Constructed knowledge seems to align well to Sfards Participation metaphor. By sharing perceptions, views, ideas and values with a learning group, who equally share in a landscape of security built by the support of a facilitator using the Interpersonal Action-Learning Cycle – IALC, it forms a community who learn by listening. A diverse range of ideas and thoughts can be brought together to form a collage of information. Individuals can then view and reflect upon this collage and select the parts of which resonate to their own views and thoughts. It may be that this strengthens their original views or it may highlight misconceptions in their original stance.
Have I constructed my knowledge from your own perceptions?
In terms of learning I would say that I have learnt more from listening to others views and then reflecting upon these views through my own experiences to form my own perception. In recent years, acquisition of knowledge has been the least relevant to me, whereas there would have been a time where it was predominately the way I learnt things, or should I say how I perceived I learnt things.
Have I acquired knowledge from what’s been said in the group thread?
For this module H800 and H817 I have learnt so much from the contributions placed on the threads. Reading other examples and views, if not 100% matching my own experience really helps to contextualise theory. The background reading of the key theories may be an example of Acquisition Metaphor (Sfard), but the real learning for me takes place when sharing our analysis and views of such theories in a collaborative way. I have never met (physically) anyone from OU but I feel more part of the OU community than any previous learning organisation and enjoy the interaction.
Constructed Knowledge through Collaboration
Constructed knowledge seems to align well to Sfards Participation metaphor. By sharing perceptions, views, ideas and values with a learning group, who equally share in a landscape of security built by the support of a facilitator using the Interpersonal Action-Learning Cycle – IALC, it forms a community who learn by listening. A diverse range of ideas and thoughts can be brought together to form a collage of information. Individuals can then view and reflect upon this collage and select the parts of which resonate to their own views and thoughts. It may be that this strengthens their original views or it may highlight misconceptions in their original stance.
In terms of learning I would say that I have learnt more from listening to others views and then reflecting upon these views through my own experiences to form my own perception. In recent years, acquisition of knowledge has been the least relevant to me, whereas there would have been a time where it was predominately the way I learnt things, or should I say how I perceived I learnt things.
For this module H800 and H817 I have learnt so much from the contributions placed on the threads. Reading other examples and views, if not 100% matching my own experience really helps to contextualise theory. The background reading of the key theories may be an example of Acquisition Metaphor (Sfard), but the real learning for me takes place when sharing our analysis and views of such theories in a collaborative way. I have never met (physically) anyone from OU but I feel more part of the OU community than any previous learning organisation and enjoy the interaction.