mighty oaks from little acorns grow: edulearn16, barcelona
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Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns Grow
Rebecca Ferriday, School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University
Overview
Process
“Experience has long been considered the best teacher of knowledge. Since we cannot
experience everything, other people’s experiences, and hence other people, become
the surrogate for knowledge. ‘I store my knowledge in my friends’ is an axiom for collecting knowledge through collecting
people.”
Stephenson, 1997
“Learning and knowledge rests in a diversity of opinions (and) is a process of connecting specialised nodes or information sources. Nurturing and maintaining connections is
needed to facilitate continual learning and the ability to see connections between fields,
ideas and concepts is a core skill.”
(Siemens, 2005)
ParagogyA theory of peer learning
HeutagogyA theory of self-determined
learning
93% of respondents enjoyed the experience of learning through the MOOC
More ‘freeform’ learning, less structure!
Conclusion
References
Siemens, G, (2005), Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age. Located at: http://www.itdl.org/journal/jan_05/article01.htm, date accessed: February 10th, 2015
Stephenson, K, (1997), (Internal Communication no.36) What Knowledge Tears Apart, Networks Make Whole. Located at: http://www.netform.com/html/icf.pdf, date accessed: February 10th 2015
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