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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