Learning in an age of abundance: the door is off

the barn

@davecormier

@Cogdog

A series of events…

• Oral to catechetical to textbook to digital

• Why did you say… ‘MOOC’?• Three questions about learning in an

age of abundance.

Part 1 – A contextOral to catechetical to textbook to digital

http://www.flickr.com/photos/killfile/3344595791/

Part 2 – An exampleMOOCs oh my.

The internet happening to education George Siemens http://www.xedbook.com/?p=54

Why MOOC?(at least originally)

MassiveMassive

Open as in sourceOpen as in sourcehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/neosnaps/2596044654/sizes/o/in/photostream/

Open as in participationOpen as in participationhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/neosnaps/2596044654/sizes/o/in/photostream/

OnlineOnline

CourseCourse

http://www.flickr.com/photos/98857801@N00/2145231725/

Think of the MOOC as a gathering place

And a (networked) textbook

Part 3 – RhizomesLearning for uncertainty in an age of abundance

Three Questions1.Why are we learning?

Dealing with Uncertainty

Three Questions1.Why are we learning?2.Who is deciding what we learn?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sc63/5788054500/

If we work together and learn from each other, the community becomes the curriculum.

http://youtu.be/r8avYQ5ZqM0

Rhizomes are aggressive, chaotic and resilient. They are difficult to contain. They follow their own paths.http://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsnortheast/5951029777/sizes/l/in/photostream/

rhizomes!

The rhizome1.Can map in any direction from any starting point2.Can grow and spread via experimentation within a context3.Can grow and spread regardless of breakage

Three Questions1.Why are we learning?2.Who is deciding what we learn?3.Who is deciding that we’ve learned?

We need to measure

learning

The fact that you need it doesn’t make it possible

Stop measuring

learning

Responsibility is the critical literacy in an age of choice

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mema_nh/205275900

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