WHAT IS CONNECTED LEARNING?

LEARNING HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT CONNECTIONS…

Books connect authors and readers…

Classrooms connect teachers and students…

BUT CONNECTED LEARNING TAKES THESE CONNECTIONS A LITTLE STEP FURTHER….

SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGES THE OLD HIERARCHES OF HOW LEARNERS AND TEACHERS CONNECT… 

Today, with social media, people can connect as both teachers and learners at the same time (Dron & Anderson, 2014, p.xi)

The teacher once stood at the front of the group.

TECHNOLOGY LINKS LEARNING WHICH TAKES PLACE…

At home,

and in school.

amongst peers,

(Ito et al., 2013; Dron & Anderson, 2014; Garcia, 2013).

in the community,

Because it combines student’s academic and non-academic learning, using Connected Learning in schools represents a “bold re-envisioning of what education can look like.” (Garcia, 2013, p. 4)

CONNECTED LEARNING IS NOT JUST FOR OUR STUDENTS. IMAGINE…

This as your professional network

Or this.

 Curran and Wetherbee (2014)

I KNOW WHERE I LEARN MORE….

TEACHERS WHO ARE CONNECTED LEARNERS THEMSELVES ARE UPDATING THEIR SKILLS AND KEEPING ON TOP OF TECHNOLOGIES THEY CAN USE IN THEIR OWN CLASSROOMS.

 Curran and Wetherbee, 2014, p.24

WHAT IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONNECTED LEARNING AND JUST HANGING OUT ON THE INTERNET?

ITO ET AL. (2014) DEFINE CONNECTED LEARNING AS A NEW APPROACH TO EDUCATION WHICH IS:

Connected

Learning

Socially embedd

ed

Oriented towards

educational, economic or

political opportunity

Interest-

driven

GUESS WHAT?By using this site, you are a Connected Learner. Watch our video to learn more.

REFERENCES

Curran, B., & Wetherbee, N. (2014). Engaged, connected, empowered: teaching and learning in the 21st century. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education.

Dron, J., & Anderson, T. Teaching crowds: Learning and social media. Edmonton: AU Press. doi: 10.15215/aupress/9781927356807.01

Garcia, A. (Ed.). (2013). Teaching in the connected learning classroom. Irvine, CA: Digital Media and Learning Research Hub. Retrieved from http://dmlhub.net/wp-content/uploads/files/teaching-in-the-CL-classroom.pdf

Ito, M., Gutiérrez, K., Livingstone, S., Penuel, B., Rhodes, J., Salen, K., Schor, J., Sefton-Green, J., & Craig Watkins, S. (2013). Connected learning: An agenda for research and design. Irvine, CA: Digital Media and Learning Research Hub. Retrieved from http://dmlhub.net/wp- content/uploads/files/Connected_Learning_report.pdf

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