Oer. TNP 1. Introduction empiricism and the new connectionism. The Network Phenomenon: Empiricism and the New ConnectionismStephen Downes, 1990(The whole document in MS-Word) 1. Introduction2. Empiricism3. The Objections to Empiricism4. Connectionism5. I wish to argue in this paper that the new connectionism provides a vindication for classical empiricism. The structure of this paper is as follows. I would like to caution the reader that this is to a large degree a survey paper. TNP Part II Next Post. Networks of Dead People « Lisa’s CCK08 Wordpress Blog. Most of the members of my network are dead. I raised this idea in a Sept 19 Ustream session (audio from 28:00) and promised to blog about it. At first, the concept was gently ridiculed (“dead people don’t answer email”), but gradually participants began to realize that since most of what we know about others are just their artifacts anyway (particularly if we’ve only met them online), we may indeed be networking with those we read, many of whom lived long ago.
(I thought it was particularly important for Stephen Downes to understand this, since his network includes so many wonderful philosophers, like Wittgenstein, about whom he writes as if they were still around.) If we say that our networks are made up of ties we have with people, then my knowledge (which I define much more deeply than is often done in this class) is dependent on many people who are no longer living. Dead people have the following advantages in a network: Their disadvantages are: They don’t answer email. Like this: Teaching Skills: What 21st Century Educators Need To Learn To Survive.
What are the traits that would make for the ideal 21st teacher? What does an educational professional need to be or do to tune in and synchronize with the new realities silently emerging inside schools and educational environments? Photo credit: Lisa F. Young The profound, deep shifts we are starting to witness across all of the established educational institutions, pivot around four key components: 1) Learners driving. The new learner is transforming himself from a passive actor into an active, is becoming a conscious leader of his personal lifelong learning path. 2) Deep access to information, tools and experts in ways not possible before. 3) The ability to network and team up with other learners who have the same interests, independently of their age, location or experience.4) The emergence of the professional independent (teacher) mentor / guide.
Andrew Churches challenges the status quo and paints a detailed profile of what this new breed of professors is going to look like. 1. 2. 3. A Private Universe. Communities of practice: Linking knowledge, policy and practice.