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Vygotsky, Piaget and YouTube

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Where once, experts had a monopoly on knowledge and expertise, now anyone it seems can access content that will teach them. Photo by Anne Roberts Vygotsky, Piaget and YouTube by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Learning in particular is being democratised.

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Three things

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As we develop personal expertise, and begin to practice it in applied contexts, we need to connect with global communities. Teachers can crowd-source their ideas and share their content in professional forums, or harness the power of social media to access thought leaders in their particular field of expertise. Unported License.

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PLN or CoP?

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Secondly, according to Lave and Wenger , for a CoP to exist, there needs to be a domain of expertise. PLNs can be less focused, made up of disparate kinds of people spread across an entire spectrum of abilities, competencies and domain expertise. Photo by Steve Wheeler PLN or CoP? How do they differ from yours? Unported License.

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Connected pedagogy: Smart technology

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Photo by Steve Wheeler This is the first of a short series of posts, presenting my thoughts leading up to a keynote speech I will give at EDEN 2019, in Bruges. The fact that any of us can access knowledge, expertise and resources so we can learn at any time and in virtually any place, means that the way we see pedagogy must change.

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Knowledge, practice and community

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Communities of Practice (CoP) are made up of people who have a common purpose and interest, and who are essentially learning together. This can be in any field of expertise, and can be formal or informal in constitution. The act of regular interaction between members of a CoP creates a cultural capital upon which all members can draw.

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Digital is default

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Now, anyone could be their own publisher or producer, create an online learning space or a blog, share videos, photos, music - any content that could be digitised. Photo by CCMSharm2 on Wikimedia Commons What does it mean to be digital today? Rapid growth ensued. If you weren't online, you were history. Unported License.

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I live and work in the future, but I come home at weekends

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Here's an excerpt: Steve’s particular field of expertise is around the use of technology in education, starting out with those early computers and now moving to the fields of social media and smartphones. As I remark in my interview, 'I live and work in the future, but I come home at weekends.' The full interview can be found at this link.