Month: January 2022

Wow

Reading Siemens’ Journal on Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age was really interesting and thought provoking. “The amount of knowledge in the world has doubled in the past 10 years and is doubling every 18 months according to the American Society of Training and Documentation (ASTD). ” How cool is it that we can double knowledge in exponentially reduced time now. We’re learning, innovating and discovering so much nowadays to the point where we’re adding to book of knowledge exponentially. Luckily we have the internet to store all knowledge to be accessed by the others. Technology has definitely changed the way we used to learn and discover. Looking up information takes a simple google search nowadays. Comparatively, we had to search through numerous books in search for specific information and knowledge.

Wonder

This makes me wonder how long it will take to double our knowledge again in a couple of years. Is technology powerful enough to discover knowledge we never could discover without that specific technology? Will the world knowledge ever double in less than 18 months as previously stated? Will advancing technologies double knowledge at a faster rate in the next few years? This is an interesting topic I would definitely look into in the future.

Self-reflection

This reading took me on an emotional rollercoaster. It felt like I was taken into the future to question existence and knowledge. This was a great read as it made me think deeper about life and envision a possible future where we could attain knowledge instantly through the use of technology. An amazing world to look forward to.

Wow

After reading the articles about the Personal Learning Network (PLN), a flood of ideas and thoughts shot through my mind. I learnt that PLNs are not new, but technology has, however, changed how we connect to others and have expanded their reach significantly.

Social media and technology have, specifically, removed the physical barriers that once existed to communicate with each other. Time zones and distance no longer present the significant hurdle they once did either. 

Today we are able to connect like we could never imagine before. We have all types of networks and modes to connect with people, such as:

• Family – Facebook 
• Friends – Instagram 
• Relationship – Tinder
• Work related – LinkedIn 

You could potentially build a connection with someone famous by just simply sending them a message on social media. It’s become this easy to build connections. 

Wonder

There multiple ideas that got me curious while thinking about PLN, one of the few were:

In the past, there was almost no way you could connect with the President of the United States with no particular reason. However, now we are able to contact the President of the United States without barriers, by sending them a message on social media and praying they reply. This made me realise, if we have the ability to connect to the President of the United States, we can possibly contact any other educators or family members one way or another. This opens up the possibility to connect with an unlimited range of people.  

This also makes me wonder whether there is a future where we can take it a step further to receive a message back from the President of the United States. From from not being able to say anything to the President of United States, to being able to send a message to the President of United States, but can the next step be receiving a message from the President of the United States for sure? 

Self-reflection

Not only is the PLN fascinating, but it holds limitless possibilities and ideas to build upon. We have many more technologies to develop which would create many more fascinating ideas and builds which I look forward to!