Comments on: Thoughts on new learning

By: Learning Pulse | Xyleme Insider | Xyleme Insider

Learning Pulse | Xyleme Insider | Xyleme Insider — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:36:13 +0000

[...] Thoughts on New Learning by George Siemens. George refers to Eric Kalvert’s blog post pointing out that “humans have an [...]

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:20:21 +0000

Building a learning community is both a means and an end. I started a blog – Collaborative Understandings – for many reasons. The main reason is to reflect on my experiences and to improve the way I communicate my thoughts and ideas – the process alone is a learning experience. Contributing to my blog also provides a platform for integrating technologies and a way for developing my personal learning network. If it’s input and interaction that I’m after, and I’m not getting it from my own blog, I’ll just visit someone else’s.

By: J-M. Guillemette

J-M. Guillemette — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:40:31 +0000

While I agree most people write blogs to share something with others, some (I know a few) write for other reasons, such as the pleasure of expressing themselves or as a more structured way to think. Would I write a blog if I didn’t participate in CCK09? Not sure, but probably not at this time – question of priorities and where I want to / can invest my time. I’m also the type who tends to prefer pondering for a while before sharing thoughts or opinions. Accordingly, the “perceived” obligation of having to write a blog doesn’t always suit me well. Not to say it isn’t useful or I won’t gain from it, but it’s not something I rush to do when ideas bubble up. That’s part of why I’m interested in CCK09 – gaining insights on how a more “public” approach to building knowledge works and how I react to it at a more personal, gut feeling level. I believe a large part of how people use blogs has to do with individual differences and preferred ways of knowing. That’s something in which I’ve been interested for quite some time and that’s coming to the forefront again with the explosion of social activity on the web.

By: 3dBloke (aka Thomas)

3dBloke (aka Thomas) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:40:54 +0000

Hi George. No, I only blog for others to read it. Knowing that others will (I hope) read it makes the blogging experience more creative. I aim to produce a blog that informs and looks interesting. If this was just for my own records, it would be quite different.

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:04:30 +0000

My belief is that blogs can be used for different purposes, and one such use is private reflection. I keep a private blog which I use to record ideas and clarify my thinking through writing and organising ideas. It provides a record of the evolution of my thinking, which I may or may not share in other fora.