New Learning Communities: Theoretical Frameworks

Part 1 of 2 (New Learning Communities pt2)

Presented by @hollyrae

Description

A landscape of new tools has lead to entirely new forms of communication. Learning itself is a ‘mashup.’ Teaching and communicating using online tools creates a conversation that takes place in a cloud. New learning skills and styles emerge. This presentation will introduce three concepts especially relevant to teaching and learning in this potentially overwhelming context: learning ecosystems, organizational biomimicry, and connectivism. This is a concise introduction to what's new in learning and communication and is meant to provide the background knowledge to support changes in practice.

Recorded Webinar Link http://nmsu.na5.acrobat.com/p79821924/

Webinar Presentation Slides

• https://admin.na5.acrobat.com/_a769301336/p33126254/

Resources 

Related presentations are available at http://newlearningcommunities.pbworks.com

More about

• New learning contexts
• New learning skills
• New learning communitites
• Organizational Biomimicry
• Learning Ecosystems
• Connectivism

Presentation Attributions

• Dustin Ray "D-Ray"- surfing-cayucos-ca-pier-1-2-07_057 AZHIAZIAM by mikebaird
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/ / CC BY 2.0
• Gütl, C. & Chang, V. (2008). Ecosystem-based Theoretical Models for Learning in Environments of the 21st Century. International. Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), Vol 3 (2008), 50-60. 
• G. Siemens and P. Tittenberger. Handbook of emerging technologies for learning, March 2009. Available at http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wikis/etl/index.php/Handbook_of_Emerging_Technologies_for_Learning 
• Thompson, K. ‘Bioteaming: A manifesto for virtually networked business teams’, http://www.bioteams.com
• Web Trend Map 4 by @ia

• Scoble’s Social Media Starfish

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbarefoot/1814873464/

• Brian Solis' The Conversation Prism

  http://www.briansolis.com/2008/08/introducing-conversation-prism.html

• Fred Cavazaa's Social Media Landscape

  http://www.fredcavazza.net/2008/06/09/social-media-landscape/

• The Golden Triangle as Interpreted by Brian Solis

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/briansolis/ / CC BY 2.0

• Wayfinding - on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayfinding

• Wordle - Word Clouds http://www.wordle.net

• Holly Rae's Photo Favorites (photos found under 'early adopters' or 'power users')

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/hbemisschurtz/favorites/

• Klein, G., Moon, B. and Hoffman, R.F. (2006a). Making sense of sensemaking I: alternative perspectives.

  IEEE Intelligent Systems, 21(4), 70-73.

  [cited in Sensemaking - on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensemaking]

• Logic+Emotion: Why is Twitter Exploding? Because it's A Conversation Ecosystem. - from David Armano (@armano) http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2007/12/why-is-twitter.html

• Nurturing a Professional Development Ecosystem - Julia Parra, Holly Rae Bemis-Schurtz & Susie Ceppi-Bussmann - Virtual School Syposium, Phoenix, November 2008 http://vss2008.wikispaces.com/nurturing

• Bee is busy [Aster dumosus] by Fesoj

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/fesoj/3960397486/ CC Attribution 2.0 Generic

• Aphids on flower, with ants by Martin LaBar

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinlabar/ / CC BY-NC 2.0

• Thompson, Ken - Did ants invent the perfect mobile messagaing system?

  http://www.bioteams.com/2008/04/30/did_ants_invent.html  [full article on NESTA]

• Thompson, Ken - Why penguins have no commanding officer

  http://www.nesta.org.uk/assets/features/why_penguins_have_no_commanding_officer

• Top Ten Kanye West Inturruption Parodies (Mashable)

  http://mashable.com/2009/09/15/kanye-west-parodies/

• Blended teamwork information - Original Source: From Small is Beautiful… but Big is Powerful (on NESTA site, no longer available) by Ken Thompson - New source also by Ken Thompson, Nature’s four teamwork systems

  http://www.bioteams.com/2006/01/16/natures_four_teamwork.html#

• Visualization of Wikipedia - http://www.scimaps.org/maps/wikipedia/

• Collective Leadership Networks by Bruce Hoppe and Claire Reinelt

  http://link-to-results.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=62 

   

Additional Web resources can be found at

• http://delicious.com/hollyrae/connectivism

• http://delicious.com/hollyrae/ecosystem

• http://delicious.com/hollyrae/bioteams