visual learning, online social networks and knowledge construction dr. marina mcisaac arizona state...
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Visual Learning, Online Social Networks and Knowledge Construction
Dr. Marina McIsaacArizona State University ([email protected]),
Dr. António MoreiraUniversidade de Aveiro ([email protected])
Presented at ICEM, Poitiers
September 2008
Learning is Alphabet Soup
• b-learning, blended
• e-learning, electronic
• m-learning, mobile
• u-learning, ubiquitous
Net-Generation
Born 1980-1984, Millenials, Digital NativesGrown up in a digital culture (computers, MP3, DVD, cellphones)Rely on ICT’s for informationUse portable electronic devices widelyConstruct knowledge collaboratively
Net-Generation Wants
Active learning, receive and process quickly, multitaskFlexible learning environmentsControl of their own learningTeachers who are not digital immigrantsAnimated, image-based and interactive information resources
Students today
Learn visually as well as verballyConstruct their own knowledgeParticipate in online social networks to collaborate with others
Visual Learning
Digital imagesPhotography, Video, UTube
Virtual Worlds,Serious GamesSecond Life, Palestine
Online Photo databases
Flickrsharing
Picasamanagement
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Utube
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Second Life
Serious Games
Online Social Networks
iPhone apps, social network categoryFacebook
ivote
Skype
iphone social networks
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iVote
Skype
Knowledge Construction“The art and science of mass collaboration…”
Tapscott & Williams, 2007
Knowledge Construction
Wikinomics
Mass Collaboration
Beyond Social Networking
New forms of collaborationOpenness
Sharing
Connecting globally
Open Source
Wikipedia
Web-enabled communities
The New Economy
Collective capability to drive innovation and growth
Low cost, collaborative infrastructureOpen source
Out source
Digital commons shares knowledge, bandwidth
Threat to status quo
“The participation revolution now underway opens up new possibilities for … profound social benefits, including the opportunity to make governments more accountable and lift millions of people out of poverty”
http://www.wikinomics.com/Tapscott & Williams, 2007
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