL-LEARN

3. Mike Goodwin-GC Jimmy Wales -Founder Sue Gardner-CEO
-WIKIMEDIA-
The creation of free and open access to educational material
What is it? A quiet rebel in the knowledge Industry and an online learning
Organization
WHAT HAS IT DONE? Revolutionized
 Ideas related to access to information
 The permanence of ideas
 Quality standards for information
 Knowledge for industry
 Information sharing
 Ownership of knowledge
Who is Wikimedia- it is all of us- the users

4. 2.0 Downes TO GO
E-learning 2.0 - from a radical idea to mainstream……
E-LEARNING THEN- IO YEARS AGO E-LEARNING NOW- 2011
Words, words and more words voice, webcast, interactivity, video, blogs
Popular platform for information Platform through which content is,
transmission & consumption created, shared, mixed, repurposed
Centered around posting content Creation of Wikibooks, produce news on
current TV, generate own radio
programmes with podcast
Information scarcity Harness collective intelligence of
individuals, endless information
Learners passively read, listened to radio Empowers learning, learners have a voice
or TV in their own learning activities-
participatory learning

5. x
What is web 2.0?
Web 2.0 is a revolutionary new way of creating, collaborating, editing and sharing
user-generated content online. It's also about ease of use. There's no need to
download, and teachers and students can master many of these tools in minutes.
Technology has never been easier or more accessible to all.
http://web2010.discoveryeducation.com/web20tools.cfm
It is Presentation tools
I It is Community Tools
It is mobile tools
It is Video tools
It is Related links

6. What’s new in Web 2.0?
Chinswing….
An entirely new way to
talk & discuss issues
A tool for online language use
DEAN WORTH-FOUNDER
A mechanism to bring about social change
How does it work?
Do you have something to discuss?
Post a voice message and your picture next to your recording.
The world will listen, ask you questions, post comments
and you can respond and have live conversations.
CHINSWING---- WHERE ANYONE CAN BE A……..
learner, teacher, tutor, debtor or conversational partner

7. So what’s new in Web 2.0 ?
dotSUB
A tool for adding subtitles in any language to any online
video or film. – opening up the world
yackpack
A tool that allows one to send audio-files via e-mail. Useful
for language learners, & practicing skills and attributes
What does this all mean?
A new and exciting way for learners to communicate
Engaging, appealing, united among common interest
Some of what new in web.2.0

8. YOUTUBE- what is it?
It is a video-sharing website on which users can upload, share, and view videos
about any topic or issue.
Is it…
A bandwidth hog?
• A heaver user of internet resources?
OR WAY FOR
• Individuals to generate internet resources rather than be passive browsers.
• Individuals to create, watch, share, subscribe to common interests.
• Firms to recruit new employee.
• Individuals and firms to form communities, share work culture and create.
social relations across global offices.

9. 1
NOW JUST JUST WHO USES YOUTUBE?
Over 1-1 billion users who share education and entertainment material
Firms like Deloitte and KPMG
Why & How?
- Because it has the advantage to make employees feel connected to
others in the workplace
- Because it can be used for training and learning purposes
- Because it can be used as a vehicle for hiring new employees
YOUTUBE - A HIGHLY INTERESTING SOCIAL PHENOMENON
YOUTUBE - RECRUITMENT-RETENTION & LEARNING VEHICLE

10. -
WHAT IS IT?
IT IS ……YOUTUBE IN ACTION
AN ALWAYS ON- ALWAYS NEW, ALWAYS FREE RESOURCE FOR EDUCATORS
Developed by Lee & Sachi Le Fever, it explains complicated technology using
easily understood simple language, hand gestures, cute sayings metaphors and
easily understood steps.
TO ENSURE THAT
WE-ALL -LEARN

11. Who says YouTube is only for entertainment?
-The Case of Dancing Matt-
From Videogame designer, to globe trotter, to geography teacher to
entertainer to ambassador.
 Quit his job to travel the world-globe trotter/world traveller
 Posted his videos on YouTube of places he visited- entertainment
 Collaboration with google earth, where individuals can click on the spot
using google earth to navigate through his favorite spots- a geography
lesson
 Used his fame to participate with YouTube stride and one laptop per
child mission to Africa and train teachers to use it- Goodwill
ambassador.

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Take a look at Dancing Matt- and the places
and people he as seen- We-All-Learn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY&feature=relmfu

13. The Dr. Michael Wesch experience and YouTube - an anti-teachings student philosophy
• Frustrated by attempts to explain the exciting world of digital media using only
paper, he resorted to YouTube.
• Using catchy music, captivating editing techniques, & displaying an assortment
of web 2.0 tools, he explains a variety to tools, content, theory, etc.
• Individually students in his class create videos, post vblogs, share and exploit
ideas.
• Over 100 students used YouTube to create a video to represent 600
years of world history from colonization to globalization.
 YouTube in the classroom ---WE- ALL- LEARN in the OPEN WORLD

