exploring how expertise development can be supported and enhanced by technologies including social media
Why chart the collective knowledge? Society, the workplace and knowledge are changing in unpredicatable ways. New economic paradigms are emerging . Knowledge generation is now a significant means of production with ownership in the hands of individuals. So – how can universities prepare students for society. Especially when most future roles jobs that don’t yet exist. Harold Jarche presented…
How do individuals use collective knowledge for learning? “The most profound impact of the Internet… is its ability to support and expand the various aspects of social learning”. “Attention has moved from access to information towards access to other people”. “Web2.0 blurs the boundaries between the producers and consumers of content”. (Seely Brown, 2008) John…
What sorts of learning practices and literacies do learners need for collective learning? Knowledge resources are the ‘lifeblood’ of social and collective learning. While learning in social systems, individuals connect with relevant knowledge resources and with other people who share a similar learning goal (Littlejohn, Margaryan & Milligan, 2009). ‘Clusters’ of learners within a…
Welcome to week 4 of #Change11. The aim of this week is to introduce collective learning. What is collective learning? Does it signal a new learning paradigm? Are we already engaging in collective learning or is it too complex or unstructured to be useful for leaning? During the week we will explore what is ‘the…