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Informality in Learning

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Changing focus of learning

In a leisurely-paced world, the past is a good guide to the future. Learning can focus on what has worked in the past.

In a fast-moving world, learning must deal with issues as they come. Individuals must define their own lessons. Learning professionals must build great roads, not give directions to specific locations.

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Industrial mindset to network culture

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End of Age of Stuff

Cogito ergo sumMaterial worldWYSIWYG, one reality“It is I.”More than demise of industrial eraNewton just a summaryFocus on the visibleWorld is mechanical, predictablePre-atomic, pre-quantumBelief in fundamentals, absolutesSome stuff is “finished”“We are nodes”Learning to doPrograms

Beginning the Age of Conn

Perception is realityTherefore, many realities out thereEverything is connected“We are all in this together.”Everything is relativeEverything flowsIt’s all connectedWorld is complex, outcomes uncertainAll is a work-in-progressTime as a artificial overlay, i.e. a tennis racketDitto ownership (since things are a figment)“We are connectors”Learning to be Platforms

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Push Learning to Pull Learning

Pull

Active learner

Learner defines content

Conversation & discovery

Competence

Independence

Learn in groups

Knowledge is transitory

Push

Passive student

Others set curriculum

Courses, workshops

Grades

Obedience

Learn on your own

Unchanging knowledge