Maria Andersen: Where's the "Learn This" Button?

Learning needs to be more personalized. We all know this. But rarely does anyone describe a practical way actually to accomplish that goal. This presentation will delineate not only how we can (and will) do it, but will up the stakes, arguing that learning could be measured (gasp!) outside of educational institutions, with learners free to gobble up knowledge as they roam the Internet following their changing interests.

Maria Andersen is the learning futurist for The LIFT Institute at Muskegon Community College, as well as a professor of math. She has degrees in biology, chemistry, math, business, and is hoping to defend her Ph.D. in Higher Educational Leadership in March. Andersen's research interests lie in active learning, the study of higher education faculty, interdisciplinary studies, math education, and speculation about the future of education. She writes regularly about education, technology, eLearning, the scholarship of teaching and learning, play, and the future of higher education. Her latest musings can be found at EdgeOfLearning.com.

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[whynotvolunteer]

This IS A TED TALK. I hope to see you on that stage. Are there any communities working on this...it's time has come.

[Paul Collins]

wow

[NW1354]

I can see Google+ bringing people together (circles) based on the questions they ask - a way to form a community of learners with common interests. Google might also create the "app" that Maria envisions here. 

[muhammadzahmad]

the content of this video is great!!

[visual active]

Bravo, Dr. Andersen. Her presentation at TEDx Muskegon is worth viewing.

[Nancy White]

I LOVE this idea! Make learning the game. This could be what sets Google+ apart from the other social media tools if they were to build this into that system...you should really talk to them!!!

[Peter Ashley]

Wow, this is amazing. Not only was the technique of the presentation refreshing, but the content was the most forward looking vision of education I have seen in years.

Anyone know of someone trying to implement Maria's ideas, yet?

[ksink74]

A nation of digital hoarders. Nice. I sense a Dr. Phil episode in the making.