Comments on: Your Personal Learning Playlist http://www.thelearningguys.com/2007/04/15/your-personal-learning-playlist/ Guys that know a lot about learning and love to learn! Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:56:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Paul Dillon http://www.thelearningguys.com/2007/04/15/your-personal-learning-playlist/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Paul Dillon Tue, 08 May 2007 18:13:30 +0000 http://www.thelearningguys.com/2007/04/15/your-personal-learning-playlist/#comment-96 Christian I think schools and universities will find uses for these tools. For example, some universities (Duke for one) are using podcasts to deliver lectures. However, I think formal modalities (courses, textbooks) will continue to be the preferred way to deliver learning for some time to come. Personalized learning is very individual; everyone learns only what they want to learn. Degree granting bodies, on the other hand, need to make sure that everyone learns approximately the same thing. So formal structures seem to make sense for now. It will be interesting to watch, though, to see how universities and schools respond to this new generation of learners that bring with them their savvy use of social networking and web 2.0 tools. Sean Great observation. We do need to consider the issue of accessibility to learning. And we need to make sure that we do not alienate learners that are more comfortable with traditional forms of learning media. One thing for you to keep in mind, however, is that web 2.0 tools are actually making learning both more affordable and more accessible. A good example of this is the online encyclopedia. Wiki is way cheaper than Encyclopaedia Britannica, and more people have access to the information. Christian

I think schools and universities will find uses for these tools. For example, some universities (Duke for one) are using podcasts to deliver lectures.
However, I think formal modalities (courses, textbooks) will continue to be the preferred way to deliver learning for some time to come. Personalized learning is very individual; everyone learns only what they want to learn. Degree granting bodies, on the other hand, need to make sure that everyone learns approximately the same thing. So formal structures seem to make sense for now. It will be interesting to watch, though, to see how universities and schools respond to this new generation of learners that bring with them their savvy use of social networking and web 2.0 tools.

Sean

Great observation. We do need to consider the issue of accessibility to learning. And we need to make sure that we do not alienate learners that are more comfortable with traditional forms of learning media. One thing for you to keep in mind, however, is that web 2.0 tools are actually making learning both more affordable and more accessible. A good example of this is the online encyclopedia. Wiki is way cheaper than Encyclopaedia Britannica, and more people have access to the information.

]]> By: Sean Healy http://www.thelearningguys.com/2007/04/15/your-personal-learning-playlist/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Sean Healy Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:15:37 +0000 http://www.thelearningguys.com/2007/04/15/your-personal-learning-playlist/#comment-84 I think what's hot and what's not really depends on your learning audience. I still see many people learning from TV, especially in the 200+ channel universe, simply because a personal video play list on on their phone or computer isn't an option. While new technologies are developing, they often aren't cheap for the people who need them most. Don't completely discount old media; take the extra step and ensure that new media is backward compatible with it. Maybe AM/FM radio should be playing podcasts; or newspapers should be produced from respected blogs? I think what’s hot and what’s not really depends on your learning audience. I still see many people learning from TV, especially in the 200+ channel universe, simply because a personal video play list on on their phone or computer isn’t an option. While new technologies are developing, they often aren’t cheap for the people who need them most. Don’t completely discount old media; take the extra step and ensure that new media is backward compatible with it. Maybe AM/FM radio should be playing podcasts; or newspapers should be produced from respected blogs?

]]> By: Christian Mondorf http://www.thelearningguys.com/2007/04/15/your-personal-learning-playlist/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Christian Mondorf Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:34:50 +0000 http://www.thelearningguys.com/2007/04/15/your-personal-learning-playlist/#comment-80 All these trends seem to be developing outside of formal institutions of learning (like schools and universities. Do you think that will be a stable structural feature of the learning landscape or will the "dinosaurs" find their own uses for all these new tools? All these trends seem to be developing outside of formal institutions of learning (like schools and universities. Do you think that will be a stable structural feature of the learning landscape or will the “dinosaurs” find their own uses for all these new tools?

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