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Mohsen Saadatmand on 03 Feb 11Blog of Danah Boyd, a researcher at Microsoft Research New England and a Fellow at the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society
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#CCK11 Why Connectivism - and social networks are important? | Suifaijohnmak's Weblog - 2 views
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all other learners who would like to develop higher order learning skills in their life-long learning journeys.
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As most adult learners could be confused by the complexity of learning whilst immersed in learning networks (internet and webs), especially if they are exposed to such learning environment as “novice”, some would doubt about their perceived “digital migrant” status,
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#PLENK2010 Connectivism, MOOC and PLENK | Suifaijohnmak's Weblog - 2 views
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Similarly, under a networked learning approach, where diversity of opinions are welcome in a MOOC, then tensions amongst different “voices” seem to be a natural emergence from the networks. It is both healthy and necessary for the network, as this would allow for network growth, as suggested by Stephen. This seems to be a natural opposite from the traditional “group” or “team”, or even the Community’s views where consensus and agreed goals are the norms rather than exception. How do we know if diversity of opinions is the best way to learn under a networked learning ecology (or with internet)?
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This is a question I have been grappling with. While it makes sense that diversity is important to the health of the network, and that learners grow themselves personally from being exposed to alternate points of view, is this always the best way to learn? Especially when you could argue that organisational management is more about groups and teams, rather than networks (ie working to the same goals).
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