Knock Down the Walls: Toward a Model of Open Teaching

Open & Networked Teaching

moodle moot canada ‘09alec couros

Thursday, April 2, 2009

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#HeyAlecIReallyWantToLetYouKnowWhatIAmThinkingAndWouldLikeToGiveYouSomeInputIntoYourPresentationSoHereAreMyThoughtsFor

YourConsiderationThnks


who is this guy?




open doctrine?


open doctrine?


journey


knowledge

• what is k?

• how is k acquired?

• how do we know what

we know?

• why do we know what

we know?

• what do humans know?

• who controls k?

• how is k controlled?


assumptions re: school

• knowledge is scarce

• access can be controlled

• boundaries make sense

• expertise rests only in individuals

• learning can be managed

• change is slow

• we can rest on reputation

• we can predict the future

• is the best way to learn


“A key to transformation is for the teaching profession to

establish innovation networks that capture the spirit and

culture of hackers - the passion, the can-do, collective

sharing.” ~ Hargreaves


reactions: forms of openness

open source software

open contentopen access publication

open accreditation

open education

open access courses open teaching

free software

open educational resources


cathedral vs. the bazaar

how are creative works produced and shared?


copyright/copyleft/commons

how we view knowledge and creative works


how we view learning - institutional & informal

open content, access, publication, accreditation


access we have to free or inexpensive tools


Rocky Mountain News1859 - 2009


• redefine communities, friends, citizenship, identity, presence, privacy, publics, geography.

• enable learning, communication, sharing, connections, collaboration, community.

• networks formed around shared interests & objects.

social networks



Each technology creates a new environment.

The old environment becomes content forthe new environment.

The effects of mediacome from their formnot their content.




http://omegle.com/

http://omegle.com/

370 student registered 443 digital devices.

14 students brought desktop computers, 93 brought iphones/Touch devices.

Only 5 students reported landline service.

432 of 438 new students on Facebook, College group had 3225 posts before start of school.

Source: Academic Commons


http://www.academiccommons.org/commons/essay/it-index

http://www.academiccommons.org/commons/essay/it-index


• Accessing, analyzing, evaluating, and creating messages in a variety of forms.

• Enable skillful creators, consumers, and disseminators of media.

• Facilitate an understanding of strengths, weaknesses, and influences of media forms.

media literacy


how ideas spread


how ideas spread


cautions

Soulja Boy


cautions

new challenges


affordances

new motivations


new forms


new forms


going open


• sharing by default

• rethinking privacy

• publish, then filter

• educators as learners

• knowledge as fallible/incomplete

• expertise found in networks

• relevance of remix/mashup

• recognizing alternate forms of creativity

• minutia and presence as social bonds

mindset changes



• become a learner (again)

• play with the tools

• absorb the media

• find a network guide

• explore online communities

• participate in events

• be critical, but open minded

• share what you have learned

build your PLN


tell everyone


tell everyone


Participants in Jan 2008:

• 20 registered students

• 10 experts in the field

• over 200 informal

participants (teachers,

admin, professors,

admin, k12 students, etc.)

invite everyone


rethink constraints


rethink social architecture


adapt


• greater access

• currency & adaptability

• improved economics

• adaptive pedadogies

• preserved knowledge

• greater diversity of voice

• sustainable communities

• transparency for critique

• long-term connections

advantages


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Knock Down the Walls: Toward a Model of Open Teaching