In this post, I am looking at some of the principles of MAPP. These contribute to the structure of the Learning Network / Networked understanding that you are
starting to engage with as you start back into study this term.
On this course we draw heavily from the theoretical concept of
Connectivism developed differently by Steven Downes and George Siemens. Have a
look at:
On UniHub there is a full table that puts together some principles of Downes’ Connectivism,
some principles of Dewey’s pragmatism (both foundational ideas for this course)
with the last column showing tools for study that the MAPP (and BAPP) course
uses. This is in order to show how the activity of the course resonates with
the principles that underpin it. In the
first column, we see the attributes Steven Downes suggests we need to have a
working network, in the next column you can see John Dewey’s attributes for
what makes an experience. The kind of experience that wakes you up to live like
art does. You can see how they map across from Downes. In the last column, you
can see the activity we do during MAPP this allows you to see the intension
behind the MAPP activity – the meaning behind doing the blogs or skype sessions
etc… you can see how they correspond to creating a working living network of
learning for yourself. Have a look on UniHub for the table.
It would be interesting to discuss some of the video content in our Skype Discussion Group on Sunday. Please comment on what you are thinking/feel of this post below*.
(*The sign-up for Sunday is on a 'notice post'-NOT this post)
Adesola
It would be interesting to discuss some of the video content in our Skype Discussion Group on Sunday. Please comment on what you are thinking/feel of this post below*.
(*The sign-up for Sunday is on a 'notice post'-NOT this post)
Adesola
Thank you Steven Downes this was really interesting. The flight of the flock with no leader appeals but still this comes with moral responsibility in the way of some control to protect. It is the known that increases the networking and ebbs and flow of information shared for a broader understanding becoming a trend. So if we feel passionate about an idea, an idea shared is an idea doubled, tripled, etc...so don't keep it to yourself! One voice can really change the world, but only if it has the channels to be heard. I intend to support what I believe in for the greater good.
ReplyDeleteI moved to Costa Rica in the year 2000 ready to dance, teach and learn. I am the daughter of Costa Ricans raised abroad and with an international dance formation. I was excited to bring my dance experience and enthusiasm to my parents’ lovely country. However, Costa Rica is a tiny country in the middle of the American continent. Back then it was easy to become isolated of the international dance discourse. Receiving magazines and books was costly and slow. With the arrival of connectivism to the world of Dance academics, to our delight, dance professionals around the world have been included in the conversation in real time. Connectivism, for those spread far from the cosmopolitan cities in the world, has proven to provide a true democratization of the information and a gigantic privilege granting access and inclusion.
ReplyDeleteI find interesting how theories of connectivism manifest through movement in the practice of improvisation. Improvisation relies of a trust in individuals, in self and others, with a shared understanding of the co-creation of the space, the dance, through the networks that underpin the practice and the patterns that emerge as we interact. As we offer and respond through improvised movement encounters we share, I feel, elements both of Downes and Siemens theories here. Look forward to talking more on this at the next skype discussion with everyone!
ReplyDeleteHelen how lovely to think of the connectivism found in our choreographic and artistic process. I find it fascinating how every dancer, teacher and choreographer we share with nurtures our own artistic and personal process. Each enriches our artistry, our technique and view of the world. In a world that becomes more and more technological- and for some it may result in a great emotional disconnect- dance is by far the great community activity that forces us into an enjoyable physical space sharing in real time all the subtleties and intricacies of human interaction.
DeleteHelen wow What a great way to describe connectivism to a dance community. Through improv work we learn so much about and from others in our field as we do here in the online network world.
DeleteHey, Thank you Adesola, I forwarded some of these videos to a friend of mine who choreographed a "dance"? based on connectivism. It ended up being really neat. The audience kept trying think that it meant something, but the piece was meant to be an exercise within the class framework.
ReplyDeleteI had some fun with this idea of mine regarding peoples ability to sense where other people are without using their normal senses. I blind folded and put ear plugs, and socks on a group of students of mine and played "follow the leader" and the students were really surprised to see that they can "sense" where each other were even to a point of being able to follow someone with out being able to use any of the "normal senses" (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell)
ReplyDeleteHeh Dave, I also had this experience of sensing one another in a darkened cold space...It was unplanned, a power cut due to a huge storm. Due to all the power being down our director feared that it was more dangerous to send us home. Rather than freezing indoors, we continued to rehearse in the dark and found a new sense of space and trust in one another. A truly warming experience :)
DeleteI can really relate to Siemens quote “Knowledge is a networked product”. I think I have been learning through networking and find my knowledge has came from networking too. It’s great to reflect or thinking about your ways of learning I’m really enjoying reflective thinking and reviewing knowledge. Great videos thanks
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