Comments on: War between awareness and memory http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/07/29/war-between-awareness-and-memory/ learning, networks, knowledge, technology, community Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:56:23 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Jon K. http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/07/29/war-between-awareness-and-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-21960 Jon K. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:42:48 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4181#comment-21960 Twitter is useful for me to leverage instant results for ideas or feedback - or to see what's going on out there. It seems that Twitter, until it matures a bit more is a way to drive readers to content elsewhere. Maybe it won't develop into more than a redirection service. Twitter is useful for me to leverage instant results for ideas or feedback – or to see what’s going on out there. It seems that Twitter, until it matures a bit more is a way to drive readers to content elsewhere. Maybe it won’t develop into more than a redirection service.

]]> By: Ken Allan http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/07/29/war-between-awareness-and-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-21671 Ken Allan Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:08:54 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4181#comment-21671 Kia ora e George. Tony Karrer approached this from another angle earlier this year when he posted about <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/01/work-skills-keeping-up.html" rel="nofollow">the same or similar problem</a> while seeking ways to ease the pain of less memory using technology. Thinning the brain's access to the past as opposed to frustrations while doing an info-search is more to do with how we permit the brain to be used. I concur with what you say here about "faster, easier, access to current awareness". Reflection is needed, not only to access the past but also to consolidate its memory (for the future). If time for reflection is in short supply then both these necessities get short changed. The result is less memory. It appears the solution is simple. Catchya later Kia ora e George.

Tony Karrer approached this from another angle earlier this year when he posted about the same or similar problem while seeking ways to ease the pain of less memory using technology.

Thinning the brain’s access to the past as opposed to frustrations while doing an info-search is more to do with how we permit the brain to be used.

I concur with what you say here about “faster, easier, access to current awareness”. Reflection is needed, not only to access the past but also to consolidate its memory (for the future). If time for reflection is in short supply then both these necessities get short changed. The result is less memory.

It appears the solution is simple.

Catchya later

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