Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education Steve Hargadon
We're about to have the biggest discussion about education in decades, maybe longer.
How do we learn? What is the purpose of schools?
Why now?
Make Phone Calls Send Text Messages Download Music Play Music Surf the Web Take Photos Send Photos Play Games This is just the start...
Tools
Web 2.0 The Internet is becoming a platform for unparalleled creativity.
And *we* are creating the new content of the Web.
Ten Web 2.0 Trends That Will Have a Profound Impact on Education
(1) A New Publishing Revolution
Principles of Web 1.0 Reading Receiving Researching
Principles of Web 2.0 Contributing Collaborating Creating
A Revolution in 1436 AD
(2) A Tidal Wave of Information
The Answers to The Answer to Content Overload
(3) A Culture of Openness
(4) A Culture of Participation
(5) The Age of the Collaborator
Historical periods favor specific traits
(5) The Age of the Collaborator
HARGADON'S WEB 2.0 LAW: The wisdom of the group replaces the expert
(6) An Explosion of Innovation
Changing how things get done... Professional + Amateur = ProAm Culture Producer + Consumer = ProSumer Culture
(7) The World Is Getting Flatter & Faster
(8) The Long Tail
(9) Social Learning Moves Toward Center Stage
(10) Social Networking
First Came Blogs...
Then Wikis... “A Web Page with an Edit Button” Level One: instant publishing Level Two: instant, multiple-author publishing AP US History SupportBlogging.com Level Three: collaborative publishing Neutral Point of View Wikipedia
Social Networks
Web Statistics Unparalleled creation of content: 70 million weblogs About 120,000 new weblogs each day, or new blogs every second 1.5 million posts per day, or posts per second 80% of college students have used Facebook MySpace: 375,000 new members EACH DAY MySpace: 172,000,000 total members Some from
Most Populous Countries 1.China - 1,313,973,713 2.India - 1,095,351,995 3.United States - 300,176,035 4.Indonesia – 245,452,739 5.Brazil – 188,078,227 6.MySpace - 172,000,000 7.Pakistan - 165,803,560 8.Bangladesh - 147,365,352 9.Russia - 142,893, Nigeria - 131,859, Japan - 127,463,611 FLASH: 300 Million as of February 3, 2008
9,900 Interested in Web.20 in Education
Why This All Matters
Learning Is Changing Education Will Need to Change
The Factory Model of Schooling Is Dying Customization, Collaboration, and Creation Are the New Model
The Danger: RIAA & Music Schools & Learning
What You Can Do
Students Need You More than Ever
Learn About Web 2.0 Lurk Participate Digest This Thought: The Answer to Information Overload Is to Produce More Information. Teach Content Production Make Education a Public Discussion Help Build the New Playbook
Have a Great Day Today, and Happy Learning! Steve Hargadon
Photo Credits Girls and cell phone: istockphoto Tidal Wave: Clarke M. Smith, by permission Dam releasing water: istockphoto Collaborating hands: istockphoto Astronomers: Student video conference: Apprentice: istockphoto Lecture hall: istockphoto Study group: istockphoto Juggling: _8_club_passing.jpg