Module 4 Blog: Connectivism Mind map
- My network has changed the way I learn in many ways. I use my network to locate information, make connections with other knowledgeable individuals, to access resources, to reflect on content, to relate that content on what I already know or to an earlier experience, and to share my knowledge with others in my network.
- Blogs best facilitate learning for me. Blogging has been helpful in helping my knowledge acquisition and reflection process. I can easily access resources and express my views and thoughts. I use this digital to share my knowledge and to ultimately promote deeper learning by linking multiple ideas and concepts together within a personally engaging environment.
- I learn new knowledge when I have question through the use of resources. These resources may include the university library, a search engine, or even a peer.
Hi Pamela!
ReplyDeleteSome people feel that blogs are not as scholarly as writing a paper and having it published in a journal. Something I consider though is that journals are often gatekeepers of information, both by letting people in and letting people read (via paying for a subscription). As we move to more open source content and allowing just about anyone to publish any topic they are interested in, do you think blogs will edge out (but not replace) the traditional journal? Will we ever have peer-reviewed blogs for example? Would a professor in a traditional course allow for more citations of blogs, as more scholars (like Siemens and others) use these to report their work to others?
Ray
Ray,
DeleteAs you stated in your response blogs may never replace the traditional journal but I certainly believe that blogs may eventually edge out the traditional journal.
Blogs have much potential within the realm of education and learning. This has been my first experience blogging but it has definitely promoted deeper learning, for me and on a variety of fronts.
With the rapid increase in technology anything is possible. I can definitely see a peer reviewed blog in the future.
Pamela Loder
I, too, enjoy blogging. It is a nice realese to be abale to have some freedom of expression, aside from a personal journal. Have you used them in other courses? This is the first course I have used them in, but have used them with my students in the past.
ReplyDeleteMelinda,
DeleteThis has actually been my very first experience with blogging. Before this course blogging was foreign to me. I had read countless blogs, but had never commented on the blogs that I read and the idea of starting my own blog never crossed my mind.
I must say though, I enjoy blogging and reading the blogs of my peers. This week’s blogs were very interesting. Looking at everyone’s network mind map and reading their answers to the questions posed.
A blog is such a meaningful learning environment. Blogging has definitely benefited my knowledge acquisition and reflection process.
Hi Pamela,
ReplyDeleteI you are right about the search engines. Now a days the search engines are like the libraries at your finger tips. You can find any information in seconds from shopping to scholarly articles.
I do the same when I need any information.
Anwar
Hey Pamela. I enjoyed reviewing your connectivism mind map, as you listed a lot of great resources and tools that assist you in every aspect of your life, whether it personal, professional, or academic. All of the resources allow for networking – using various technologies and media tools to communicate and collaborate with others as you seek to gain information and knowledge and learn necessary content. This is necessary not just in academia, but one must be a lifelong learner; a scholar in every aspect of life. And not only should we seek to learn from others, but we should be willing to share the information and knowledge that we possess with others as well… Overall, I think that the learning process should be a give and take.
ReplyDeleteThe Internet and the World Wide Web has opened up possibilities for learning that didn’t exist before these technologies’s existence. For instance, not only can we communicate with others face to face, we have various means of communicating with them electronically. The communication and collaboration that I am speaking of is the foundation of networking.