Tham, J., Duin, A. H., Veeramoothoo, S. (Chakrika), & Fuglsby, B. J. (2021). Connectivism for writing pedagogy: Strategic networked approaches to promote international collaborations and intercultural learning. Computers and Composition, 60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2021.102643 Broad Topic: This article is seeking to determine if a measure can be created as it relates to the connectivism learning theory andContinue reading “Implementing Connectivism by Semantic Technologies for Self-Directed Learning”
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Learning Theory and Pedagogical Practice for Networked Information Landscapes
Dunaway, M. K. (2011). Connectivism: Learning theory and pedagogical practice for networked information landscapes. In Reference Services Review, 39(4), 675–685. https://doi.org/10.1108/00907321111186686 Broad Topic: I am studying Connectivism as a learning theory in online learning. This article, written in 2011, was one of the first papers I read when learning about Connectivism in a previous course.Continue reading “Learning Theory and Pedagogical Practice for Networked Information Landscapes”
Selected Readings and Research Notes
This collection highlights selected readings that influenced my academic work and professional thinking. Each entry includes a citation, a brief summary of the source, and my interpretation of its relevance to learning, technology, design, and human behavior. Dunn, W. N. (2018). Theories of the policy process. In Handbook on Policy, Process and Governing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784714871.00013 ForContinue reading “Selected Readings and Research Notes”
When Good Intentions Create Bad Outcomes
Why do policies and systems created by intelligent, well-intentioned people sometimes produce consequences that are worse than the problems they were designed to solve? That question immediately caught my attention because it points to one of the most difficult realities of complex problem-solving: good intentions do not guarantee good results. A solution may appear logicalContinue reading “When Good Intentions Create Bad Outcomes”
The Problem of Socrates
While we were given multiple resources to draw from, Nietzsches’ “The Problem of Socrates“, which is a piece from his book titled Twilight of the Idols, is what I would like to focus on for this discussion. I find it surprising that I have not read any of his work prior to this. I have heard ofContinue reading “The Problem of Socrates”
How Could Extended Reality Improve Learning in Higher Education?
What happens when students can step inside a learning experience instead of only reading about it? Extended reality, which includes virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and related immersive technologies, offers a way to make abstract or complex concepts more visible, interactive, and memorable. In higher education, this could be especially valuable in courses whereContinue reading “How Could Extended Reality Improve Learning in Higher Education?”
What Do We Still Not Understand About Learning?
While reading The Book of Problems, one short passage by Federico Mayor stood out to me because of how directly it addresses the relationship between learning, technology, reflection, and personal knowledge. The methodology regarding learning to know and to do is widely developed. Teachers all around the world have a treasure of experience and bestContinue reading “What Do We Still Not Understand About Learning?”
The 9 Commandments
On Empowerment In our technologically advanced society, where “give me now” is the predominant mindset, children do not understand the value of patience, dedication and the antiquity involved in getting where we are as a nation. History is often a glazed eye subject for them while not understanding the importance in lessons learned. To youth, anything theyContinue reading “The 9 Commandments”
Paradigms
In The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn introduced the idea of a paradigm as a dominant framework that shapes how a field understands problems, evaluates evidence, and determines what counts as legitimate knowledge. Newtonian mechanics is one of the clearest examples. It guided scientific thought for centuries before Einstein’s theory of relativity revealed itsContinue reading “Paradigms”
Paradigm Shift
To start, let this be the first blog post, in a series of posts, in which our human curiosity meets the future of technology. In doing so, we can reflect on our co-dependent relationships with our technologies and how, through simple allegories, we can better understand the nature of the beast we created. This beastContinue reading “Paradigm Shift”