Comments on: My Learning Style http://techticker.net/2009/07/08/my-learning-style/ educational technology, eLearning & emerging technology Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:04:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jennymackness http://techticker.net/2009/07/08/my-learning-style/comment-page-1/#comment-5606 jennymackness Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:10:27 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=2449#comment-5606 Hi Mike - I see it's almost 2 weeks since you posted this - but I have been thinking about it ever since - in particular your question - <i>when does a reference resource or artifact become a form of dialogue?</i><br><br>My answer would be the minute it is written - or more accurately the minute it is published. Just written might be dialogue with oneself - but published means that the author has an audience in mind.<br><br>Since you often do not respond then maybe it is simply an initiated dialogue as opposed to a sustained dialogue, or maybe there is a period of internal dialogue before moving to external dialogue.<br><br>So I would say that you are probably not as solitary a learner as you think.<br><br>Jenny Hi Mike – I see it's almost 2 weeks since you posted this – but I have been thinking about it ever since – in particular your question – when does a reference resource or artifact become a form of dialogue?

My answer would be the minute it is written – or more accurately the minute it is published. Just written might be dialogue with oneself – but published means that the author has an audience in mind.

Since you often do not respond then maybe it is simply an initiated dialogue as opposed to a sustained dialogue, or maybe there is a period of internal dialogue before moving to external dialogue.

So I would say that you are probably not as solitary a learner as you think.

Jenny

]]> By: darcymoore http://techticker.net/2009/07/08/my-learning-style/comment-page-1/#comment-5547 darcymoore Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:35:43 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=2449#comment-5547 A thoughtful post, Mike. This is the first time I have read your blog and like it greatly.<br><br>Like Lisa, I feel our learning styles are similiar and I particularly related to your point that, 'my thoughts will be read by others inspires me to dedicate even greater attention and energy to establishing and discovering what I truly think, feel and understand'.<br><br>The transparency, for me, of nailing my colours to the (blog) post, has made me feel very free and better understood at work and in professional networks. Colleagues may disagree but they know where you stand on a range of issues and educational philosophies. Knowing that people I meet have already read my POV/ideas and vice-versa adds much to our dialogue. <br><br>Dialogism, Mikhail Bakhtin's, conception that meaning is not created within a single, sovereign consciousness, but is always produced in-between has particular relevance when we consider how important and essential deep 'reflection' is in our personal and professional lives. Our dialogue is NOW so multi-faceted and ubiquitous, with such potential, that one almost trembles with anticipation.<br><br>It still exites me: <a href="http://darcymoore.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/why-the-web-is-like-rainforest/" rel="nofollow">http://darcymoore.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/why-...</a><br><br>I should mention that Mr Tweet recommended you and your twitter page bio led me here. A thoughtful post, Mike. This is the first time I have read your blog and like it greatly.

Like Lisa, I feel our learning styles are similiar and I particularly related to your point that, 'my thoughts will be read by others inspires me to dedicate even greater attention and energy to establishing and discovering what I truly think, feel and understand'.

The transparency, for me, of nailing my colours to the (blog) post, has made me feel very free and better understood at work and in professional networks. Colleagues may disagree but they know where you stand on a range of issues and educational philosophies. Knowing that people I meet have already read my POV/ideas and vice-versa adds much to our dialogue.

Dialogism, Mikhail Bakhtin's, conception that meaning is not created within a single, sovereign consciousness, but is always produced in-between has particular relevance when we consider how important and essential deep 'reflection' is in our personal and professional lives. Our dialogue is NOW so multi-faceted and ubiquitous, with such potential, that one almost trembles with anticipation.

It still exites me: http://darcymoore.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/why-...

I should mention that Mr Tweet recommended you and your twitter page bio led me here.

]]> By: Lisa M Lane http://techticker.net/2009/07/08/my-learning-style/comment-page-1/#comment-5533 Lisa M Lane Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:28:56 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=2449#comment-5533 I'm engaging with your creation here for a minute to tell you we have similar learning styles. You wrote, "In many ways constructing posts is externalising around knowledge for me, since the way I naturally write is fairly systematic and analytical" and that's me too. I recall during the CCK08 class trying to engage folks in discussion of the cognitive interal processes, and what I believe to be their dominance, but no one was really interested.<br><br>I am struggling with the multiple points of access for artifacts, which makes discussion dispersed across many sites rather than focused. Alan Levine was just complaining about this in his post <a href="http://cogdogblog.com/2009/07/05/comment-things/" target=_blank rel="nofollow">Where the Comments Are</a>. Even Facebook leads to snippet conversations instead of ongoing dialogue. Perhaps I prefer the latter because I too, take time to compose my thoughts, and it takes time and focus for them to change. How else can we get that without conversation that is actually somehow <i>sustained</i> dialogue? I'm engaging with your creation here for a minute to tell you we have similar learning styles. You wrote, “In many ways constructing posts is externalising around knowledge for me, since the way I naturally write is fairly systematic and analytical” and that's me too. I recall during the CCK08 class trying to engage folks in discussion of the cognitive interal processes, and what I believe to be their dominance, but no one was really interested.

I am struggling with the multiple points of access for artifacts, which makes discussion dispersed across many sites rather than focused. Alan Levine was just complaining about this in his post Where the Comments Are. Even Facebook leads to snippet conversations instead of ongoing dialogue. Perhaps I prefer the latter because I too, take time to compose my thoughts, and it takes time and focus for them to change. How else can we get that without conversation that is actually somehow sustained dialogue?

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