In the blog post The future of learning is DIY Harold Jarche states:
With Google you can find most information that you need. YouTube is a quick and easy way to get “learning objects” to the world. Apple gives the essential tools for knowledge workers, and in a nice package. Wikipedia has shown that the wisdom of crowds is just as good as the wisdom of elites. Starbucks gives free-agents and road warriors a place to meet and work. These top brands provide the equivalent of the interstate highway system for the creative age. Jarche argues that the instead of trying to
He concludes with:
If you’re in the learning business, don’t try to build another LMS or portal. Instead, figure out ways that enable DIY. Believe it or not, learners can, and will, do the rest. They already are.
DIY learning is more commonly referred to as informal learning and there are some theorists who argue that over 80% of learning happens informally. Is this something that we as educators should concern ourselves about?
Consider the impact of the following:
There are billions of searches performed on Google each month (and this number is growing)—to whom were these questions addressed B.G. (Before Google)?
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