Curated collection:Building expertise and reputation

Peter Albion

Feeling overwhelmed & apprehensive?

Red Crater, Tongariro Crossing, New Zealand, Nov 2010

The world is no longer simple and certain.

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Then, information changed slowly.

Moiry Glacier, Switzerland, Jul 2006

Now, information is a torrent.

Cave of the Winds, Niagara Falls, Sep 2012

Then, access to information was restricted.

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Transmissive pedagogies made sense.

Microsoft ClipArt

Understanding of knowledge has evolved.

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Objectivism: Knowledge exists independently – it can be owned and transmitted.

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Constructivism: Knowledge exists in the learner – it is built from personal experience.

Microsoft ClipArt

Connectivism: Knowledge exists in the network – learning is making connections.

Microsoft ClipArt

Information is accessed from networked machines and people.

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Information continues to expand

40 exabytes (4 x 1019) of new information this year = more than in the previous 5000 years

Shift Happens

Attention flows toward information.… if you have any particular piece of information on the Net, you can share it easily with anyone else who might want it. It is not in any way scarce, and therefore it is not an information economy towards which we are moving … There is something else that moves through the Net, flowing in the opposite direction from information, namely attention.

Goldhaber, M. H. (1997). The Attention Economy and the Net. First Monday, 2(4). Retrieved from http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/519/440

The information economy is really an attention economy.

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Information is not diminished by sharing.

Abundance ➙ a relationship economy

Worldview Consumer economy Relationship economyUnderlying assumption Scarcity AbundanceGoal Ownership MembershipYou prize Proprietary secrets Openness, transparencyTo build Barriers Links and relationshipsTo get Involuntary lock-in Voluntary loyaltySell to Target markets Natural audiencesSell via Consumer marketing Social dynamicsAwareness through Branding, advertising Personal advocacyTrust? Buy it Earn itPeople are Untrustworthy More trustworthy than

we think

Jerry Michalski, The REXpedition, 2011

Abundance presents new challenges for learning and teaching.

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Lectures were never like this.

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Our tradition has been pedagogies of scarcity.

• Learning is acquiring information

• Information is scarce and hard to find

• Trust authority for good information

• Authorised information is beyond discussion

• Obey the authority, and

• Follow alongMartin Weller, A Pedagogy of Abundance,

2010

But we live in a world of abundant information.

• User-generated content

• Power of the crowd• Data access• Architecture of

participation• Network effects• Openness

Martin Weller, A Pedagogy of Abundance, 2010

We need pedagogies of abundance that recognise:

• Content is free• Content is abundant• Content is varied• Sharing is easy• Learning is social• Connections are ‘light’• Organisation is cheap• Systems are

generative• Users generate

contentMartin Weller, A Pedagogy of Abundance,

2010

Learners & teachers need to manage information flow.

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Information can be hunted but farming is more efficient.

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Curating is not the same as collecting.

Mike Fisher, @fisher1000, Digigogy

Approach curating in 3 steps.

Jarche (2012) & Kanter (2011)

Seek Sense ShareDefine topics and organise sources

Product: Writing with links, presentation

Credit sources and answer questions

Scan more than you capture

Annotate, archive, apply Feed your network a steady diet of good stuff

Don't capture unless high quality

Must add value to work or strategy

Comment on other people's stuff

Seekkeeping up to date

• Search– Search engines– Library

• Subscribe– Social media– Newsletters– RSS

• Scan• Select

Sensereflection & practice

• Read– Products of seeking

• Research– Related material

• Rehearse– Try out ideas

• Reflect– How did that go?

Shareconversations with networks

• Collate– Organise your ideas

• Condense– Distil the essence

• Connect• Contribute• Converse– Engage your

audience

Connect to personal/professional learning networks.

Annecy, France, Jul 2006

Share using tools that suit your style.

Connecting and contributing builds reputation and trust.

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The best educators are the best learners.

AITSL, 2012

You have a digital footprint.

What does it look like?How can you make it work for you?

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Curated collection:Building expertise and reputation

Peter Albion