Pedagogy a of Martin Weller

Less a presentation More a discussion

Economics as metaphor

Warning metaphors are dangerous and imperfect! Warning: Metaphors are dangerous

Supply and demand

Music – talent is scarce, hard to find, record it, resource is manufactured according to demand, access is scarce (opening hours, stock, etc)

When music is abundant what is the model? Talent is still scarce, but access to it is easy Distribution is instant Model of scarcity breaks down

Abundance responses Long tail Freemium Services Digital is free – pay for object Ads Content free – experience Enterprise versions

Scarcity responses DRM Legal enforcement Subscription

Expertise is scarce – build model around it Learners (demand) come to where expert is (supply) Group many experts together for convenience = university

Pedagogy of scarcity: Lecture – one to many Library? Instructivism/didactic

What would a pedagogy of abundance look like?

Assumptions Content is free Content is abundant Content is varied Sharing is easy Social based Connections are ‘lite’ Organisation is ‘cheap’ Based on a generative system Crowdsourcing Network is valuable

Resource based learning:

Problem based learning

Constructivism

Communities of practice

Connectivism!

3 possible conclusions 1.There is nothing in the pedagogy of abundance 2.We have enough theories just need to recast them 3.None of the existing theories quite captures new tech & behaviour & new one is required