I completely agree that freedom of speech brings with it responsibility and I think it’s worth remembering that a few ill-chosen words can do a lot more damage than ’sticks and stones’.

It’s interesting that you raise the importance of ‘trust’ as this is currently being discussed in a community I am working with, where we are thinking about the key principles we need to consider when launching a community. Trust comes very high on the list.

Many thanks for the link. It’s very helpful.

I agree – a metacourse in which we observe ourselves doing it as a connectivism learning practice describes it really well. It’s a new type of course, which requires new learning behaviours and understanding new norms.

What I have been wondering is who helps the new learner to do this, since in Stephen’s words this course is not instructor led. I’m trying to clarify in my own mind what the role of the teacher is in this model of teaching and learning and what implications this has for learners.

Jenny

For me it is a course and a metacourse. This mean that at we practice the course we observe ourselves in doing it as a connectivism learning practice.

Like your ideas.

Jorge

I missed the second Elluminate session this week. Your post is an excellent aide memoir for a non participant.

I was interested to read that you posted your ideas to your blog shortly after the session. Donal Schon differentiated between reflection in action and reflection on action. Your post combines both reflections admirably.

I have posted a comment on Stephen’s post about Dave Cormier’s post and on Dave’s post too.

Keith

Thanks for your comment. I agree that we seem to be living this connectivism experiment – you have expressed this so well.

I don’t know how you have time to participate in all those groups and activities. I’m struggling to keep up with the limited number of connections I have – and like you, I haven’t fully understood the concepts yet.

Thanks again Maru for making contact.

Jenny

I am sorry I did not find you before, I have similar views.
This is entirely a personal value judgement.

On the live session I said that they should have posted a warning in the description of the “course”. I have read the description many times trying to find out what I missed, what I left out, what led me to believe that it was going to be a course to the extent that I payed for it. Nope. I printed the wiki pages and showed them to others asking them: Do you think this is a course? All of them, with no exception, believed it was a very interesting and structured course, as I did.

Nevertheless, I am meeting new people, I have expanded my network, I have found a way to connect. I still don’t have the concepts clear but that is irrelevant, I am navigating through the network and that is learning. I go to the SL meetings, I attend every live session, I tweet, I read papers, blogs and post in mine, I participate in some Moodle threads, I am in the FB group, I started the YH group, I look at Pageflakes and of course read the Daily which is the only rope I see. When I joined the course I wanted to learn about Connectivism, it seems that I am living it, that’s what this experiment is about. Maybe in eight weeks I will appreciate what I am learning and all this effort will acquire value.

I see that if you don’t’ tweet or participate as much as I do, it does not make a difference at this point. Your post expresses very well where “I” am standing regardless the connections I am apparently making. It doesn’t matter either how much I read, I do not get the point, knowledge is not growing in me yet. Maybe my context is not mature, maybe knowledge is being stored in my body or my network and it will bloom later. I hope.

Love: Maru