Comments on: David White: Big understanding – The value of typologies of engagement

By: Chris Pegler

Chris Pegler — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:55:28 +0000

Many thanks Doug. I don’t know how you manage to capture all that. We’ve opted for having a public version of this podcast available – its not usually the case for eLearning Community events. But no questions and answers in this version (you had to be there!). Or you can get a feel for the conversation from Doug above.

For the recording go to http://podcast.open.ac.uk/pod/1069

Chris

By: AJ Cann

AJ Cann — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:18:54 +0000

Thanks for the writeup Doug.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:52:56 +0000

Coo-er, what a load of fascinating stuff! Thanks for the writeup.

Just went & had a look at David’s blog too – also v interesting.

I think about some of this a lot – what I put online & what I don’t, who my audience is, etc etc.

Yes, digital natives is the wrong metaphor – none of this was around when I was born, so by that division I should count as an immigrant, but that’s not at all how I experience it. “Resident” doesn’t feel quite right either though. ::ponders::

What feels more true to me is like: everyone has their valency bonds of social/practical connection with the rest of the world, and for some people a substantial proportion of those links/channels/connections go through the net, and for others not so much, or none, or almost none (i.e. a sliding variable not binary).

For me the proportion is quite high, and I imagine an onlooker wedded to the resident/visitor metaphor would classify me as “resident”. But I’m iffy about it. Not convinced