tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2194534881328954061.post3386624949706483087..comments2024-01-24T20:19:07.001-08:00Comments on touches of sense...: Skimming stones...sensor63http://www.blogger.com/profile/11879294013686784713noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2194534881328954061.post-67608335901612709352015-05-09T07:40:41.750-07:002015-05-09T07:40:41.750-07:00I'm quite bad with names and I quite envy peop...I'm quite bad with names and I quite envy people who can reel off influential educators & thinkers in their field... eg I didn't realise that I had seen Dave Cormier's prescence and ideas through P2PU university and amongst the rhizo bunch I'm realising some names are familiar to me already too. I think this may be through Hybrid Pedagogy journal. Reputation is useful but not always reliable in drawing a crowd when you have recognition lag like me. ;)Angela Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09021328281782683085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2194534881328954061.post-39166310915716843792015-05-09T07:30:35.061-07:002015-05-09T07:30:35.061-07:00I can relate to your stories here Simom, I remembe...I can relate to your stories here Simom, I remember my Dad teaching me to drive a manual car, actually before I sat my theory test. He drove my brother and I onto a large empty field, got out of the car and said "Right, drive around for half an hour. Don't hit me and don't kill your brother." Egged on my my brother, when out of site I would speed and in the wet dirt try to do skids. That space to learn without instruction, with the atmosphere of trust stays with me and I reference it a lot when I think about giving someone space and time to learn.<br /><br />I think connecting to people helps us form our own patterns as we absorb some of their approach into our own approaches. The truly amazing thing is each of us will never know our influence. In academia it's measured in citations of papers, but we hardly realise it - we cite and reference our teachers every single day. Loved reading this post, rich storytelling.Angela Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09021328281782683085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2194534881328954061.post-82797623656913384822015-05-08T23:04:06.668-07:002015-05-08T23:04:06.668-07:00"In the end, I suppose it had been really the..."In the end, I suppose it had been really the time spent with my brother which gave me the desire to play this game." When I think about it, memorable learning experiences are connected to a person. True that Dave is not replaceable but unnecessary after initiating the course. It's his reputation, partly, that draws people to the course, yes? I'm thinking aloud. So people gather because of him and also because they might know people they've learned with before. In the first instance you might stumble across the course but either way you're exploring online spaces and getting to know people. <br /><br />"I could have had the best teacher in the world in the past but would have been unable to participate fully before." And that's what I'm trying to 'teach' students in my school. Actually I'm trying to spark a fire in them. Thanks for your thoughtful writing, Simon.tshekohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064048511551151619noreply@blogger.com