Learning in times of abundance

The Snowflake Effect

Erik DuvalK.U.Leuven & ARIADNE & IEEE LTSC

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TEL Summer School, Terchova, Slovakia, 4 June 2009

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Thanks!for the invitation

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feedback please

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learning as a root solution

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learning is (the

essence of being) human

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the power of one

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connected to many...Thursday 4 June 2009

design is difficult...

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http://erikduval.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/laptop-fun/

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bad problem from the past:

scarcity

books, video, audio, food, music, news, travel, clothes, cars, ...

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Searchability

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Better problem:abundance

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if you fold a sheet of paper 50 times,

then how thick is the result?

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if you fold a sheet of paper 50 times,

then how thick is the result?

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about the distance to the sun...

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if you fold a sheet of paper 50 times,

then how thick is the result?

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about the distance to the sun...

http://www.worldpopulationbalance.org/pop/stats.php

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OpenEducationalResources

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OpenEducationalResources

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> 3.000.000.000 images

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> 3.000.000.000 images

facebook> 10.000.000.000

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> 80.000.000 videos

upload:20 hours video/min

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44.000 sites20.000.000 users1.900.000 courses

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Do numbers matter?

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Do numbers matter?

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from scarcity to abundance

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a “better problem”

paradox of choice

from scarcity to abundance

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Better problem: abundancestill a problem...

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Solution:massive hyper-personalization

Better problem: abundancestill a problem...

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The Snowflake Effect

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snowflake in music...

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snowflake in music...

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snowflake in music...

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snowflake in music...

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snowflake in music...

nice bootstrapping, too!32

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snowflake in music...

nice bootstrapping, too!32

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snowflake in music...

nice bootstrapping, too!32

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snowflake in music...

nice bootstrapping, too!32

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snowflake in music...

nice bootstrapping, too!32

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http://www.aristomusic.com/ Thursday 4 June 2009

Electronic forms are dead

but metadara are very much alive ;-)

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social?

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Physical?

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http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

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works?

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that’s it?

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walled garden...

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in the end...

learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is learning is life is life is learning is life is learning is

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Snowflaking TEL research!Feeds please?

• produce

• blog, delicious, twitter, slideshare, connotea, bibsonomy, tripit, eventful, ...

• friendfeed?

• consume

• blogs, people you follow,

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• The one thing I take away from this session is ...

• This is relevant to my PhD research because ...

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Come add to abundance...

• i want to record what you do for your PhD. and why,

• or the answers to the earlier questions.

• or whatever you want to share...

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Thanks!

Questions?http://erikduval.wordpress.com/http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd

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http://aspect-project.org/ http://www.icoper.org/http://www.role-project.eu/ http://www.stellarnet.eu/

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