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LEARNING IN WEB 2.0

Lena Hofman

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Overview

1. KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING, EDUCATION

2. WHAT·S GOING ON ATM

3. NEW LEARNING

4. LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

5. Peer-2-Peer University

6. CHALLENGES

7. FUTURE

q&a

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1.

Why do we learn?

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What? Why?

open source in education?

openness

freeness accessibility

peer learning...

...open source + learning = <3

Open source: describes practices in production and development that promote access to the

end product's source materials. It is also a philosophy that promotes openness and freedom of

sharing. Open source is usually connected to a certain type of software development.

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2. Current situation?

formal education:

fast innovation and development 

knowledge becoming obsolete faster

need for new knowledge & skills on continuous basis

classical education not accesible to everyone

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3. New learning

in search for new sources of knowledge:

�Wikipedia

� Second Life

� VideoLectures, TED, YouTube

� social media

�M.I.T. OpenCourseWare, Connexions

� Open University, Open Learning Initiative, Peoples-uni... open educational resources

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But why are Open Educational Resources (open access)

not enough?

OER

Social wrapping (socialcapital)

Communication tools

OPLE

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4. Learning Environments

open source in education?

openness

freeness

accessibility peer learning...

...open source + learning = <3

Add web 2.0 tools and need for innovation = OPLE

OPLE: Open Participatory Learning Environments. These are online learning environments, found

on the World Wide Web, usually consistent of platforms and communities in which individuals

interact and collaborate with their peers with the aim to learn.

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OPLE

principles & functioning of open source software

communities:

� remixing, distributing, mashing-up content...

� freeness, openness, access, transparency, community,

voluntarism...

content not only used, but also produced

FLOSS communities: Free/Libre Open Source Software communities. Communities of open source

software programmers formed around open source software projects (e.g., Linux, Mozilla). The

Free/Libre part of the name is used for a distinction of free as in »free beer« and free or libre as

in »the freedom of speech and creativity«.

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5. Peer-2-Peer University (http://p2pu.org)

online community of open study groups for short

courses

grassroot, volunteers

no charge

all material under CC license

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Problems

drop-outs

� (how-to design and facilitate a course/learning)

barrier: lack of basic knowledge

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6. Challenges

what is CV

accreditation, achievements:

� badges (Mozilla Drumbeat)

� codility

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Badges

display of skill

functions: capturing of the learning path

achievement signaling

motivation

identity/reputation building...

badge displays? (FB, LinkedIn...)

badge issuers?

badge: a special or distinctive mark, token, or device worn as a sign of allegiance, membership,

authority, achievement, etc.

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7. Future

change old paradigms

potential for developing countries

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Thanks!

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/richard_ bara

niuk_on_open_source_learning.html

@lesnuitsdelena