the web affords connections we've not been afforded before.
connections afford:
1) access to all
2) personalization (topic, method, time)
3) learn from multiple voices
paraphrased from this keen insight:
1. As a form of open learning, it provides access to everyone
2. It allows learners to set their own priorities and styles of learning
3. It enables learners to be informed by many voices, thus creating a more complete and balanced picture
-- Stephen Downes
that changes pedagogy...
we can still try to get the most bang for our buck - who's the most like this...
but is that a compromise..do we expect too much, are we trying to manage too much?
can't we just trust more (people, art, thinking) and let new learning happen....
1) give resources
2) get out of the way
3) watch/facilitate self construction of learner
this all boils down to trust
we have to begin with = we all want good.
and keep flushing that out...
yet - ish.
not about competition - about choices...
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