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Cris Crissman

Is books making us stupid? behind the curtain of #rhizo14 | Dave's Educational Blog - 0 views

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    Stephen Downes' comments in OLDaily, Feb. 7 Is books making us stupid? behind the curtain of #rhizo14 Dave Cormier, Dave's Educational Blog, February 6, 2014 This post actually provides a good overview of the first few weeks of the Rhizomatic Learning course, exploring as it does a set of "challenges" posed by Dave Cormier: Cheating as learning Enforcing independence Embracing uncertainty Is books making us stupid I can certainly be frustrated by some of this sort of discussion - when people express concerns, for example, about "enforcing independence" my reaction is that they just don't know what those words mean. And in another post I've raised some questions about some of the more nebulous aspects of this approach to learning. But I see value in these discussions. And questioning the authority of the book is certainly something I support.
Cris Crissman

The Secret Is To Have A Stupid Idea - Business Insider - 0 views

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    "Good ideas will also look like bad ideas because they go against social norms." We need more "bad ideas" in education!
Cris Crissman

do you know networks? on leaving the Garden of Eden | the theoryblog - 0 views

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    Bonnie Stewart response to Week 4 question: Do books make us stupid.
Cris Crissman

Rewired? Reshaped? Rhizomed? - 1 views

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    Response to Dave's question, Week 4, on books and stupidity.
Jaap Bosman

Cheating and the new value of knowledge #rhizo14 | A Fine Balance - 1 views

  • what we have long taken to be essential to the structure of knowledge: a foundation.
    • Terry Elliott
       
      Just a metaphor that is as capable of change as any other metaphor.
    • Jaap Bosman
       
      knowledge never had a foundation,
  • copying what you love
    • Terry Elliott
       
      Pretty compelling idea. One of the more compelling and accessible ways to learn and play at the same time is to copy. I supose that is why it is such a common practice in master/apprentice relationships.
  • But we also know that we make ourselves stupid when we restrict ourselves to tolerating only the mildest disruptions of our comfort.”
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  • “in this world of abundance, knowledge is not a library but a playlist tuned to our present interests. It is not eternally truthful content but subject matter good enough for our current task. It is not a realm but a path that gets us where we’re going.”
    • Terry Elliott
       
      And we are walking the path together.
  • “educate our children from the earliest possible age about how to use the Net, how to evaluate knowledge claims, and how to love to difference.”
  • Now that the temple priests don’t control what we encounter” we need ”critical thinking skills more than ever”. 
  • The barriers that remain are not our technology’s but our own.
  • facts have played as the foundation of knowledge.”
Jaap Bosman

Neil Postman - Bullshit and the Art of Crap-Detection | Critical Thinking Snippets - 5 views

  • by people who use fancy titles, words, phrases, and sentences to obscure their own insufficiencies.
    • Jaap Bosman
       
      Lots of people do suspect Deleuze of this kind of Crap, I have a feeling they could be right.
  • But with the development of the mass media, inanity has suddenly emerged as a major form of language in public matters.
  • all human communications have deeply embedded and profound hidden agendas
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    "Postman's Third Law: "At any given time, the chief source of bullshit with which you have to contend is yourself." Postman's Fourth Law: "Almost nothing is about what you think it is about-including you."
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    Premise: books is making us stupid #Rhizo14 Jim's reply: not if we employ good crap detectors and keep other conversations going
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    Qualify: books without talking about them, having conversations. Then there are certain categories of academic writing...
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    I am somebody who like to go back to sources. Here is the original speech in case some of you may find it useful" http://aquadoc.typepad.com/files/bs_speech_postman-1.pdf
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    much thanks for the full article -- I like Postman and to go back to sources too
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