Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

This paper (12 page PDF) is pretty loosely written but it within its evaluation of an open online course using a resourcwe storage system it offers a novel interpretation of connectivism to frame an evaluation of this system (and/or to evaluate the students using the system). "Connectivism can be understood in this way: the rapid change of knowledge foundation leads to decision change; the new information is gained continuously; the ability to distinguish important information and non-important information is crucial." The course was actually offered as blended learning, and was evaluated according to five criteria: participation, interaction, fitness, satisfaction and effect. The descriptions of each are unfortunately not very clear. Also worth noting is the conclusion that the blended learning environment did not support interaction very well. This accords with my own experience, specifically, that there is often better (and more) interaction online than in person.

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