{"id":66,"date":"2013-04-17T11:22:06","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T10:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2013-04-17T11:24:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T10:24:46","slug":"connectivism-in-the-context-of-acquistion-of-basic-digital-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/2013\/04\/17\/connectivism-in-the-context-of-acquistion-of-basic-digital-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Connectivism in the context of acquisition of basic digital skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learning basic digital skills through use of a network is somewhat of a contradiction. \u00a0Hence, I have commented on Siemens&#8217;s key principles in the context of this most fundamental learning in a networked world. \u00a0In the developing world, the most basic of digital skills (keyboard, mouse, logging on etc.) have to be learned before more valuable skills (searching, publishing) can be developed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learning and knowledge rests in diversity of opinions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\">A non-networked person will have been exposed to only a narrow range of opinions. Hence the acquisition of digital skills is an essential precursor to accessing a diversity of opinions. It is no surprise that repressive regimes limit access to diversity of information.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learning is a process of connecting specialised nodes or information sources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, a more fundamental learning is that of understanding that such sources exist and how to find them<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learning may reside in non-human appliances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the new digital entrant, most new learning will only come from non-human sources. They are more likely to access archived news feeds and static sites than human learning vectors such as blogs or tweets<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Capacity to know more is more critical than what is currently known.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is critical in that what is currently known (from schooling or narrow, local experience) is likely to be out of date with future needs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The is later than the first critical need which is to find relevant connections in the first place<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to see connections between fields, ideas and concepts is a core skill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is perhaps the most fundamental connectivist skill and will be new to those educated in a closed, didactic system. Developing own perceptions is a key new skill acquired through increased exposure to a variety of opinions and experiences.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the intent of all connectivist learning activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Currency only needs to be in respect of the relevant environment. If the environment is traditional then new, up-to-date knowledge may be interesting but irrelevant (though could be transformational for those with the power to transform).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decision making is itself a learning process. Choosing what to learn and the meaning of incoming information is seen through the lens of a shifting reality. While there is a right answer now, it may be wrong tomorrow due to alterations in the information climate affecting the decision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>True but may be lagged in a development environment.<\/p>\n<p>Connectivism is a two edged sword in a development environment. Absence of a network will deny access to the rapidly accelerating changes in the developed world. Development of a network allows leapfrogging over the limitations of locally available knowledge. The Arab Spring was an example of the disruptive capability of a step change in access to information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning basic digital skills through use of a network is somewhat of a contradiction. \u00a0Hence, I have commented on Siemens&#8217;s key principles in the context of this most fundamental learning in a networked world. \u00a0In the developing world, the most basic of digital skills (keyboard, mouse, logging on etc.) have to be learned before more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-h817open-2","tag-h817open"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69,"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}