Finally getting back on track - here are some notes etc... from Week 25.
Week 26 is time for the last TMA.
The main idea from week 25, is the interplay between the virtual and 'real' worlds and the effect this has on education.
Here goes my answers....
1.) The communities described a set in the abstract and not the 'real' world, so although they are a useful thinking tool, relating them to actual use can be tricky or impossible due to the barriers present.
2.) Open Source is very much social production and is one of the great things about the web they way in which networks for almost anything have sprung up on almost any subject since now location is not an issue. Having just bought a new car, I am now usign a forum dedicated to the specific type of car I have bought to gather additional information, discus, share ideas etc... before this would never have been possible apart from a few yearly 'meets'
3.) Mycorrhizar to me equal networked lives, and today's society is very networked, and it is through the networks that new ideas / uprising's sharing etc... can happen so quickly and spead like.... 'wildfire' These metaphors like befoer act as a useful thinking excersie to allow you to think about how things are set-up arranged and used. The issue is the translation to the 'real' world.....
Week 26 is time for the last TMA.
The main idea from week 25, is the interplay between the virtual and 'real' worlds and the effect this has on education.
Here goes my answers....
1.) The communities described a set in the abstract and not the 'real' world, so although they are a useful thinking tool, relating them to actual use can be tricky or impossible due to the barriers present.
2.) Open Source is very much social production and is one of the great things about the web they way in which networks for almost anything have sprung up on almost any subject since now location is not an issue. Having just bought a new car, I am now usign a forum dedicated to the specific type of car I have bought to gather additional information, discus, share ideas etc... before this would never have been possible apart from a few yearly 'meets'
3.) Mycorrhizar to me equal networked lives, and today's society is very networked, and it is through the networks that new ideas / uprising's sharing etc... can happen so quickly and spead like.... 'wildfire' These metaphors like befoer act as a useful thinking excersie to allow you to think about how things are set-up arranged and used. The issue is the translation to the 'real' world.....
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