these shifts demand that we move our concept of learning from a "supply-push" model of "building up an inventory of knowledge in the students' heads" (p. 30) to a "demand-pull" approach that requires students to own their learning processes and pursue learning, based on their needs of the moment, in social and possibly global communities of practice.
This is the BIG shift in the way we see our jobs as educators. How much push do you do each day VS how much do students pull if from you?
How can we help them want to pull, know where to pull from, etc?
How does what we do in class day in and day out change if we believe that THIS is the way we need to be heading?
Our teachers have to be colearners in this process, modeling their own use of connections and networks and understanding the practical pedagogical implications of these technologies and online social learning spaces.
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