“To 'know' something is to be organized in a certain way, to exhibit patterns of connectivity. To 'learn' is to acquire certain patterns" (Downes, 2005)
For some reasons, when I read this the first time, this quote made so much sense and as I think about it some more, I’m not really sure what it means now. Funny on how the brain works. “To learn is to acquire certain patterns”, that actually makes sense and that is what I do day in and day out in my job. Especially in my field, there are always problems that I have never seen and I like that because it requires me to obtain new knowledge, in other words, learning. What I do is to acquire patterns from my past experiences and some knowledge that I have received from school to put the puzzle back together, in other words, to know, organizing information in a certain way. That quote to me was brilliant. Sums up what knowing and learning is in two simple sentences.
“Learning occurs in communities, where the practice of learning is the participation in the community. A learning activity is, in essence, a conversation undertaken between the learner and other members of the community. This conversation, in the web 2.0 era, consists not only of words but of images, video, multimedia and more. This conversation forms a rich tapestry of resources, dynamic and interconnected, created not only by experts but by all members of the community, including learners.” (Network Pedagogy)
I agree with the quote, “Learning is the participation in the community.” In today’s society, there are too many information out there, and the best way to learn or obtain all these knowledge is to join a community where you are both a learner and a contributor. In addition, the word community can also be defined as virtual community such as blogs, forums, and etc. Those are the places where people go and learn/contribute. The medium that people use to share information varies dramatically too. Users can use image, video, audio, or any combinations to please the senses and the learners. In some ways, it makes learning more interactive, engaging and fun.
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The medium is the message according to McClure...how we react to and engage with the new technology will affect our learning community--even with this small itec830 community.
"The best way to learn or obtain all these knowledge is to join a community where you are both a learner and a contributor." I agree. And also the best way to learn something is to start trying to do it. I bet you have a few lumps from your Nunchaku practice, but that is how we learn.
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