Network education: learning to be literate

Network Education: learning to be literate

Bonnie Stewart @bonstewart

University of Prince Edward Island January 2015

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We cannot talk about education without talking about literacies

Literacy = tools + concepts

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Networks connect people to each other

(When we let them)

Literacy, 400 BCE = Threat to Knowledge

Literacy, 1500 CE = Control of Knowledge

Literacies, 2015 BCE = Management & Synthesis of Knowledge

Knowledge Abundance

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Structure of Abundance = Networks

To network education is to model the literacies for

making sense & contributing knowledge

within information abundance.

Text

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Broadcast media  

But not all media & information is coming from institutions

- or via broadcast - any longer.

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Networks are not just for consuming, but connecting.

So this is great! We all like different colours!

We are special snowflakes!

…And then there’s schooling.

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Three facts:

(Um…schools are systems.)

#1.

#2.

#3.

So just throw everybody onto social media?

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But schools need to learn & model good network literacies  

Not just judge.

A networked teacher is always a learner, too.

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Key Literacies to Learn & Foster

Literacies of critical consumption  

Literacies of connection

“The internet is on principle a system that you reveal yourself to in order to fully

enjoy, which differentiates it from, say, a music player. It is a TV that watches you.”

- Edward Snowden, in The Washington Post 

Literacies of privacy

Literacies of power & privilege

Literacies of conflict management

Literacies of contribution & collaboration

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Literacies of care

Network Pedagogies

•  Learner-driven •  Participatory •  Differentiated •  Experiential

Thank you. @bonstewart

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