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Gideon Burton

Content Curation World - 1 views

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curation content

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  • Gideon Burton on 13 Sep 12
     
    An excellent aggregation of content related to curation (recommended by Ellis Dyck)
Greg Williams

Connectivism - 1 views

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Connectivism learning theory education George Siemens

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  • Do we acquire it throu
  • These theories, however, were developed in a time when learning was not impacted through technology.
  • In many fields the life of knowledge is now measured in months and years.
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  • The amount of knowledge in the world has doubled in the past 10 years and is doubling every 18 months according to the American Society of Training and Documentation (ASTD). To combat the shrinking half-life of knowledge, organizations have been forced to develop new methods of deploying instruction.
  • Technology is altering (rewiring) our brains. The tools we use define and shape our thinking
  • learning as a lasting changed state (emotional, mental, physiological (i.e. skills)) brought about as a result of experiences and interactions with content or other people.
  • Objectivism (similar to behaviorism) states that reality is external and is objective, and knowledge is gained through experiences. Pragmatism (similar to cognitivism) states that reality is interpreted, and knowledge is negotiated through experience and thinking. Interpretivism (similar to constructivism) states that reality is internal, and knowledge is constructed.
  • Behaviorism states that learning is largely unknowable, that is, we can’t possibly understand what goes on inside a person (the “black box theory”)
  • Cognitivism often takes a computer information processing model. Learning is viewed as a process of inputs, managed in short term memory, and coded for long-term recall.
  • Constructivism suggests that learners create knowledge as they attempt to understand their experiences
  • Constructivism assumes that learners are not empty vessels to be filled with knowledge. Instead, learners are actively attempting to create meaning. Learners often select and pursue their own learning. Constructivist principles acknowledge that real-life learning is messy and complex.
  • learning that occurs outside of people
  • The ability to synthesize and recognize connections and patterns is a valuable skill.
  • In today’s environment, action is often needed without personal learning – that is, we need to act by drawing information outside of our primary knowledge.
  • An entirely new approach is needed.
  • How can we continue to stay current in a rapidly evolving information ecology?
  • We can no longer personally experience and acquire learning that we need to act. We derive our competence from forming connections.
  • Unlike constructivism, which states that learners attempt to foster understanding by meaning making tasks, chaos states that the meaning exists – the learner's challenge is to recognize the patterns which appear to be hidden
  • The capacity to form connections between sources of information, and thereby create useful information patterns, is required to learn in our knowledge economy.
  • A network can simply be defined as connections between entities.
  • Nodes that successfully acquire greater profile will be more successful at acquiring additional connections
  • Finding a new job, as an example, often occurs through weak ties. This principle has great merit in the notion of serendipity, innovation, and creativity. Connections between disparate ideas and fields can create new innovations.
  • Connectivism is the integration of principles explored by chaos, network, and complexity and self-organization theories.
  • Learning and knowledge rests in diversity of opinions.
  • Decision-making is itself a learning process. Choosing what to learn and the meaning of incoming information is seen through the lens of a shifting reality. While there is a right answer now, it may be wrong tomorrow due to alterations in the information climate affecting the decision.
  • The starting point of connectivism is the individual.
  • This cycle of knowledge development (personal to network to organization) allows learners to remain current in their field through the connections they have formed.
  • the internet leverages the small efforts of many with the large efforts of few.
  • example of a Maricopa County Community College system project that links senior citizens with elementary school students in a mentor program. The children “listen to these “grandparents” better than they do their own parents, the mentoring really helps the teachers…the small efforts of the many- the seniors – complement the large efforts of the few – the teachers.” (2002). This amplification of learning, knowledge and understanding through the extension of a personal network is the epitome of connectivism.
  • Implications
  • The pipe is more important than the content within the pipe. Our ability to learn what we need for tomorrow is more important than what we know today. A real challenge for any learning theory is to actuate known knowledge at the point of application.
  • acknowledges the tectonic shifts in society where learning is no longer an internal, individualistic activity
  • Greg Williams on 12 Sep 12
     
