Weblog:		How to use your cognitive surplus in the community
Subject:		Clay Shirky link from Maggie Fox
Date:		2008-05-15 14:21:50
From:		Marilyn PrattBusiness Card
Response to: Clay Shirky link from Maggie Fox
An additional comment to your observation about the interest in e-learning. I would like to propose making the distinction between e-learning and rich media. Rich media is often a consumption medium while e-learning is a participation activity. I think the boundaries will blur in the future between these mediums as we move to modes like Kyte TV, Flickr, YouTube, Seesmic, interactive videos where comments, interaction, interative conversations abound. That's the difference between a picture slideshow site and Flickr. Flickr means community, dialogue, tagging, favorites. I hate when people say e-learning but really refer to static rich media that provides no real options for engagement. I think Jim Spath alluded to the key differentiating INCLUDE factor: ownership; taking action. Watching talking heads is usually not really learning. Asking questions, answering questions, experiencing and engaging is closer to the mark. Do people like watching rich media? You bet 'ya. Is that learning? Often times it's not very reinforcing. I think elearning needs to include some kind of assessment and that is the classical distinction as to whether learning has taken place. In the absence of that, it might be just edutainment of the spectator sort. The real question is to how to up it a notch to a team sport.

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• Improving e-learning on SDN
  2008-05-15 23:20:03 Richard Hirsch Business Card [Reply]
  
  I agree. In its current form, e-learning on SDN is much like watching TV with the implication that Shirky's comments about cognitive surplus definitely apply. The question might be how to combine this technology with a more collaborative flavor.
  Maybe, the ability to chat with experts on the subject would be a possibility. For example, I'm watching a demonstration on portal technology and I have a question. On the right side of the screen is a list of portal experts currently on-line. I click on a name and a chat starts with this individual. Of course, this would imply that SDN needs to have a more real-time collaboration functionality. Just had an idea, what about somehow using existing twitter technology for something like this. You need a widget in SDN that somehow allows these questions to be posted on twitter. Just an idea.

  
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  • Improving e-learning on SDN
    2008-05-16 08:30:28 Marilyn Pratt  Business Card [Reply]
    
    Well take those ideas and evolve them further. Sounds like you should be creating a dedicated entry for this. If I recall Craig and Gali created some wiki pages for this kind of idea/project germinating. Take a look here on the Community Contributor Wiki space -

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