Knox (2016) encourages me to rethink Siemens (2005) on Connectivism
Wednesday, 17 Feb 2016, 19:47
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Edited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 17 Feb 2016, 19:55
I have started reading Knox (2016) on MOOCs and there will be a lot to say on it, I think. Not least for me, because he is making me rethink why I still want to hang on to a belief in the absolute value of autonomous thought, almost as a bulwark against prevailing rightist hegemonic values, institutions and practices
However, after thinking a bit negatively about Siemens (2005) in a blog, I found a passing comment in Knox (2016:45) really illuminating.
Although Siemens' paper does not, he argues, move considerably beyond the 'humanist assumptions' that limit cognitivist and social cognitivist theories, he says that Siemens' (2005:4) view that knowledge 'may reside in non-human appliances' is potentially ground-breaking, although, 'this hasn't been developed subsequently' (Knox 2016:45).
In the light of those comments and thinking back To Bayne's (2015) reflections on the use of automated responses (Teacherbot or 'Botty') on the Edinburgh course) I'm having to think again. Value change in a fortnight!
Knox, J. (2016) Posthumanism and the Massive Open Online Course: Contaminating the Subject of Global Education New York, Routledge.
Knox (2016) encourages me to rethink Siemens (2005) on Connectivism
I have started reading Knox (2016) on MOOCs and there will be a lot to say on it, I think. Not least for me, because he is making me rethink why I still want to hang on to a belief in the absolute value of autonomous thought, almost as a bulwark against prevailing rightist hegemonic values, institutions and practices
However, after thinking a bit negatively about Siemens (2005) in a blog, I found a passing comment in Knox (2016:45) really illuminating.
Although Siemens' paper does not, he argues, move considerably beyond the 'humanist assumptions' that limit cognitivist and social cognitivist theories, he says that Siemens' (2005:4) view that knowledge 'may reside in non-human appliances' is potentially ground-breaking, although, 'this hasn't been developed subsequently' (Knox 2016:45).
In the light of those comments and thinking back To Bayne's (2015) reflections on the use of automated responses (Teacherbot or 'Botty') on the Edinburgh course) I'm having to think again. Value change in a fortnight!
Knox, J. (2016) Posthumanism and the Massive Open Online Course: Contaminating the Subject of Global Education New York, Routledge.