Learning in a Digital Age: The reality and the myth

April 13, 2012 Keynote presentation delivered to Learning and Teaching in a Digital Age: Myths and Reality, Tallinn, Estonia. In this presentation I look at the positive side of myths, not focusing on the fact that they are untrue, but finding in them the way we create our own reality, project our own future, and talk to each other. If you are viewing the slides on SlideShare note that there are extensive notes on the slides. For audiohttp://www.downes.ca/presentation/294

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1. Learning in a Digital Age: The reality and the myth Stephen Downes, Tallinn, Estonia, April 13, 2012
2. The Legend of the Great Bear http://www.indianlegend.com/mohawk/mohawk_003.htm
3. The Creation of Myth
4. Croc
5. The Future as Myth http://www.123rf.com/photo_1868035_vibrant-red-firey-swirling-chaos-fractal.html
6. The Myth of Sisyphus http://mansur.bigcartel.com/product/myth-of-sisyphus
7. The Surrender to Inevitability http://www.james-scott.com/work/181-181-myth-of-sisyphus
8. To Kindle a Fire
9. Cheating the Gods http://www.spartangames.co.uk/antarcticans-the-second-wave
10. Learning Styles http://www.frenchinbrighton.co.uk/learning/learning/index.html
11. Ockham’s Razor
12. Science and Community http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/a_question_of_democracy/
13. The Myth of King Midas http://www.bozeman-magpie.com/perspective-full-article.php?article_id=221
14. Sameness http://blog.operator-speaking.com/2009/10/02/interchangeable-parts-and-operant-conditioning/
15. The Blind Men and the Elephant http://www.noogenesis.com/pineapple/blind_men_elephant.html
16. The Invisible Hand http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-09-21/news/30182636_1_invisible-hand-god-economic-activity
17. Tribes, Markets, Networks http://www.jarche.com/2011/06/tribes-and-networks-coexist/
18. Understanding Media
19. The Semantic Principle http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4126240905912531540
20. What is E-Learning? http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2011/01/mooc-survival-kit-in-plain-english.html
21. Magic and Mythmaking http://emergentbydesign.com/
22. The 9 Billion Names of God http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nine_Billion_Names_of_God
23. Stephen Downes http://www.downes.ca