Learning and Knowig Today

Learning and Knowing Today

There were an article and podcast that were assigned for this week; John Seeley Brown's Learning in a Digital Age, and George Siemen's Connectivism - Learning and Knowing Today. John Seeley's article set the stage for the podcast to be heard. Brown talks about the change of learning in the digital age. He introduces information and communication technology (ICT)and how the new generation is shifting their learning experience. Now using discovery based learning rather than authority based learning and taking ideas and building upon them as compared to the music mash-up popularity. These ideas influenced the talk that George Siemens gave in his podcast.

First of all as a audio techie person... this podcast need to be normalized. I almost blew out my ear at the beginning when the sound guy was adjusting his levels. I could also hear the wrong mic placement on Mr. Siemens. Anyway... I thought the talk was very interesting. The thought of solving a problem without context is something that I felt was very intriguing. How many times have you found a solution for something waiting for a problem to occur? How about solving a problem without thinking what other consequences might happen afterwards? This will be my subject matter for this week's Connect @ 830 podcast. It will be interesting to see how many of our colleagues have done this not being aware of it. I know I have. This will be a key thing to keep on your mind the next time you prepare material to teach or present. Siemen's continues to express how learning today is very different than it was before. Learning is a continuing process and must be because as Siemen's states, "the ability to learn what we need for tomorrow is more important than what we know today." As technology grows, the latest and greatest today will be outdated tomorrow... so keep learning and know how to weed through the tons of information available at your fingertips.

In class this week the first three SME presentations were done on RSS, Feeders, and Tagging. I hope that everyone is using these tools. It's the best way to have your personal interests come to you. Tagging will help you find content you are interested in. Of course all of these tools can be overwhelming so pick and choose... the best way to learn is the use the tool... don't just read or hear about them.