tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27287415.post346304456062718266..comments2024-02-15T21:58:26.524+13:00Comments on a musing space; a performance in progress: hopeful monstersailsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10247094621951852148noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27287415.post-68297691319072588352008-09-11T15:24:00.000+12:002008-09-11T15:24:00.000+12:00Tongue in cheek, but perhaps connectivism learning...Tongue in cheek, but perhaps connectivism learning theory is a hopeful monster. <BR/>To stabilize the theory further would need to align/enrol more actors in the belief system. George Siemens and Stephen Downes have certainly done this in a phenomenal way; inviting thousands globally, connected onto a free or pay (and be eligible for credit) uni paper. As a case in power and domination, the developers of such theory need to be able to detach people from previously attached beliefs, to capture their attention, attach them or at least align them, in exploring this educational theory, have the technology domesticated and user friendly, convince a University to host this, and sustain the collaborative endeavour involved in this huge 12 week performance. wow. And they concurrently have enough space in their lives to do discussion forums day and night as well as present at efest nz. Ontological politics at play. Truly awesome. <BR/>Having looked at such heterogenous semiotics might also assist us in understanding how some hopeful monsters ' scarcely look like monsters at all...'<BR/>NB this hopeful monster analogy is not intended with any derision, it is the collage of a new entity.ailsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10247094621951852148noreply@blogger.com