Stephen Downes: In Practice… Experience
Stephen Downes: In Practice...Experience - my own experience as an online learner is compelling. I never take classes, and yet have learned most of what I know today - from CGI programming to instructional design to Roman history - in informal, non-structured learning. On reflection, I find myself going through four stages:
* Theory - I read the background (including even books) or theoretical basis for the discipline
* Example - I look at examples of what I am trying to study, deconstructing the work, finding out what part does what
* Practice - I write software, articles (like this one), or create web pages
* Community - I distribute part of what I create, soliciting feedback, engaging in dialogue, participating in the discipline community.
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