Stephen Downes

Back in January a group of educators signed Manifesto 25, a loose set of statements capturing a lot of current sentiment, some in slogan form, and revolving around a general theme of educational change. This article builds on that, looking at the idea of learning as growing networks. "When we say knowledge grows at the boundaries of networks, we mean more than information exchange. We mean transformative new knowledge production: when something new and valuable emerges through the encounter between perspectives."