Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ If we’re serious about lifelong learning and re-framing learning around the creation of new knowledge through action, it will require us to re-think our educational institutions from the ground up.

Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

"If we're serious about lifelong learning and re-framing learning around the creation of new knowledge through action, it will require us to re-think our educational institutions from the ground up," writes John Hagel. "Rather than pushing content to students who are viewed as passive recipients, we'll need to embrace a pull-based model that focuses on creating environments for people to discover and pursue their passions and helps them to connect with others who share these passions." In other words - what we've been saying here.

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