tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post1667516752384894914..comments2024-03-28T09:14:23.359-04:00Comments on Half an Hour: What Networks Have In CommonStephen Downeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-42986616253622457042011-03-09T19:54:33.016-05:002011-03-09T19:54:33.016-05:001-"Again, as with the four learning mechanism...1-"Again, as with the four learning mechanisms, it is an empirical question as to *whether* these processes create reliable network-forming networks (I believe they do, based on my own observations, but a more rigorous proof is desirable), and I am by this theory committed to a description of the *mechanisms* by which these principles engender the reliabiliuty of networks. "<br /><br />2- this book http://amzn.to/h9IqYl<br /><br />3- Como manter a confiabilidade das redes? apesar da nossa história ?Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03537361492801980153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-30564985847147535092011-03-09T16:56:49.305-05:002011-03-09T16:56:49.305-05:00"By 'networked knowledge' I mean the ..."By 'networked knowledge' I mean the properties and processes that underlie both personal knowledge and public knowledge."<br />thanks!Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03537361492801980153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-57275620121973908882011-03-08T18:48:30.576-05:002011-03-08T18:48:30.576-05:00Hi Stephen,
Thanks for helping me to learn. So nat...Hi Stephen,<br />Thanks for helping me to learn. So nature of entities being connected and nature of connections generally is what differentiates between weak and strong connectivism.<br />JohnSui Fai John Makhttp://suifaijohnmak.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-24350067451764411862011-03-08T06:54:10.309-05:002011-03-08T06:54:10.309-05:00> What are strong and weak connectivism?
Let ...> What are strong and weak connectivism? <br /><br />Let me give you an example.<br /><br />Salt is created by the forming of a link between an atom of sodium and an atom of chlorine. While bonds of this sort are common, they require that the two elements be of a specific type. If the elements are different, the resulting compound will not be salt, but something quite different.<br /><br />This is weak connectivism. The nature of the connection, and indeed, whether the connection will form at all, depends on the nature of the entities. <br /><br />Here's another example. Birds (say, sparrows) will only mate with other birds. They will not mate with lizards. So no mating-connection will form between a bird and a lizard. So, an account of a network based on the mating habits of birds is a form of weak connectivism. The structure and shape of the network depends on the nature of its constituent parts.<br /><br />By contrast, if you talk about network formation without reference to the nature of the things connecting, that's strong connectivism. If you simply think, for example, of the way any two atoms interact, or the way any two animals interact, then you're talking about the nature of connections abstractly. That's strong connectivism.<br /><br />No account of connectivism is purely strong connectivism or purely weak connectivism. All descriptions are a combination of both. Some descriptions rely more on the nature of the entities being connected, and so we call those examples of weak connectivism. Others emphasize more the nature of connections generally, and we can call that strong connectivism.Stephen Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-9743681205737628732011-03-07T21:38:16.123-05:002011-03-07T21:38:16.123-05:00Hi Stephen,
Thanks for your detail elaboration on ...Hi Stephen,<br />Thanks for your detail elaboration on connective knowledge. Relating to "One proposition of connectivism (call it 'strong connectivism') is that what we call 'knowledge' is what connections are created solely as a result of the common connection-forming mechanisms, and not as a result of the particular physical constitution of the system involved. Weak connectivism, by contrast, will allow that the physical properties of the entities create connections, and hence knowledge, unique to those entities. Most people (including me) would, I suspect, support both strong and weak connectivism." What are strong and weak connectivism? Does strong connectivism relates more with emergent learning, whilst weak connectivism relates more with knowledge based on connection with artifacts or resources and learning forming connections inside one's brain (cognition forming)? I would likely compose a post to respond to yours here. <br />JohnSui Fai John Makhttp://suifaijohnmak.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com