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Remix culture and education

Learning with e's

Since then, several have asked me what I mean by remix culture, and how it applies to education. In popular culture, folk songs and stories, often with no traceable origin, have been sung or told, and then retold across the generations. One of the most widespread examples of digital remix is Wikipedia. Unported License.

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Maker culture

Learning with e's

One that caught my eye is focused on the culture of user generated content - otherwise referred to as the creator society. Here''s what Horizon says about this culture: "The shift continues towards becoming a creator society. Some may even decide to publish their own personal research through similar outputs. Unported License.

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Who are the Wikipedians?

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I doubt if there is anyone reading this blog who has not used Wikipedia in some way in the last 12 months. The final keynote speaker at Learning without Frontiers was the Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. The final keynote speaker at Learning without Frontiers was the Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. Who are the Wikipedians?

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Top Five Tips to Create Accessible Content

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Image of MLK w/ Link to Wikipedia]. Colors also have a range of associations (like red could mean danger and love), and can vary culturally. Picture of Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King, Jr. ? Martin Luther King, Jr. . Image of MLK with Caption]. Picture of Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King, Jr. ? Null/Empty.

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Connected pedagogy: Social networks

Learning with e's

The idea that we are all members of various digital tribes, and that we gather around digital totems such as YouTube, Wikipedia and eBay, shows that connected extends beyond learning, to entertainment, commerce and culture. It also affords us a connected mentality, where we expect to be members of communities that are distributed.

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Our viral web

Learning with e's

In an interesting episode last year, I personally experienced the power of the viral web through Wikipedia Commons. The next day I posted his picture onto my Flickr account and licenced it under Creative Commons for free sharing and re-use. Subsequently others loaded it up in several versions to Wikimedia Commons.

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Resistance is futile

Learning with e's

It took a great deal of effort to introduce the new computers into such a conservative learning culture. Wikipedia is yet another example of disruptive innovation. Culturally Wikipedia has thoroughly disrupted the idea that you need to consult a printed encyclopaedia to get expert information. Unported License.