14. LESSONS LEARNT
 Web 2.0 dispels the belief that the instructor is the expert and the
students job is to learn from him
 Allows the human species see different ways in which the world is connected
 Participatory and collaborative learning
 Sparked conversation& interest in web 2.0 & new way of learning
 YouTube in the classroom ---WE- ALL- LEARN in the OPEN WORLD

16. YouTube Spinoffs
TeacherTube - Launched On March 6th 2007 by Jason Smith, it allows users to create video
groups, subscribe to channels, member videos, upload tag and share videos worldwide, create
playlists and connect with people with similar interests.
• Teachers explain or demonstrate over 20 thousand education related concepts, principles
and topics in a unique fashion.
• Students who miss a lesson can log in and follow a lesson.
• Allows for teachers around the globe to collaborate and participate.
Tube - provides engaging media sharing and journalism opportunities for students and
teachers in the USA
It allows for participatory learning and embraces the concept of WE-ALL-LEARN
SciVee - created by the national Science Foundation, its goal is the widespread dissemination of
scientific content, via text, videos, podcasts
TeacherTube , Tube, SciVee - a rich, global repository of technology & learning Idea.

17. Examples of Using 2.0 tools for Participatory & Authentic Learning
Current TV - The Goodwin School & Yan Chun Su - from financial consultant to
independent film-maker using current TV.
What is Current TV?
It allows individuals to gather news and share, with others for free. Everyone can be a
newscaster.
Goodwin School story in Africa uploaded by Chun Su made current TV top list- a success
story with current TV
What has it done? ……..
Facilitated several donations to the school
Highlighted the achievements of the school
Enabler of new careers
CURRENT TV- A POTENTIALLY POWERFUL LEARNING RESOURCE

18. • Using interactive videoconferencing - The case of
GNG - The Global Nomads Group
… GNG - where students learn about world cultures through videoconferencing
…GNG - fostering critical thinking
… GNG-fostering global awareness
… GNG-fostering cultural awareness
…GNG- enhancing communication skills
… GNG-enhancing geography skills.
… GNG-fostering a reduced hatred among people of different countries
...GNG- Increasing learner curiosity, self-esteem and knowledge
GNG- AN ENCYCOPEDIA OF MISCONCEPTIONS
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19. • USING INTERACTIVE VIDEO-CONFERENCING – the
example the International Studies for Indiana Schools- ISIS
• It is a live, interactive, questioning, demonstrative, participatory,
collaborative learning process by creating programmes on several
topics. Eg. What do you want to learn about Iraq? Or Daily life in the Netherlands?
Created by Den Hutton at Indiana University it aims to teach learners though
interacting to:
 respect individual difference
 Learn about different cultures
 Understand issues and equity in society
 Foster a sense of tolerance and openness
ISIS- a multicultural, cross cultural experience

20. WEB 2.0
A SHIFT IN THE USE OF THE INTERNET
FROM TEXT TO VIDEO
TO CREATE A
GLOBAL EDUCATION & AWARENESS
REVOLUTION
SO THAT
WE- ALL- LEARN
IN A WORLD THAT IS OPEN

21. WIKI-WIKI or FAST-FAST
WHAT IS IT?
Founded by Larry Cunningham………
• It is a Web site or software that allows anyone to add, delete, or revise
content by using a Web browser.
• IT ALLOWS FOR QUICK COLLOBORATION ON A DOCUMENT BY PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD
WIKI IS AN OPEN WINDOW INTO THE GENERATION PROCESS OF HOW
KNOWLEDGE BECOMES SUGGESTED, ENDORESD AND POTENTIALLY CHANGED.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
• ALLOWS FOR KNOWLEDGE CREATION & PARTICIPATION
• IT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO EDIT, AND CHANGE A WIKI, EACH CHANGE IS
RECORDED SO THAT A PERSON CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTAND
DECIDE WHICH IS MORE ACCURATE AND APPROPRIATE.- COLOBORATION
WIKI- AN EXAMPLE OF THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVIST NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE

22. WIKIPEDIA & JIMMY WALES
What is it?
… An example of participatory learning & global collaboration
… A community based resource where one can post a story and
let others review, change, comment on, expand and delete all in
real time
… It relies on post-publication peer-review processes among
volunteer collaborators for knowledge and documents
… 7 million registered users
Wikipedia- FREE, OPEN, NOT STATIC OR A PORTAL
“LET THE PEOPLE WHO USE USE IT BUILD IT”- Jimmy Wales

23. Wikipedia and Matthew Gruen - a Wikipedia sensation
• A 16 year old, he spends 6 hours a night editing entries
• Considered for administrator status because of his exceptional work
• Part of the growing culture of open education
• A non-traditional leaner
HE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE OPENING OF INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATES IN
THE WE ALL LEARN CONCEPT- IN THE OPEN WORLD
MATTHEW & WIKIPEDIA-
CONTRIBUTING TO A FREE ENCLYOPEDEDIA OF KNOWLEDGE

