A couple questions came to mind as I read through the comparison chart.
- If learning is distributed within a network, how do you centralize understanding? In other words, each participant only holds a piece of the complete puzzle.
- Are the tools that help put those pieces together the new tools of learning?
- Shouldn't motivation be included as an influencing factor? My personal experience with online learning communities is that levels of contribution vary greatly. Learning therefore depends on individual participants' motivation to support and contribute to the group.
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I wrote something similar on my blog
http://tinyurl.com/5mxuua
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Hi Wendy,
I saw you on-line at the Elluminate discussion and that you were in St. Petersburg. I'm newly arrived in Dade City having spent many years in Hong Kong at the secondary level as a Tech Coordinator.
Your comment on motivation seems so important yet sometimes hard to create. I still can't conceive that 1/3 of the students in Florida don't graduate from High School. Is motivation just personal or can educational networks create and develop motivation (like video games)? Does unstructured non-linear learning enhance motivation or not?
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