J. S. B.

Can we get more done with less work and more learning? Can we figure out how learning naturally happen and how can be amplify that? We have to look at the social learning "we participate therefore we are." Understanding not knowledge is socially constructed. Social media can be a great way to do this and shows how design is so important. We have to look at the power of study groups. He was asked to find the single best predictor of success at college. He found that it was the ability to create or join a study group. It is more powerful than the teacher or attending class. Do study groups work virtually? It turns out that the study groups work just as well if the students know each other. In a study group each person is both a learner and teacher. Web 2.0 allows for distributed study groups. Can we make gen ed more personal though study groups? Can we be more efficient with the higher end courses by making it a more collective experience?

How to accelerate the learning to "be something" rather than learning "about something"?

Open Source as a Participatory Learning Platform

• writing code to be read not mysterious
• Engagement through useful additions
• social capital matters