Thursday, May 3, 2007

A learning Theory for the Digital age

Hey

I found this last year and it interested me then, now that I have explored more technology for learning, this theory for me has a lot of significance. The main point that, endless amounts of knowledge/information now exist in the public domain and the only barrier is the ability to sift through and navigate the specific knowledge required. The organistation of information and the ability of the learner to obtain and connect to it is reflected by this new learning theory. The approach underpins ones capacity to fully exploit the internet and other multi- media interfaces. This new way of learning needs to have teaching strategies that build and develop a learners capacity for embracing technology.
http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm

Cheers

Chris

Monday, April 30, 2007

Sorry for the errms and cracklyness in my pod cast

Greatings

I purchased a less than top of the range headset on weekend, so I could do the podcasting and elluminate interation from home. That is to blame for the poor sound quality not my horendous use of it !

Cheers

Chris' podcast

Chris' podcast

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Getting grips with multimedia

All these new multimedia tools have been great to learn about. I was really impressed with the podomatic site and I am suprised that all these tools are so accessible and easy to use. If the use of multimeadia becomes say as wide spread as mobile phone use and other widely used technology the impact on the way we learn in the future could be huge. I have been sceptical about how effective multimeadia/computer learning and always lent towards a more social learning approach. However I am starting to look at this from another perspective, once the multimeadia landscape becomes easy to navigate and widely accessable to all, ones capacity to learn will not be affected by certain face to face varibles such as not liking teacher, students or actual location. These emotional factors are effectivly removed and therefore dont impact the way we interact with new information and knowledge, learning communities could florish with the help of tecnology but be devoid of those niggly aspects of human interation. The environment in which learning takes place is controlled and shaped by the learner.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Hi Guys

Hi guys

I return to the land of blogs after password and user name mayhem !