learning is social: connected learning
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I’m passionate about how we make learning relevant. It starts by seeing the learners as relevant. How do we connect? When we learn something, we want to share it with others. Learning is a social act. It is a connecting act. We need to connect ideas to ideas, people to ideas, and people to people, bridging the gap between in-school and out-of-school. Ideas here are gleaned from the research synthesis report by the Connected Learning Research Network (http://dmlhub.net/sites/default/files/ConnectedLearning_report.pdf).TRANSCRIPT
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• a philosophy of learning
connected learning is
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shift
Did you hear about/see/watch…?
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Knowledge also exists outside our heads in physical & digital connections.
connected knowledge
whyknow
whathow
wherewho
What you know is far less important than what you can do with what you know.
Tony Wagner
What’s our foundation?
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Complexity begets uncertainty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOheTsPx220
For passion to survive, it needs structure.
Simon Sinek Start with Why
connected learning is
• knowing is about being known
• it is about belonging
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relationships
• “…tightly organized and managed activities leave little room for problem-finding and creativity”
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learning
school home
popular culture
peers
CL experiences
production-centered
CL experiences
a shared purpose
• authentic projects with collective goals
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openly networked
• multi-disciplinary
• different start-end
• open access
CL experiences
Design Principles for Connected Learning
• everyone can participate
• learning happens by doing
• challenge is constant
• everything is interconnectedIdeal Knot final rendering
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connectedin-school out-of-schoollearning
“If education is supposed to cater to kids, it is the responsibility of educators to adapt to the new generation, whether it be culturally or technologically.”Parth N
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connected educator is willing to
• be digitally literate
• seek out and connect w/ other educators
• explore & share ideas
• develop & maintain PLN
• peruse, engage, & share pertinent ed. blogs
• be a lifelong learner in pursuit of relevance
http://tomwhitby.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/the-connected-educator-culture/
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What are the possibilities for us?
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Notes
• For more on connected learning see http://connectedlearning.tv/what-is-connected-learning