Build a Participatory Culture to Engage Learners (Learning Thursday #16)
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In a participatory culture, individuals take an objective into their own hands with the intention of achieving a collective goal. In the classroom, instructors can create a participatory culture that drives their learning process forward, with the intention of building knowledge. Interactions within the learning community lead to group knowledge greater than the sum of the individuals. Educational technology provides the practical structure individuals need to collaborate and pass on knowledge.
In a participatory learning culture, each subject matter expert is also a learner. Different mediums and topics are offered for public consumption, and contributors often don’t care whether they make money off of what they’ve created. They just want to share their passions. To me, participatory learning cultures are an example of education being driven by love.
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