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Diego Leal

Half an Hour: That Group Feeling - 1 views

  • There comes a certain point where our group identity becomes more of a burden than a blessing.
  • In my books, that line is the line between reason and emotion. To put it most simply, groups are based on passion while networks are based on reason. Groups meet our need to belong and to survive, while networks meet our need to connect and learn and to know.
  • When we look at learning, therefore, and when we ask which model should prevail, the group model or the network model, we are asking fundamentally what the role of our educational system should be. Should it be to foster an emotional attachment to a group, be it a nation, religion, or system of wealth distribution?
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  • We can no longer afford dogmatic tribalism. That is not to say we can no longer afford groups – we want to continue to have sports teams and families and friends. But in matters affecting economics and finance, environment, government and nations, we can no longer afford group-based tribalism.
  • It seems clear to me that in endeavours where we, as a society, would prefer reason to prevail over emotions, we should prefer to organize ourselves as networks rather than as groups. It seems additionally to be clear to me that education is probably one of the most critical areas where this needs to be the case, as it will be necessary for citizens of the future to be able to respond to an increasing set of global crises from a ground of reason, rather than emotional attachment to a group.
  • I want groups to continue to exist. I want that feeling of unrestrainedly shouting “Hort! Hort! Hort!” in a suburban field, of forming a bond with a group of friends, of feeling the strength and support of my community and my family. But not at any cost. Not at the cost groups, unrestrained, can inflict on the outcast. Not at the cost that indoctrination, practiced as a theory of learning, can inflict on a society and on a planet. Not at the cost the tribe mentality, as exercised in the schoolyard, can inflict on an individual.
estelaripa

Observations about learning, knowledge and technology: Formal learners have the best of... - 3 views

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    muy interesante visión critica y equilibrada sobre aprendizaje en grupos y en redes. plantea una visión critica del aprendizaje en cursos como moocs, desde el papel desempeñado por los docentes como facilitadores, hasta las reales relaciones de poder que existen también en las redes, hasta las posibilidades de las personas de alcanzar solas un nivel y competencias de aprendizaje autónomo. de fondo defiende la tesis de que los aprendices del sistema formal se benefician de las mejores cosas de los dos mundos, pues las redes están disponibles para ellos, pero cuentan de base con recursos como la presencia de un profesional pago disponible para apoyarlos y ayudarlos en su aprendizaje que no disponen los aprendices en red. Interesante releer y explorar a fondo las referencias.
virginia brussa

Adolfo Estalella / Investigación en Tecnologías de la Información y la Comuni... - 1 views

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    Blog donde se encuentra el Capítulo" Software Social: ¿Teoría Social ? del libro Lo Social y lo virtual. Nuevas formas de control y transformación social (pp. 78-92). Barcelona: Editorial UOC. En ese documento se reseñan algunas discusiones pertinentes con ideas vertidas en los post estas semanas. Hay conceptos de Latour y reflexiones acerca de lo real/virtual para reflexionar.
Diego Leal

So many communities … so little time. What makes a community successful? | We... - 5 views

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    Un punto de partida para discusión. Downes señala algunas de las cosas que, a su juicio, diferencian una comunidad de un grupo (algo similar a lo que Sheryl comenta): http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=51285
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