Good stuff in this article from 2006 on the idea of learning as integration into a community (part of the concept I'm describing in my talk tomorrow). The authors write, "Ours is a knowledge-creating civilization. A growing number of 'knowledge societies', are joined in a deliberate effort to advance all the frontiers of knowledge. Sustained knowledge advancement is seen as essential for social progress of all kinds and for the solution of societal problems... Knowledge building, as elaborated in this chapter, represents an attempt to refashion education in a fundamental way, so that it becomes a coherent effort to initiate students into a knowledge creating culture... In this context, the Internet becomes more than a desktop library and a rapid mail-delivery system. It becomes the first realistic means for students to connect with civilization-wide knowledge building and to make their classroom work a part of it." Exactly! (If the server dies (which it did as soon as I posed the link), here's a summary. See also Stian Haklev on this paper. Finally, I have posted a temporary backup.)
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