    "Technology is altering (rewiring) our brains. The tools we use define and shape our thinking." . . . or so this fellow argues in a pretty detailed paper
Gideon Burton

Pong (1972, Atari) - YouTube - 1 views

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video game history

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  • Gideon Burton on 12 Sep 12
     
    Pong was both a console game for the home Atari system, as well as an arcade, stand-alone machine.
Gideon Burton

High Tech History | A weblog exploring computer technology, digital history and early h... - 0 views

hightechhistory.com

technology history blog

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    Great background on key players and places in the development of tech and computing
Gideon Burton

Internet of Things and Kickstarter - Internet of Things News | Postscapes - 0 views

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iot internet of things networking

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    Recommended by Chris Anderson
Katie Wilkie

A Principal's Reflections: Jumping on the Bandwagon - 0 views

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education socialmedia social media

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  • Katie Wilkie on 07 Sep 12
     
    principal endorses social media (super great!)
Gideon Burton

My So-Called Second Life: Are You Your Avatar? | Cocktail Party Physics, Scientific Ame... - 1 views

blogs.scientificamerican.com/...econd-life-are-you-your-avatar

avatar virtual world virtual reality anthology

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  • Gideon Burton on 06 Sep 12
     
    An account of a science writer broadcasting a podcast from Second Life. Includes brief and helpful background on the history of avatars and their social function and best practices. A good intro to avatars.
Greg Williams

The World's Most Valuable Social Network | Springwise - 0 views

www.springwise.com/...worlds-valuable-social-network

social_network charity good_cause

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    Article about a social network dedicated to find lost children.
Gideon Burton

I'm So Totally, Digitally Close to You - Clive Thompson - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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social media friendship relationships Facebook nytimes weak ties

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  • Social scientists have a name for this sort of incessant online contact. They call it “ambient awareness.” It is, they say, very much like being physically near someone and picking up on his mood through the little things he does — body language, sighs, stray comments — out of the corner of your eye
  • This is the paradox of ambient awareness. Each little update — each individual bit of social information — is insignificant on its own, even supremely mundane. But taken together, over time, the little snippets coalesce into a surprisingly sophisticated portrait of your friends’ and family members’ lives, like thousands of dots making a pointillist painting
  • Gideon Burton on 05 Sep 12
     
    A 2008 article in which the new kinds of digital relationships made possible through Facebook and other social media are discussed. Digital friends have "ambient awareness" through news feeds, begging the question about kind of friendship and their authenticity.
Greg Williams

Connect the Pop - At the Intersection of Pop Culture, Transliteracy, and Critical Think... - 0 views

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Popculture

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  • Greg Williams on 05 Sep 12
     
    good ideas of how pop culture can help teaching
Gideon Burton

The Rise Of Visual Social Media | Fast Company - 0 views

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visual social media creative communities tumblr instagram

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  • Gideon Burton on 05 Sep 12
     
    Will photos replace text messages as the connecting medium of choice?
Gideon Burton

Things as They Really Are - Ensign June 2010 - ensign - 0 views

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Bednar LDS internet danger reality

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  • Gideon Burton on 03 Sep 12
     
    A key talk about the digital realm from the point of view of an LDS apostle.
Gideon Burton

Ravelry and knitting: Why Facebook can't match the social network for knitters. - Slate... - 1 views

www.slate.com/...ightknit_community.single.html

social network knitting

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  • Gideon Burton on 03 Sep 12
     
    Benefits of a social network for a niche interest community (knitting)
Gideon Burton

Remix Culture: The Many Incarnations of the Mona Lisa - From Dali to Banksy - 1 views

lunaticadesnuda.blogspot.com/...incarnations-of-mona-lisa.html

remix example mona lisa

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  • Gideon Burton on 01 Sep 12
     
    Recommended by Jill Walker Rettberg
Gideon Burton

remix culture course starting today | jill/txt - 0 views

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course digital culture remix syllabus

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  • Gideon Burton on 01 Sep 12
     
    A course on Remix Culture from Jill Walker Rettberg at University of Bergen from 2009
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