Culture Of Learning

BOOK REVIEW: A NEW CULTURE OF LEARNING

Evolution is a continuing and continuous process. The evolutionary principle can be described by cultural evolution`s distinction, but a social and individual learning. The evolution of education particularly as filtered through the prism of emerging technology and new type of media, like social media is something we are keenly interested in and something of increasing importance to society at large. From authors of Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown comes a powerful and refreshing effort to approach the subject with equal parts insight, imagination and optimism in there book of “A new culture of learning cultivating imagination for a world of constant change” makes a complex case for a new

The importance to teach learners to be lifelong learners is greater than it has ever been. New technologies are being developed, adopted and discarded at a faster and faster rate. Learners cannot rely on others to teach them about new changes through workshops and lectures, as there is a simply not enough time to cover every new change. Thomas and Brown argued unfettered access to the internet was not necessarily productive, although teachers are required to help the students in guiding these new discoveries. Learners have to learn not only by themselves but also in peer to peer environments. Learners must also learn to create content not simply for consumers. Throughout the book the authors provided examples, one for example is highlighting the difference between education and learning was the Aver Mir’s case of Ryerson University. The students were involved in collective learning and benefited from the power of technology; however, the Professor who was locked in an educational framework felt the effort was

This belief is no longer valid anymore, even if it ever was, we now face the challenges and opportunity of lifelong learning that will expand our focus well beyond the specific skills and instil the disposition and practices that will help us to continuously and rapidly develop our skills. Thomas and Brown state that learning is happening everywhere within this new culture of learning. This new culture has two basic features; it is made up of a growing digital networked infrastructure with nearly unlimited resources and it is a bounded structured environment that allows for unlimited agency to build and to experiment within those boundaries. Play, questioning and an emphasis on imagination are at the center of the author’s idea of acre of the learning, which is comprised of the activities in our daily lives that keep us learning, growing and