A critique of Downes’ Connectivism and defense of the PLE paradigm

Examining Stephen Downes’ 2006 essay “Learning Networks and Connective Knowledge” – part 1

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Frontline PBS program “Digital Nation”

Link to Frontline PBS program “Digital Nation”, and a neurological study of belief – both using FMRI brain scanning.

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Kramer demonstrates inefficiency in the PLE paradigm

Seinfeld’s Kramer demonstrates inefficiency in the PLE paradigm

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On why a PLE is not a PLE, but an IIFE

A repudiation of the PLE as, in reality, an IIFE – Impersonal Information Friending Environment

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Preliminary ISD model development

On a preliminary ISD model development effort informed by ADDIE, McLuhan, and Wilden

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Distance Learning #7 – Re-reading Marshall McLuhan, pt. 2

On re-reading Marshall McLuhan’s “Understanding Media” to understand more about Distance Learning: Hot and Cool media, Face-to-face learning and Distance Learning compared to pornography (again).

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Distance Learning #6 – Re-reading Marshall McLuhan, pt. 1

On re-reading Marshall McLuhan’s “Understanding Media” to understand more about Distance Learning, and learning though games.

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GPA metric as a target for gaming

About using games in education, and conflicting messages about the benefits and risks of involving children in gaming, and a 4-year GPA game experiment.

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Distance Learning #5 – On Analog and Digital communication theory

On analog and digital communication theory, as proposed in Anthony Wilden’s article, “Analog and Digital Communication-On Negation, Signification and Meaning” – a prelude to forming a diagnostic tool for evaluating Distance Learning.

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Distance Learning #4 – On Distance Learning and Pornography, pt. 2

An exercise in comparing and contrasting Distance Learning and Pornography, Part 2

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