Commentary on Erik Duval's CSCL (Computer Supported Collaborative Learning) 2011 Keynote at http://www.slideshare.net/erik.duval/on-the-importance-of-being-open-8528603

1. Comments
Erik and Dan

2. This is great!
CSCL is expanding
 CL: From isolated dyads and small
groups to (embedding in) in communities
and networks
 “Networked Learning”
 Connecting Levels; Learning Analytics
 CS: From old CMC and customized
educational software to Web 2.0{++}*
 Give learners the tools to access and
manage the world’s resources
 Potential for data driven education

3. This is scary!
 Obvious privacy concerns
 Now we have to master
Ghostery as well in order
to learn safely
 Some learners cannot manage that
 Challenges to traditional educational
institutions of all kinds

4. This is hegemony!
Does learning in the open assume
a particular cultural setting?
 Is this an individualistic view that
does not match cultures where
standing out is not a virtue, and
failures are to be kept private?
 Or is it extreme collectivism: contributing to
the group is more important than information
ownership and privacy?
 How adapted to different cultural settings?

5. This is naive!
Learning is not just about access to
information, and requires more than
interaction with others
 Does the networked individual know how to
follow a learning agenda?
 Yet, danger of educational elitism
 Is authentic learning a solution?
 Motivated by what one is trying to accomplish,
agenda may be clear ... but also additional work
 Are peers the solution (solve with more
openess)?
 Are peers good pedagogues? Are crowds wise?
 Educator as guide?
 Requires skills in technology use

6. A Visual Commentary

7. Explanation of visual commentary
for those who were not present
 Upper left: this guy recommends that we eat
here. If we take his recommendation do we
look like him? Should we know how well
resources worked for others’ learning?
 Upper right: Maybe we want to know the
“ingredients” of the learning resources, to
evaluate whether they work as advertised.
 Lower left: we may want to stay closed to
protect young learners
 Lower right: but CSCL should grapple with this
rapidly growing phenomenon, lest we become
an ancient relic in a new world!

8. Discussion