#oeb14 Stephen Downes on personalised #learning

By Inge Ignatia de Waard. These are liveblogging notes from Stephen Downes keynote.

Preoccupations around the learner, and how they seem to be pro-active online, but rather passive in face-to-face situations. The idea of the learners as citizens and learners as consumers.

How do we equip the learners of today for the jobs today and in the future.

Stephen Downes on reclaiming personalised learning

The overall theme is that education is in for a reality check. The reality check he wants to share is that education and educational companies must face the fact that they no longer own the learners nor their learning.

The learner is no longer the customer, the learner is now the product. Maybe in the form of tuition fees, maybe in the form of big data.

When they talk about the learning process, the core concept is about being interactive, repurposing, about personal learning.

To teach is to model and demonstrate, to learn is to reflect and construct.

Learning is a form of recognition. It is something that feels natural, and that grows following patterns, this enables recognition. Read more...