Joe, regarding peeragogy, you interested in checking the Wikipedia article Networked learning? On 25/12/2013 5:47 AM, "Joe Corneli" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Abd ulRahman Lomax <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Back to the immediate topic, suppose there is a group of students who > want > > to learn math. Perhaps they can find a teacher, but suppose now that > there > > is no teacher. Suppose that everyone one of us is such a student, that > there > > are no experts. This, in fact, is the position of real scientists. The > > "student/teacher" model is for children, and it doesn't necessarily work > > well even there, and definitely not for deep education, where it's > necessary > > for the student to discover and build understanding out of their own > > experience. Otherwise "education" becomes simply filling a data storage > unit > > with data, without understanding how to *create* the data (and > understanding > > its limitations). Skilled teachers will lead their students through this > > process, not just expect them to be baby birds, mouths open to be filled > > with the wisdom of the teacher. > > This is something that we talk a lot about on Yet One Other Website > (peeragogy.org). > > I am sincerely interested to think about how wikiversity does or does > not fit together with other efforts. It certainly can't be insular... > > _______________________________________________ > Wikiversity-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l >
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