To be or not to be… an Edupunk
"The advent of the Web brings the ability to disseminate high-quality materials at almost no cost, leveling the playing field…We're changing the culture of how we think about knowledge and how it should be shared and who are the owners of knowledge."
The September 2009 issue of Fast Company caught the attention of a number of Curriki team members with its article, "How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education".
What exactly is an edupunk you ask?!
In a nutshell, edupunks are people who approach education and the creation of educational tools with a spunky do-it-yourself attitude. Or as the New York Times states:
Edupunk is an approach to teaching that avoids mainstream tools like Powerpoint and Blackboard, and instead aims to bring the rebellious attitude and D.I.Y. ethos of the '70s bands like Clash to the classroom.
Coined by instructional technologist Jim Groom, the term seems to be seeping into the lexicon of both the media elite and masses as more and more edupunks take the stage with new learning products, processes and ideas worth thinking about, tweeting about and using!
Beyond definitions, take a moment to read Fast Company so that you can learn more about the edupunks that created the fab initiatives below, as well as others:
One final note… Perhaps you know an edupunk, are an edupunk or aspire to be one?! Tell us about what you do or wish to do! After all, "All the worlds a stage…"
Curriki
- Cathy Casserly, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
The September 2009 issue of Fast Company caught the attention of a number of Curriki team members with its article, "How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education".
What exactly is an edupunk you ask?!
In a nutshell, edupunks are people who approach education and the creation of educational tools with a spunky do-it-yourself attitude. Or as the New York Times states:
Edupunk is an approach to teaching that avoids mainstream tools like Powerpoint and Blackboard, and instead aims to bring the rebellious attitude and D.I.Y. ethos of the '70s bands like Clash to the classroom.
Coined by instructional technologist Jim Groom, the term seems to be seeping into the lexicon of both the media elite and masses as more and more edupunks take the stage with new learning products, processes and ideas worth thinking about, tweeting about and using!
Beyond definitions, take a moment to read Fast Company so that you can learn more about the edupunks that created the fab initiatives below, as well as others:
- Peer2Peer University: Created by Neeru Paharia, "Peer2Peer University is an online community of open study groups for short university-level courses. Think of it as online book clubs for open educational resources."
- Academic Earth: Founded by Richard Ludlow, Academic Earth Features thousands of free video lectures from the world’s top scholars.
One final note… Perhaps you know an edupunk, are an edupunk or aspire to be one?! Tell us about what you do or wish to do! After all, "All the worlds a stage…"
Curriki
