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A narrative of learning for a world without boundaries eLearning Africa May 29, 2008 George Siemens
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A narrative of learning for a world without boundaries
eLearning AfricaMay 29, 2008
George Siemens
Innovation
Blended learning
Teacher development
ICT
Mobile learning
DevelopmentNetworking
Collaboration
Partnership
Innovation
Resource constraints
Diffusion
Adoption Learner success
OERs
Web 2.0
Pedagogy
InfrastructureOpen source
Digitization
eLibraries
Empowering women
ICT in health care
Copyright
Quality management
Policy
Inclusivity
Research
History of educational technology
Technological revolution Year
Industrial from 1771
Steam/Railways from 1829
Steel/Electricity from 1875
Oil/Automobile/Mass production from 1908
Information/telecommunications from 1971
Perez, C. 2004
Looking within
Humanity
Increased opportunities
Goals of learners
Life of learners
Changing societal needs
Not content, but
interaction, connections, socialization
Principles of openness
To people, to places, to methods, to ideas
Lord Geoffrey Crowther, 1969
Looking forwardRespect of history
Mobile technologies
OERs
Socialization
A narrative of inclusion
Resolution (acknowledgement) of tension points
Not knowing in advance
Complicated
vs
Complex
“New technologies take hold only in the context of accompanying cultural innovation as their latent possibilities are explored.”
Joe Karaganis in Structures of Participation in Digital Culture
What is learning in a world without boundaries?
Belonging
A new narrative?
On returning…
On participating…
ParticipatingIn content creation
In learning network formation
In socialization
In owning our participation
Taking the “whole view”
Learning (cognitive, social, situational, emotive)
Learner needs, context
Diversity
Access
Technology
Variability of information quality
International/global relations/partnerships
STAKEHOLDERS
Achieving “whole view”Build capacity:
System (policy) Faculty (skills) Learner (skills, access, and opportunity) Stakeholders: society, government, employers
Perils of building a development model too soon, or too rigidly
Websites and Newsletters
www.elearnspace.org
www.knowingknowledge.com
www.connectivism.ca
http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wordpress/
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