participatory learning

There's a great post on O'Reilly today that exemplifies open source science and one form of what we are calling "participatory learning." A. Garrett Lisi is using Wikis to support Open Source Science. Read and watch the video at: http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2008/09/lisi-on-a-wiki.html

 

We are getting out the word about www.dmlcompetition.net and learning the lesson we've all learned before all over again: it's all about the relationships . . .

Hello! I plan to make some of my contributions to the HASTAC Scholars community in videoblog form. In this installment: What is twitter? What is its appeal? How are people using it? How are people using it creatively? The Battlestar Galactica RPG twittercast and twitter in the classroom.

 

The DML Competition is now on Twitter, and you can follow us there: http://twitter.com/dmlComp

Here is a great article on the Planetizen site about the Black Cloud environmental game, set in LA and soon to move to Cairo too, that was one of the winners of the 2007 Digital Media and Learning Competition. A fantastic project!

Help get out the word! A special part of the 2008 Digital Media and Learning Competition is for young innovators, age 18-25: www.dmlcompetition.net .Young Innovator Awards range from $5000 to $30,000. Focus: PARTICIPATORY LEARNING Deadline October 15, 2008. Here's the url again: www.dmlcompetition.net.

“Participatory learning” is broadly defined as using new digital media and virtual environments for sharing ideas or for planning, designing, or implementing goals together.

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DIGITAL MEDIA AND LEARNING COMPETITION 2008


Focus: Participatory Learning

Howard Rheingold will be vlogging on the topic of participatory learning with HASTAC Scholars starting August 25.  It will be on Seesmic, and also on blogs on this site.  Return to www.hastac.org for further information.

Virtually everything we hear about a globalized, networked, interconnected world emphasizes the importance of collaboration, learning by doing, working together, thinking and talking together. Yet so much of our educational system, our measures for achievement, our strategies for assessment, and our standards of excellence are based on individual accomplishment. Are we really preparing for our future? Can't we all just learn to get along?

You'll soon be seeing and hearing from the HASTAC Scholars all over our HASTAC site (and on HASTAC's other sites - on Ning, on Facebook, on YouTube, etc.). We'll be kicking off the Scholars Program the week of August 25th, and we hope you will join us for our inaugural HASTAC Scholars discussion forum.

 

WHAT: A vlog & discussion with social networking pioneer Howard Rheingold on "Participatory Learning"

WHO: All of HASTAC. The discussion will be led by HASTAC Scholars Joshua McVeigh-Schultz from UC-Santa Cruz, working in conjunction with Howard Rheingold.

WHEN: Starting the week of August 25th

WHERE: here on www.hastac.org (links will be on the homepage)

HOW: Everyone will be welcome to join in on the conversation via a regular discussion post, or by adding a vlog yourself using Seesmic.