Learning To Learn - with Web 2.0 technologies

Learning has changed significantly in the past few years as the knowledge needs of people and tools available to them have changed.

Learning Before:

• Most learning happened in the classroom
• The knowledge was sufficient for decades with very little upgrading (2)
• Half life of knowledge was large
• The pressure to continuously learn new things was less
• Learning was formal
• Learning was individual
• Learning was generic
• Lecturing was only related to factual information
• Teacher and print media served as the primary means of communication and information
• Learning was separated from the rest of the community

Learning Now:

• Only 10-20% of learning happens in the classroom (1)
• Only fundamentals last… the knowledge changes
• Half life of knowledge is less (3)
• The pressure to continuously learn new things is VERY high
• Learning is informal (4)
• Learning is networked & collaborative (5)
• Learning is personalized (6)
• Lecturing is about guiding, motivating, and facilitating (7)
• Learning using a vast variety of media including the Internet (7)
• Learning now occurs globally (7)

Now let's see what Kathy Sierra has to say about ideal learning (more...)