Blogs as Reflective Practice

Blogs as Reflective Practice

Teemu ArinaCEO, Dicole Ltd.

01.12.2006

Collaborative, networked learning

Distributed knowledge intensive work

Interaction technology

Social read/write web

Changing industrial production logic

Entrepreneur

Consultant

Speaker

Teacher

Programmer

Blogger

Best Practice?

Best practice = Past practiceReflection = Future practice

Image: Felippe Torres

“By three methods we may learn wisdom:reflection = noblest; imitation = easiest; experience = bitterest”

―Confucius

Path to Wisdom

Why?

Bottom Up

Teacher Student

Doctor Patient

Provider Customer

Politician Citizen

Producer Consumer

T. Agent Traveler

Journalist ReaderImage: Tommi Arina

“Knowledge-push

knowledge-pull” - Ambjörn Naeve

Core ~ Context

“Sustainable success demands technology enhanced collaboration”

Humanity Inc.“Local information,global production”

Reflection Switch

Local closed information

Global open reflection

Global mass-production

Local mass-customization

“Information overload is a symptom of future shock”

―Alvin Toffler, 1970

InformationHarvesting

Image: rogiro

Information Flow

“Information is like electricity or water”―Stephen Downes

“Information overload is an opportunity for pattern recognition” – Marshall McLuhan

Image: jbum

IT is Interaction Technology

“Starting point is interaction and by-product is information, not vice versa” ―Esko KilpiImage: Thomas Hawk

HumanMachine

Individual intelligenceComputer intelligence

Integrated:Collective intelligence

(networked)

Image: uscfan

Company

Customer

Creates Value

Creates Value

How?

Image: lucasd2009

Nokia 770

Image: GustavoG

Blogs as a Social Network

“Blogs are part of building our identity. Web is an extension of our identity”

“There are 60 million blogs”―Technorati, 2006

“Not a journal, because social”

RFID and QR Codes

Ubiquitous Identity

Teemu ArinaCEO, Dicole Ltd.

Blog

Obsession for Efficiency

OCD ofOrganizations

“OCD: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder”

Diversity Promotes Change

Coding

Order, security

Chaos, insecurity

Personalization

TurbulenceDyn. action

Learning

PetrificationStatic actionRituals

Pendulumflow

InformalInternalizedSituationalTacitProcess

FormalDefined

RepetitionExplicit

Project /Product

Galaxy image: Chris Lasley

“Follow effective action with quiet reflection.

From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.”

― James Levin

Action

Experience

Networkedreflection

Connectingreflections

Galaxy image: Chris Lasley Wiki

Blog

Reflecting on: D. Kolb, D. Schön

SharingLinks

Image: Iguana Jo, del.icio.us

“53 million postson 25 million links”―del.icio.us, 08.2006

“100+ million websitesin the world”―Netcraft, 10.2006

del.icio.us

SharingVoices

“2+ million podcasts”―Odeo, 10.2006

Image: flyzipper, Odeo

Image: astrovine, Youtube

“100 million views and65 000 new videos every day”―Youtube, 2006

“60% of all videos watched online are from Youtube”―Hitwise, 2006

Sharing Experiences

Sharing Moments

“100 million pictures;1 million uploaded daily”

―Flickr, 02.06Image: jbum, flickr

“24.2 million pictures under Creative Commons”

―Flickr, 11.06

Finland USA/World

Sweden Korea

The Turk

Wolfgang vonKempelen, 1769

Past:Intel inside

Future:Human inside

Core isautomation

Core ishuman interaction

CEO Teemu Arina Dicole Oy (Ltd) +358 - 50 – 555 7636 [email protected] Blog: tarina.blogging.fi www.dicole.com