I guess, is whether the ISED thread on NAIS, and Fred's Wiki efforts,
warrant combining in an online conference (e.g. group of ISED-L folks
committing to participation) for the purpose of "Social Construction".
BTW: I recently did a presentation on Student Centered Distance Learning
(a.k.a Web Based Collaborative Learning) and came up with this taxonomy
of learning theories (for fun):
* Exstruction (Behaviorism): The structure is all outside the
black-box student
* Instruction (Cognitivism): The structure is created outside the
student and then piece of it are attached where they fit.
* Construction (Constructivism): The student creates his own
structure - it might be similar to the instructor's.
* Social Construction (Social Constructionism): The group creates
the structure, and the student participates and internalizes it.
* Superstruction (Connectivism) The group creates the structure, and
the student creates/internalizes a part, knows where to go for the
rest.
* Deconstruction (Postmodernism) The student realizes that the
group's creation is too divergent from reality and takes it apart.
* Obstruction (Techno-centrism) The student learns to use great
tools, but doesn't get very deeply into the material.
* Destruction (Dylan Thomas) The teacher gets fed up with learning
theories and decides to tie one on at a pub.
-Bram
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