24. WIKIPEDIA WHAT ABOUT QUAILTY?
The Con: The main issue is that it can not be used as a primary source for research because as it is
open to editing by everyone there are reliability and validity concerns.
The Pros: Wikitrust. Monitors people whose contributions are constantly edited, and deleted.
Wikipedians- guard the pages to ensure that no slander occurs, if it does it is deleted.
WIKI A HIGHLLY UNIQUE AND INTRIGUING LEARNING TOOL
WIKI’S SHOW WHAT IS POSSIBLE MORE THAN ANY OTHER TECH TOOL.
IT IS ALL ABOUT COLLOBORATION, COLLOBORATION, PARTICIPATION AND MORE PARTICIPATION

25. THE PRINTED PAGE IS GIVING WAY TO THE NETWORK SCREEN- the E-BOOK
Participatory E-BOOKS what are they?
They are: DIGITIZED BOOKS WITH A DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!
How do they work?
1.Anyone with a computer, cellphone, PDA, or network can access e-books.
2. Scholars post pre-prints of books and ask for comments about the draft, which
the revise and reference before it is printed
3.WeBooks- individuals collaboratively write of books and articles and any
royalties are shared
4.Free PDF books made available online by Yale University, MIT press, eg
…..Liked to YouTube- videos explain certain aspects of the book
……Online forums are available for discussion of the books with readers & authors
……webcasts by the authors are available for viewing
Participatory e-books- not bound by time or space

26. Benkler - a pioneer in E-books-free and open source culture
His book: The wealth Of Nations, was published in several
document formats
1. Purchase the book at a store or Yale - the norm
Or several free viewing options
1. PDF download
2. View it online in HTML
3. Browse the book on a wiki & add resources related to the book
4. Using a Creative common license - audience can remix and share
5. Using Wave , Flavc or Mp3 the text is narrated
THE RESULT
More than two thousand downloads a month
Over fifty thousand full downloads of his text
Translation of the text into other languages by the web2.0 community
Several remixes of the text were created including narrations
BENKLER AND E-BOOKS- ANYONE CAN READ, ANNOTATE, DISCUSS AND SHARE

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• A RESOURCE PORTAL FOR FREE BOOKS, DOCUMENTS & PAPERS
SCRIBD + iPaper what are they?
50 MILLION READERS EVERY MONTH
50 THOUSAND NEW DOCUMENTS UPLOADED EVRYDAY
Trip Adler-founder
A paper sharing site, to post lecturer notes, corrected term papers, research, poems, stories,
magazines, recipes, college papers, documents, course syllabi, curriculum lessons, books and lots
more.
It consists of private and public chat groups and discussions.
It uses iPaper. A flash based document reader that allows easy uploading ,viewing and sharing of your
web documents
THE LARGEST SOCIAL PUBLISHING COMPANY IN THE WORLD

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• Just who uses Scribd and iPaper?
• People who ……
① Are searching for documents that are no longer available on their original website
② Want to publish articles that were rejected elsewhere
③ Want to post press releases
④ Want to ask for feedback from others
⑤ Want to post books
⑥ Everyone, anyone,
Who else uses Scribd?
MIT, NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, IRS, THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
COMMISSION, THE FEDERAL REGISRER, to name a few
SCRIBD A GLOBAL PARTICIPNT in the WE-ALL LEARN- OPENWORLD
A REVOLUTION IN DOCUMENT SHARING
Fostering online collaboration and sharing of ideas

29. ANOTHER COMMUNITY OF SHARING- EVERYBODY’S THING
What is it?
An online resource for anyone to catalogue his/her books in their
personal library.
An online resource where anyone can meet and join groups to
discuss similar interests.
Library …..Where ANYONE can….
Tag books, Rate books, Review books, Talk about books, Swap Books, Borrow Books &
Buy Books. Everything books.
Tim Spaulding- creator
Library - THE WORLDS LARGEST of Library
BOOKSTORE

30. TO SUM UP-WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
Learner Participation in Open Information Communities
MADE POSSIBLE BY WEB 2.0 & TECHNOLOGY PIONEERS
WEB 2.0 has made participatory and open learning possible for everyone, the scientist, the
student the commoner, the world traveller, the professional, the teacher, the child, the
researcher, the intellectual
SO THAT……..
WE-ALL-LEARN
WE-ALL-PARTICIPATE
WE-ALL HAVE A VOICE
WE-ALL CONTRIBUTE
IT HAS DONE SO USING………
YouTube, Wikimedia, dotSub, YackPack, Chinswing, Facebook, Common craft, Google images,
GNG, ISIS, Wiki’s, SciVee, Current TV, Wikipedia, E_books, SCRIBD, iPaper, LibraryThing. Blogs,
Vlogs and more
THE WORLD IS OPEN- CONTRIBUTE & PARTICIPATE

31. The End
Acknowledgements
Quotes and examples taken from the world is open by Curtis J Bonk
Pictures and images courtesy Google Images

32. References
Bonk, C.J. (2009). The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Goldmeier, S.(2009).
Naidiu, S. E-learning. A Guidebook of principles, Procedures and Practices. Commonwealth Educational Media Centre
for Asia (CEMCA) (June 2003.
Web 2.0 tools (n.d) Discovery Learning. Retrieved from http://web2010.discoveryeducation.com/web20tools.cfm
Where is Matt? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY&feature=relmfu