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Week of...
12th September 2010
A tour of PLEs and PLNs

19th September 2010
Contrasting PLEs with LMSs

26th September 2010
The neXt/eXtended Web

3rd October 2010
PLE/PLN and learning theories

10th October 2010
Evaluating Learning in PLE/Ns

17th October 2010
Using PLEs successfully

24th October 2010
PLE/N Tools

31st October 2010
Personal knowledge management

7th November 2010
PLE/Ns in the classroom

14th November 2010
Critical perspectives on PLE/PLN

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Stephen Downes

George Siemens

Dave Cormier

Rita Kop


Okay, I Think We've Got the Confusion Part...

From my (George) experience, the process of learning is one that walks through corridors of confusion. To learn is to step into unsettled spaces to encounter new concepts we don't yet understand. And once there, we begin to connect new to known. It's a process built on personal experiences and existing understanding. For some reason, we often view the experience of being unsettled as a negative. Yet our effort to become more settled is where we begin to connect concepts and, well, learn. In this post, Adrian states "The Connectivism & Connective Knowledge course could be characterized as a system precariously balanced on the edge of chaos, teetering on the edge of coherence." Adrian Hill, , September 23, 2008. [Link] [Tags: none] [Previous][Next]

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