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futurist: to fix education, think web 2.0 | tech news on zdnet on bnet: store passwords on your palm device cnet networks business: bnet | techrepublic | zdnet members login | site assistance newsletters rss feeds home news blogs white papers downloads reviews security networking hardware software web technology it management oses photo galleries all news home / zdnet news web technology search go! futurist: to fix education, think web 2.0 by martin lamonica, news.com published on zdnet news: dec 1, 2006 9:07:00 pm talkback share digg del.ico.us print email 0 0 tags: martin lamonica, web technology cambridge, mass.--universities and employers concerned with the state of engineering education should steal a page from popular internet culture, visionary john seely brown said at a conference friday. a consultant and former chief scientist at palo alto research center, seely brown spoke at a conference on technology and education at the massachusetts institute of technology. the conference was organized to mark the end next year of an eight-year partnership between microsoft and mit to explore the use of technology in learning. credit: martin lamonica john seely brown speaking friday at mit on the impact of internet culture on education. seely brown argued that education is going through a large-scale transformation toward a more participatory form of learning. rather than treat pedagogy as the transfer of knowledge from teachers who are experts to students who are receptacles, educators should consider more hands-on and informal types of learning. these methods are closer to an apprenticeship, a farther-reaching, more multilayered approach than traditional formal education, he said. in particular, he praised situations where students who are passionate about specific topics study in groups and participate in online communities. "we are learning in and through our interactions with others while doing real things," seely brown said. "i'm not saying that knowledge is socially constructed, but our understanding of that knowledge is socially constructed." in one example, architecture students work on group design projects in a public setting. a professor's critique of a project is instructive to others. collaboration is valued and encouraged along with individual achievement. perhaps most meaningful is the students' process in completing the project, he said. "as you work shoulder to shoulder with other kids, all the work you do and work in progress is done in public. so others understand what you're thinking," seely brown said. the evolution of the internet can facilitate this approach, he said. web 2.0 tools, such as wikis and blogs, make information sharing and content creation easier. online communities are forming around a wide variety of topics. amateur astronomers, for example, are sharing information among themselves and even with professionals. some universities are using the web-community approach as well. a web site set up at brown university called the decamaron web brings together experts on a novel by boccaccio. having this process done in public gives undergraduate students "an apprenticeship platform" for learning the practice of scholarly debate, he said. adapting the teaching to the technology the internet is also helping drive a transformation from a mass media model--where information is delivered from experts to consumers--to a situation that allows people to create content online, often by using existing content, he said. seely brown showed off a remixed video that took the soundtrack of a matrix movie trailer and superimposed it on a japanese comic story. this sort of activity encourages individuals of all ages to learn a topic--in this case the japanese comics story naruto--and "tinker" with the material, which is essential to learning, he argued. "there is a rise of an amateur class of kids and adults that love (the internet) as builders, as researchers, as scholars and as inventors," he said. using these practices in the classroom, however, poses some challenges. one mit class, for example, scrapped the large lecture setup in favor of several smaller groups working together with computers, aided by roaming teachers. the experiment has been favorable, but the instructors had to modify several practices, such as grading students to encourage collaboration. "with every new piece of technology, to make this technology work, you have to change your teaching practices," seely brown said. "part of it is (thinking about) how to go from sage on the stage to being a real mentor." he suggested a "hybrid" learning approach. schools can teach essential knowledge and critical thinking through somewhat traditional means. but they should complement that teaching with what seely brown called "passion-based learning" that focuses on getting students more engaged with topic experts. share digg del.ico.us print email 0 0 view blog reactions talkback - add your opinion most recent of 18 talkback(s) ever heard of wikiality? i know i'm late in this thread, but perhaps someone reads it nevertheless. the problem i've got with mr. browns attitude is best described by the word wikiality, if you've never heard of it, just have... (read the rest) print/view all posts posted by: hdn.de posted on: 01/02/07 you are logged in | log out vista vs wiki mighetto   | 12/01/06 web 2.0 meaningless/next big tech bubble savatar   | 12/01/06 2.0 heck we are already on version 5 wjkahlssmd@...   | 12/02/06 arghhhh videoguy   | 12/02/06 i agree dholland2000   | 12/03/06 case study method redux ashalleck   | 12/02/06 the emperor wears no cloths... savatar   | 12/02/06 what is the structure dholland2000   | 12/03/06 and how to fix the economy after that? hypnotoad72   | 12/02/06 only the manufacturing expertise dholland2000   | 12/03/06 how about some changes in teaching g_walby   | 12/02/06 i agree savatar   | 12/02/06 what about private dholland2000   | 12/03/06 i'm ready to shoot the next person who uses the words "web 2.0" cobraa1   | 12/02/06 i say for every variation of web x.0 dholland2000   | 12/03/06 whomp wah mfizz   | 12/03/06 you are all experts suriawang   | 12/05/06 ever heard of wikiality? hdn.de   | 01/02/07 what do you think? subject (max length: 75): reply: premier vendor content whitepapers, webcasts & resources from our power center sponsors making your cover letter sparkle when applying for jobs, you should always include a cover letter with your resume. your cover letter is your first impression, so it needs to be well-crafted. read the article on bnet work life>> explosive savings on workstations, up to 30%! for a limited time, trade-in any sun blade 1500 workstation and receive 30% off the list price of a new ultra 45 workstation and 20% off a new lcd monitor. replace your bulky monitor with a sleek, lcd one from sun >> whitepapers & webcasts the toxic terabyte: how data-dumping threatens business efficiency ibm demo: need disk space? ibm db2 9 compression demo ibm solution sheet: ibm tiered storage management helps reduce costs and complexity ibm flash demo: ibm omnifind enterprise edition for searching domino ibm white paper: availability solutions with informix dynamic server ii ibm ibm storage infrastructure management for growing data needs solution brief ibm all "web technology" talkbacks displays the future is touch screen: view all tagged resources lcd vs. plasma at ces 2007 in las vegas, zdnet executive editor david berlind drills down on the various big screen flat-panel (bsfps) monitors on the market... video zdnet reviews:nec multisync lcd2470wnx from our sponsors: true expansion. make your business more productive. true makeover.win a $50,000 makeover of display products from nec! true fulfilment.get $100 rebate if you purchase an np40/50/60 and a lamp. site support & feedback about cnet networks | jobs | advertise | partnerships bnet | cnet.com | cnet channel | gamespot | international media | mp3.com | mysimon | search.com | techrepublic | tv.com | webshots | zdnet copyright © 2007 cnet networks, inc. all rights reserved. privacy policy | terms of use

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