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An Introduction to Connective Knowledge

An Introduction to Connective Knowledge
You are not logged in. [] [] Revised and Updated (minor corrections and typos only) and placed in MS-Word Document form, November 27, 2007. Click here . The version that follows below is the original (uncorrected) version). Yet another article, describing new forms of knowledge as probablistic , has crossed my desk today, and consequently it seems appropriate at this time to type a few words on the nature of distributed knowledge. It should go without saying that these are my own thoughts, and this discussion should not therefore be considered an authoritative reference on the subject. a. You probably grew up learning that there are two major types of knowledge: qualitative and quantitative. Distributed knowledge adds a third major category to this domain, knowledge that could be described as connective. This is more than just the existence of a relation between one entity and another; it implies interaction. Probabilistic knowledge is a type of quantitative knowledge. b. c. d. e. f. g.

Connectivisme Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Sugata Mitra a mené une étude durant dix ans et démontre que les enfants sont capables d'apprendre (de coapprendre), seuls, sans professeur, c'est-à-dire par eux-mêmes avec un ordinateur, internet et/ou des supports de cours. Il conclut que l'éducation est un système qui s'auto-organise et où l'apprentissage est le phénomène émergent[2],[3]. Donald G. Perrin, directeur de rédaction à l'International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning dit de la théorie qu'elle « combine les éléments pertinents de nombreuses théories d'apprentissage, des réseaux sociaux et des technologies afin de créer une théorie solide pour l'apprentissage à l'ère numérique »[1].[pertinence contestée] Principes du connectivisme[modifier | modifier le code] Un aspect du connectivisme est l'utilisation d'un réseau composé de nœuds et de connexions comme métaphore centrale de l'apprentissage[7]. Principes essentiels[modifier | modifier le code]

Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching and Technology Connectivism & Connective Knowledge Week 9 is a conference week, focusing on Net Pedagogy. This will be a great opportunity to reflect on how social networks and networked technology impact how we teach and learn. We’ve lined up five excellent speakers for the week: Martin Weller Title: Is there a pedagogy of abundance? Description: In a digital age we have seen a fundamental shift in many of the basic economic models underlying industries as they move from an economic model based on scarcity to one based on abundance. Time: Wed, November 11. Frances Bell Title: Transparent Teaching and Learning: what remains when the teacher disappears Description: This session’s deliberately ambiguous title (is it a statement or a question?) · Do we need teachers? · What remains when the teacher disappears? · What informs teachers’ practice? I hope you can join us and answer my questions. Time: Wed, November 11 Time Conversions 2000 GMT Stephen Downes Title: Open Education: Projects and Potential [webcast of an f2f presentation] Description:

How School Screws Things Up For "Real Life" My older daughter graduated from college in May and has been working at her new job since June. Last night we had a conversation that got me thinking about how school does a really terrible job of preparing our young people for "the real world" by setting up some seriously unrealistic expectations. In school, we teach kids that: Life happens in a series of connected, time-delineated steps (courses, semesters) so there's always "light at the end of the tunnel" and its clear what the next step will be.If you follow the rules--of an individual teacher, of the school--you will be rewarded. Ironically, those kids who take these lessons of school most seriously--who try hard to do what we ask them to do in school--end up being the most disillusioned and ill-prepared for what happens when they graduate. What we really need to be teaching young people, if we truly want to prepare them for the "real world," is that: Work and its problems are really ill-defined.

elearnspace. everything elearning. Gary Hamel on Managing Generation Y - the Facebook Generation - Gary Hamel’s Management 2.0 ByGary Hamel The experience of growing up online will profoundly shape the workplace expectations of “Generation F” – the Facebook Generation. At a minimum, they’ll expect the social environment of work to reflect the social context of the Web, rather than as is currently the case, a mid-20th-century Weberian bureaucracy. If your company hopes to attract the most creative and energetic members of Gen F, it will need to understand these Internet-derived expectations, and then reinvent its management practices accordingly. With that in mind, I compiled a list of 12 work-relevant characteristics of online life. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. These features of Web-based life are written into the social DNA of Generation F—and mostly missing from the managerial DNA of the average Fortune 500 company. So, readers, here’s a couple of questions: What are the Web-based social values that you think are most contrary to the managerial DNA one finds inside a typical corporate giant?

L’impact d’Internet sur nos cerveaux | apprendre et s'orienter Le dernier ouvrage de Nicholas Carr, « The shallows : what the Internet is doing to our brain » est un essais sur le virtuel mais il fait déjà couler beaucoup d’encre. La presse et les internautes s’activent autour de ce sujet et il suffit d’aller sur le Monde du 04 octobre ou sur le blog de Louis Naugès pour s’en faire une idée. Internet n’est pas sans répercussions sur la pédagogie. Dans ce nouveau contexte technologique, la tête bien faite n’est plus seulement un vaste palais de la mémoire, elle est plus que jamais, à travers une gestion informationnelle, un instrument d’analyse des environnements et, au fil de l’eau, de prise de décisions. Il est maintenant disponible en français sous le titre « Internet rend-il bête ? Autant d’impact que l’invention de l’alphabet Il apparait qu’Internet aura autant d’impact sur les cerveaux que l’alphabet, la cartographie, l’horloge ou l’imprimerie. La plus vaste bibliothèque connectée Une autre forme de lecture Toujours d’après N.

