Who are we now that We're Online? Connected Learners, Connected Educators
1. Who Are We Now That We’re Online?
Connected Learners, Connected
Educators
CONNECT 2013
Bonnie Stewart
@bonstewart
University of Prince Edward Island
2. Education = Multiple axes of
change
knowledge scarcity
knowledge abundance
open
public funding
neoliberal markets
closed
14. My cohort on Twitter
greater access, diversity, visibility…
also increased noise time.
15. Networked Publics
• Multiple, overlapping, global networks
• Always accessible
• Identities are visible, traceable searchable
• Different audiences all in plain sight
See Kazys Varnelis, danah boyd, Alice Marwick,
Mizuko Ito for more
16. Who we are is shaped by the context(s)
we’re addressing
24. Different contexts have
different legitimacy practices
Institutions Networks
product-focused process-focused
mastery participation
bounded by time/space always accessible
hierarchical ties peer-to-peer ties
plagiarism crowdsourcing
authority in role authority in reputation
audience = teacher audience = world
25. The Digital = a Reputational Economy
hp://www.flickr.com/photos/8113246@N02/7932198032
34. …that awkward moment when you
remember you friended your grandma
on Facebook.
And that your students – and your VP –
follow you on Twitter.
Context Collapse
35. Institutions Networks =
politics are part of every public
hp://www.flickr.com/photos/rowan72/8672846415/
36. But so are new ways of
belonging
hp://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/stratedgy/foundaHons-‐strategy-‐part-‐3-‐technology