Wendy Drexler has created this very useful video explaining how students can benefit from operating and learning in a connected environment. She has very cleverly borrowed from the film techniques employed by Lee and Sachi Lefever to create a very effective means of explaining what many of us try to convey to colleagues every day. She produced it as a response to questions posed by George Siemans for the Connectivism course he and Stephen Downes have been offering online.
- What is the quality of my learning networks: diversity, depth, how connected am I?
- How has this course influence my view of the process of learning (assuming, of course, that it has)?
- What types of questions are still outstanding?
- How can you incorporate connectivist principles in your design and delivery of learning?
Questions 2 and 4 are addressed in the video above. The presented scenario is definitely not a complete picture of connectivism. I think it’s a good start for a k12 classroom. I view the work with my students as networked learning incubation.
Wendy, I think your use of the word ‘good’ needs to be replaced with the word ‘great’. It’s an excellent means of transferring what so many of us think. I love the fact that it was her 15 yr old son who helped her out with the artwork and provided the narration. Great work both of you.
I had aspirations to participate in this course but just haven’t been able to find the time. Thanks Wendy for sharing with us and encouraging us to share it with others. True Connectivism at work.
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Thank you so much for your kind comments. We are thrilled that others can learn from the video. We also hope that it will spark further conversation.
Wendy
I am here gathering information for my dissertation. Well done and so easy to understand. Thank you for sharing is a way that everyone can understand.
Best line: “The tools themselves are not as important as the connections made possible by them.”
Love it.