I've already started what will be several days of interesting discussions with George Siemens and others in the ed tech community in Edmonton. In this post Siemens reflects on directionality in connectivist courses (Terry Anderson today also asked, "what is instructional design in connectivist courses?") and specifically the need for "more than self-directed learning." I have long commented that working in a network does not mean working on your own, even if at the same time it does not mean working under the direction of an instructor or working collaboratively. Siemens writes, "learners need to be network-directed, not self-directed learners... network-directed learning is not a 'crowd sourcing' concept. Crowd sourcing involves people creating things together. Networks involve connected specialization – namely we are intelligent on our own and we amplify that intelligence when we connect to others."
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