Nedtwork Learning Environments
Brian Alger,
Inside Learning Web Log,
Dec 18, 2003
George Siemens also cites this item, which reacts to Jay Cross's Connections: The Impact Of Schooling. It's like he's reading Cross for the first time: "It's nice to see an article... finally start to create an awareness of the importance of networks both literally and as a design metaphor for learning." What does he mean, finally? Sure, understanding networks is important to understanding online learning. And I encourage the development of models, as this article does. Still. What can this mean? "The demise of e-Learning had all the signs of failure from the outset..." Or this? "Narrative is the nucleus of the phenomenon we call learning; narrative is our interface..." Read lightly, this article makes the right noises. Read closesly, this article crumbles. There's no there there.
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