Thanks Leigh: It looks relevant, definitely. I didn't realize the connection with Christopher Alexander goes so deep (it's been a while since I looked at his book). I'll have to add something about that in the section of the Peeragogy Handbook on patterns (which I'm revising currently).
Thank you! Joe PS. I added a "See also" link to that article on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_learning, which is basically the "literature review" for Peeragogy. On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Leigh Blackall <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikiversity-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l > _______________________________________________ Wikiversity-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l
