Relearning Learning – Connecting the Long Tail to Learning

Here’s an interesting talk by John Seely Brown – about the impact the internet could have on learning.

Relearning Learning-Applying the Long Tail to Learning
The challenge of 21st century education will be leveraging the abundant resources of the web – this very long tail of interests – into a “circle of knowledge-building and sharing.” Perhaps, Brown proposes, the formal curriculum of schools will encompass both a minimal core “that gets at the essence of critical thinking,” paired with “passion-based learning,” where kids connect to niche communities on the web, deeply exploring certain subjects. Brown envisions education becoming “an act of re-creation and productive inquiry,” that will form the basis for a new culture of learning.

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