Higher Education as a Trusted Environment for Learning

Trust in research, public scholarship, pedagogy and distributed learning environments. How are higher education institutions already embracing principles for creating safe, optimized and rewarding learning?

Tuesday July 29 from 11am-12pm PT (2-3pm ET), we collaboratively explored *Higher Education as a Trusted Environment for Learning*.

This webinar was part of a July series called “Building Trust in Connected Learning Environments.” Check out all the details at http://bit.ly/dmltrust

From this Series:

• Part 1—Why Trust Matters in Connected Learning Environments
• Part 2—Trust Challenges Across Connected Learning Environments
• Part 3—Social-Emotional Literacies and Digital Citizenship Best Practices

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During the broadcast, the conversation also took place on Twitter using the hashtags #connectedlearning and #DMLTrust.

Guests for this webinar included:

• Jonathan Worth – Creator of the massive, open Photography & Narrative (#Phonar) course, and a renowned British portrait photographer
• Audrey Watters – Technology and education journalist, and self-described “rabble-rouser & recovering academic”
• Howard Rheingold – Author, virtual community expert, and self-described “online instigator & expert learner”
• Jade E. Davis – Program Coordinator, HASTAC and Digital Media and Learning Competition
• Anne Balsamo – Dean of the School of Media Studies and Professor of Media Studies at The New School for Public Engagement; co-founder of FemTechNet
• Martha Burtis – Special Projects Coordinator for Teaching and Learning Technologies at the University of Mary Washington

Resources for this webinar:

• Aspen Task Force report: “Learner at the Center of a Networked World”
• “Create Trusted Environments for Learning” chapter of the ATF Report
• DML Competition 5: The Trust Challenge (opens September 3)
• Connected Courses: a collaborative network of faculty in higher education developing online, open courses that embody the principles of connected learning and the values of the open web
• Archive of the 2013 ‘Reclaim Open Learning Symposium’
• DMLcentral.net: “MOOCs, Hype, and the Precarious State of Higher Ed: Futurist Bryan Alexander”
• Case Study – DS106: Enabling Open, Public, Participatory Learning

Photos/earlhamcollege

#ConnectedLearning Discussion on Twitter