This clip on knoledge management helped me to understand connectivism. It is about connecting people.
How has your network
changed the way you learn?
My network works as a buffer and grounds the way I perceive my
environment.
It also allows me to see progress as in a timeline and areas that I intend
to grow.
Which digital tools best
facilitate learning for you?
I am a visual learner and often, I find myself referring Youtube first,
then I go to databases, and blogs. Youtube
is definetly my favorite tools because, I am able to unpack
question as they are demonstrated by other experts and novices.
How do you learn new
knowledge when you have questions?
Again, when I have questions, I first go through a process of refining the
questions
and then I ask myself what does it look like?
I also find myself using
a checklist methodology, which means whatever topic
I am about to research, I will use youtube as a visual checklist to help limit
the amount of time
I spend on a topic.
Do you believe that humans have a basic instinct to
“interact and work as a group,” as Rheingold proposed in his discussion of the
evolution of Wikipedia as a collectively developed encyclopedia?
Rheingold (2005) provided some thought provoking
conversation that caused me to rethink my views about collaboration. I think instinctively humans cannot
resist the need to collaborate. Whether we know it, it is part of our DNA.
Take, for example, 911 or any natural disaster; we immediately help our
fellow man in the event of hard times. It is as if we automatically go into
survival mode. I think during crisis we collaborate because we want to stop the
impending crisis before it directly impacts our lives.
How can technology facilitate collaboration among learners
based on constructivist principles?
Crisis management scenarios, such as
national disasters readiness drills represent multiple perspectives of learning
based on constructivist principles. It forces groups of learners to join their
scholarly resources to solve a serious problem. For instance, it forces us to
evaluate our environment, evaluate our circumstance, and evaluate our strategy.
Crisis management scenarios force us to relinquish our egos and unify our
efforts for the common good of society. It is a form of authentic learning that
help us discover new solutions to problems we never thought were possible.
Find a current research study that has been conducted in the
last 5 years that supports collaboration as an effective tool for
learning. Include the link and reference for this study in your blog.
In the medical profession, there are a
number of examples that support constructivism and its application to
collaboration-based learning. Sapateiro and Antunes (2009) proposed model to
improve situation awareness in the emergency room is one example. Their
proposal describes a holistic response for improving emergency room readiness.
They proposed to enhance the medical workers understanding of the emergency
room process, including making efficient decisions from setting to setting.
TED Conferences, LLC (2005). (Video program). Howard Rheingold: The new power of
Sapateiro, C., & Antunes, P. (2009,
May). An emergency response model toward
situational awareness improvement. Paper presented at the 6th International
ISCRAM Conference – Gothenburg, Sweden. Retrieved from http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/~paa/papers/iscram-09.pdf
