Connectivism: Creativity and Innovation in a Complex World
George SiemensNovember 28, 2012
Lima Peru
Changing Knowledge Structures & Economics
Martin Prosperity Institute, 2009
McKinsey Quarterly, 2012
The Conference Board & McKinsey & Co
“All the knowledge is in the connections”
David Rumelhart
We always lived in a connected world, except we were not so much aware of it…That has changed drastically in the last decade, at many, many different levels.
Albert-lászló Barabási
“The Board believes this environment calls for a much faster pace of change in administrative structure, in governance, in financial resource development and in resource prioritization and allocation. We do not believe we can even maintain our current standard under a model of incremental, marginal change. The world is simply moving too fast.”
EdTech Ecosystem
Education Sector Factbook, 2012
FROM A 2012 SURVEY OF US INVESTORS RE: MOST ATTRACTIVE ICT MARKETS
(ON A SCALE OF 1-7 WITH 1 BEING HIGH)
Source (and previous slide): GSV Advisors
Of Interest to Investors
On the Last Digital Frontier
Investors give education technology firms the nod
Joseph Wilson, Special to Financial Post | Sep 10, 2012
GSV Advisors, 2012
Creating and Making
1. Open online learning
http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/1023/how-to-succeed-in-a-massive-online-open-course-mooc
http://claudiascholz.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/cfshe12_3/
2. Distributed Research Lab
http://www.distributedlab.net/
Participants
Connect globally with expertsConnect with other PhD studentsContribute to researchBuild a dual knowledge profile: - digital footprint and academic
Format
Monthly public presentationsMonthly private (students & research leads) meetingsBb CollaborateNing3 year commitment
Systemic Change
Reducing the basic units of education:From courses to competencies
Knowledge work requires different physical and conceptual structures from traditional work.
Schools need to reflect this.
There is wide agreement that we need new models of education, and not simply new models of schooling, but entirely new visions of learning better suited to the increasing complexity, connectivity, and velocity of our new knowledge society.http://connectedlearning.tv/
When we create, it can be analyzed and new patterns can be discovered
(understood, evaluated, interrogated)
Why is this important?
When we don’t impose strict order up front, we have to apply intelligence later to integrate knowledge and discussions…
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