Authentic Learning

Connectivism: The original research A Learning Theory for the Digital Age December 12, 2004 George Siemens

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Simulations/Active Activities

Julian Orr wrote a book called 'Talking About Machines' where he describe the way that photocopier technicians learned their trade. It seems to me that the process as he described it was a complex of similarity heuristics, but combined in a network of other technicians who had particular areas of expertise. Orr was riffing on the work of Lave and Wenger 'Legitimate Peripheral Participation' and John Seely Brown.

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Very good stuff to study especially for those writing sci fi.

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"We are trying to overcome the distance you feel in distance education by being socially connected," Snoddy said. "You develop socially as well as intellectually in college. This doesn' tmake sense. Do people not complete DE courses because they feel distant? More likely because most of the courses are complete crap and are offered by questionable faculty. It is more likely that the courses selected for special treatment in this article were a step above the usual crap that gets served up as DE and were presented with a little imagination and care.