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CCK08 My position on Connectivism
I think, the concept of theory is distracting; it is a vulnerability that it looks like a Grand Unifying Theory. Its strength is the single neural metaphor.
CCK08 Week 3 Leftover: The Three Layers
I think there is no need for a single theory covering Neural, Conceptual, and Social/ External layer. The interaction between conceptual level and social/ external level connections is already interesting enough. Read more…
CCK08 Cmaps vs. Mindmaps
In a broader sense, I would call every mesh-like diagram of concepts a Cmap and ignore the urge for “propositions”. Read more…
CCK08 Conceptual and other network layers
I am particularly fascinated about how this social level interacts with the conceptual level through mechanisms like “People who read this also read that“. And the tree vs. web dichotomy has intrigued me ever since my very first blog post. Read more…
CCK08 - Week 2 and forums
The CCK08 moodle forum is a challenge. Both the nodes and the connections of the mammoth threads are impossible to overlook. The connections to the previous posts are mostly implicit, or at best cryptic (”Hi Pat”), so that reconstructing them costs me thorough reading rather than scanning.
[CCK08] Definitions
Often “What is?” definitions ambitiously try to describe deeper meanings. But even the ordinary language meaning of “knowledge” is already interesting enough in the light of today’s changes.
[CCK08] Is it a theory or not
The problem with the status of a theory is that its descriptive power is often immediately intertwined with prescriptive claims. Read more…
[CCK08] First impressions
My way of approaching the confusing landscape of countless tools, sites, and resources, was to try and get a visual overview. More…
[CCK08] Introducing myself
The idea of connective knowledge struck a chord with me since networks have been important to me on many levels.
My take on Connectivism
In the upcoming “Connectivism & Connective Knowledge” Course, the first week’s topic asks “What is Connectivism?”. I am not so comfortable with a fixed definition. Furthermore, I think its most interesting aspects are not only being a theory of learning, but offering a whole new view for much more. And all of these aspects have in common that they can be illustrated by the neural metaphor.
