THREE years with Barrie

    I am going to start this post by saying it is going to be a short one.  The ideas are percolating, I just have not yet formed the final thought, I just thought I would briefly share the direction I am going looking for input.
  
    After reading this weeks papers and watching the presentation by George and thinking of Connectivism as overall encompassing theme for Education (I have had to rework my Mind Map by the way, original concept did not work, here it is...)

    But how does one design a course using the principles of Connectivism as the support for the entire Instructional Design of the course?  Connectivism requires us to be flexible adapt to new situations, incorporate learning as it becomes available, take into account both Complexity and Chaos, in a social learning environment.  Sounds like a very tall order indeed, however insights and ideas can be gained from the strangest places:



    Whose Line Is It Anyway may not be the solution or even entirely the right direction.  But to witness to incorporation of new information, in a complex mental setting, and then apply the knowledge must mean what we are trying to accomplish can be done.  However we must realize that these are trained professionals with years of experience, what can be done with Grade 7's that have a hard time figuring out not to block the doorway that the bikes come out of (after we are in our 5th day of the biking unit...)

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