Snowflake Effect

open learning without barriers

erik duvalK.U.Leuven & ARIADNE

http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd 1

slogan warning!

http://www.kinkyangel.co.uk/ 2

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http://www.slideshare.net/erik.duval

learning as a root solution

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reality check...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

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The Snowflake Effect:

The ideal is getting to “just right*”…

• Just the right CONTENT, to• Just the right PERSON, with• Just the right PARTNERS, at• Just the right TIME, on• Just the right DEVICE, in• Just the right CONTEXT, and• Just the right WAY ………

* not to be confused with perfection!!

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“mass contribution”

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“mass contribution”

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The Snowflake Effect

MaSS PeRSONALiZATiON (Or if you insist on a prefix call it..)

meLearning!• Personalized Learning Experiences for every person every day

all 6.6 billion of us -- every day!!

• Just for me and just right: Time, place, amount, device, medium, way… On demand, adaptive

• Markets of one: Billions of Markets

• Learning in ALL forms: Formal AND informal not just online, on computer, on screen, etc, but every where, every time

“Capitalizing on EVERY Teachable Moment”

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snowflake learningrequires

open learning infrastructurefor scale

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http://www.ariadne-eu.org/16

Searchability

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http://globe-info.org/

http://www.mace-project.eu/

€3.6M 37,593 resources and 97,200 assets

EUN, ARIADNE

Ministries: Austria, Catalonia, Hungary, Iceland, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Commercial: UK, Germany, IcelandDanube University Krems (evaluation)

Europese Hogeschool Brussel (school pilots)

OAI - SQICreative Commons

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http://info.melt-project.eu/

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Open feedback

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Open feedback

http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/empirical/ Attention metadata

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Open feedback

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Open feedback

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1.Property2.Mobility3.Economy4.Transparency

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1.Property2.Mobility3.Economy4.Transparency

How about you?

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How about you?

• not scarce & searchbut abundant & find

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How about you?

• not scarce & searchbut abundant & find

• “snowflake effect”

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How about you?

• not scarce & searchbut abundant & find

• “snowflake effect”

• fight not invented here

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How about you?

• not scarce & searchbut abundant & find

• “snowflake effect”

• fight not invented here

• interconnect for scale

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How about you?

• not scarce & searchbut abundant & find

• “snowflake effect”

• fight not invented here

• interconnect for scale

• join LACLO & Globe !25

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Gracias!

Questions?http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/wordpress/eduval/

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