Applications of Social and Collaborative Technologies in Educati «L’homo interneticus» restera-t-il «l’homo sapiens» Nicholas Carr vient de publier son troisième livre, au titre inquiétant : «What the Internet is doing to our brains: the shallows.»(Les impacts d’Internet sur nos cerveaux : les bas-fonds.) Ce sera encore un grand succès de librairie, après ses deux ouvrages précédents, «Does IT matters?», qui avait secoué la profession informatique et «The big switch», très orienté «Cloud Computing» et dont j’ai déjà parlé dans ce blog. Je viens de terminer la lecture des «Shallows» ; j’ai été passionné, interpellé ! J’aurais aussi aimé pouvoir vous dire qu’il est possible de le lire en français. Je vous en conseille vivement la lecture cet été ; il ne vous laissera pas indifférent ! Tout le contraire de ce blog ! Résumé, pour un «homo interneticus» Dans «The Shallows», Nicholas Carr constate que, comme beaucoup d’Internautes, il a de plus en plus de mal à lire des documents qui dépassent quelques lignes. Une plongée dans des recherches récentes des neurosciences Quelques exemples En 6 heures !

Connectivism Connectivism is a hypothesis of learning which emphasizes the role of social and cultural context. Connectivism is often associated with and proposes a perspective similar to Vygotsky's 'zone of proximal development' (ZPD), an idea later transposed into Engeström's (2001) Activity theory.[1] The relationship between work experience, learning, and knowledge, as expressed in the concept of ‘connectivity, is central to connectivism, motivating the theory's name.[2] It is somewhat similar to Bandura's Social Learning Theory that proposes that people learn through contact. The phrase "a learning theory for the digital age"[3] indicates the emphasis that connectivism gives to technology's effect on how people live, communicate and learn. Nodes and links[edit] The central aspect of connectivism is the metaphor of a network with nodes and connections.[4] In this metaphor, a node is anything that can be connected to another node such as an organization, information, data, feelings, and images.

«L’homo interneticus» restera-t-il «l’homo sapiens» ? (Deuxième partie) Rappel : Le troisième livre de Nicholas Carr, «What the Internet is doing to our brains: the shallows.», s’intéresse aux impacts d’Internet sur le cerveau humain. La première partie de cette analyse a mis en évidence les découvertes récentes des neurosciences sur l’extraordinaire plasticité de notre cerveau. Cette deuxième partie fait le point sur les liens entre le fonctionnement de notre cerveau et Internet. Hyperliens, multimédia, instantanéité, multitâches, bidirectionnalité... Ce sont, pour Nicholas Carr, les éléments qui différencient le plus Internet de nos «outils de l’esprit» traditionnels. J’ai aussi choisi de mettre en évidence trois thèmes majeurs des «shallows» :- Le bouleversement de notre relation au livre.- Les processus de mémorisation.- Les rôles et la responsabilité de... Hypermédia La numérisation de tous les contenus, textes, images, sons, vidéos a mis fin à la fragmentation historique des médias et de leurs outils de consommation. Instantanéité Le livre et Internet

Constructionism Seymour Papert Seymour Papert defined constructionism in a proposal to the National Science Foundation entitled Constructionism: A New Opportunity for Elementary Science Education as follows: "The word constructionism is a mnemonic for two aspects of the theory of science education underlying this project. From constructivist theories of psychology we take a view of learning as a reconstruction rather than as a transmission of knowledge. Then we extend the idea of manipulative materials to the idea that learning is most effective when part of an activity the learner experiences as constructing is a meaningful product.".[2] As Papert and Idit Harel say at the start of Situating Constructionism, "It is easy enough to formulate simple catchy versions of the idea of constructionism; for example, thinking of it as 'learning-by-making'. Here is one type of theory that constructivist learning theory can be applied in a classroom setting. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Jump up ^ Cakir, M. (2008).

Nicolas Carr : “Est-ce que Google nous rend idiot ?” En introduction à un dossier à paraître sur le papier contre l’électronique, il nous a semblé important de vous proposer à la lecture Is Google Making Us Stupid ?, l’article de Nicolas Carr, publié en juin 2008 dans la revue The Atlantic, et dont la traduction, réalisée par Penguin, Olivier et Don Rico, a été postée sur le FramaBlog en décembre. Dans cet article, Nicolas Carr (blog), l’auteur de Big Switch et de Does IT matter ?, que l’on qualifie de Cassandre des nouvelles technologies, parce qu’il a souvent contribué à un discours critique sur leur impact, part d’un constat personnel sur l’impact qu’à l’internet sur sa capacité de concentration pour nous inviter à réfléchir à l’influence des technologies sur notre manière de penser et de percevoir le monde. « Dave, arrête. Moi aussi, je le sens. Je crois savoir ce qui se passe. Je ne suis pas le seul. Les anecdotes par elles-mêmes ne prouvent pas grand chose. Mais la machine eut un effet plus subtil sur son travail. Nicolas Carr

Constructivism Jean Piaget: founder of Constructivism In past centuries, constructivist ideas were not widely valued due to the perception that children's play was seen as aimless and of little importance. Jean Piaget did not agree with these traditional views, however. He saw play as an important and necessary part of the student's cognitive development and provided scientific evidence for his views. Today, constructivist theories are influential throughout much of the non-formal learning sector. For more detailed information on the philosophy of the construction of human knowledge, see constructivist epistemology. Formalization of the theory of constructivism is generally attributed to Jean Piaget, who articulated mechanisms by which knowledge is internalized by learners. When individuals assimilate, they incorporate the new experience into an already existing framework without changing that framework. It is important to note that constructivism is not a particular pedagogy.

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