Sunday, February 5, 2012

Adult Learning Connections

    
We are in an ever changing world not only has the network in which I learn changed but the way I lean has to. New technology forces the 21st century learner to process and apply information in a very different way and at a very different pace for any other time in history (Davis ,Edmonds, Bateman,2008)I am still a visual/ tactile learner accept how I need to see and feel things have changed. 
     The computer in a portable format is the best tool to facilitate learning.   A well-equipped machine with the right software is key.  In my past few classes I have been able to learn about so may tools available to me.  I thought I would have to purchase fancy of expensive software to maintain or get ahead.  There are some many free tools available; to design instructions, create web pages, create an interactive classroom, and to promote ongoing communication the resources are out there and not necessarily at a cost. 
     As I am moving through this new network I am having to make adjustments to the way I ask questions when I do not understand or need clarifications. Just like anything else that involves human experience or interaction, the act of learning does not happen in a vacuum. I still resort to traditional ways such as asking a friend or someone with knowledge in person or over the phone (Davis ,Edmonds, Bateman,2008). I also had to embrace the new ways of asking through emails, posting questions on discussion boards, student lounge area of our course and of course goggle or sites of the same nature.   The RSS feed option in my blogs and others allows me to access others views, opinions and topics of interest or on the same subject matter as my own. 
     Connectivism is presented as a learning theory that integrates technology, social networks, and information (Siemens, 2012).  My new personal learning network supports this definition.   The use of base knowledge of theories, human growth and development, social networking sites, and blogs supports this learning network.  Learning and education is an ever changing; what is in today is out tomorrow.  Technology is so ever changing who knows what tomorrow will hold.  Today I would say education is complex, and complexity is like a weather system, lots of multiple impacting factors.  We suspect it will be like this tomorrow, but if this storm system comes up form over here of this factor changes over there, it will be completely different (Siemens, 2012). 
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