oops, Phil, just noticed that one of your furl links is to the George
Siemens paper - oh well, no harm done in drawing some more attention to
it<br>
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probably all teachers would have the same problem of lack of time to
get their heads around these learning theories but I persist in my
belief that we are going through a paradigm shift and that might mean
that we need a new learning theory such as Siemen's Connectivism, eg.
there may be some re-wiring for those with early exposure to computer
games, mobile phones etc. <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/27/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bill Kerr</b> <<a href="mailto:billkerr@gmail.com">billkerr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
hi Phil,<span class="q"><br>
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thanks for the furl references and the paper by Gerry White - in one spot you or one of the references says:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><i><span>Given the above, and the opportunities
that ICT can enable in education and training, this paper argues that a new
theory of learning, to provide a pedagogical framework for the digital age which
is based on connectedness, is required urgently.</span></i></p></div></blockquote>
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George Siemens has suggested such a new learning theory which he calls Connectivism.<br>
See <a href="http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Jan_05/article01.htm" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Jan_05/article01.htm</a><br>
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George Siemens blogs at <a href="http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/</a><br>
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I blogged about this back in March<br>
<a href="http://billkerr.blogspot.com/2005/03/learning-theory.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://billkerr.blogspot.com/2005/03/learning-theory.html</a><br>
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I like his ideas but still need to spend some time putting them into
perspective with the other dreaded -isms (constuctivism,
behaviourism, cognitivism)<br> <br>
-- <br>
Bill Kerr<br>
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