A few people have been thinking about heutagogy or heutagogical practices recently here in WordPress land, so let’s repost a few of these ideas here for everyone to read:

• Bernard Bull wrote this post on his site Etale – Life in the Digital World: A Primer on Three “gogies” #pedagogy #heutagogy #andragogy
• Jackie Gerston wrote this post on her site User Generated Education: …

  by  mallix 

As you may have noticed from my last entry, I am interested in how virtual knowledge sharing networks—virtual communities of practice—can be fostered and maintained through social media and/or other e-strategies. In organisations, it is proposed this continual sharing and learning helps the firm to remain competitive and able to respond to change.

http://www.visualsforchange.com/blog/2012/12/11/david-preston-on-open-learning/

Preface

Early in my training as an educator, I was exposed to William Glasser’s conceptualization of basic human needs and their importance in creating a healthy educational setting.  They are:

• Belonging – Fulfilled by loving, sharing, and cooperating with others
• Power – Fulfilled by achieving, accomplishing, and being recognized and respected
• Freedom – Fulfilled by making choices
• Fun – Fulfilled by laughing and playing…

As you will remember the Caledonian Academy conducted some research during the recent Change11 MOOC run by George Siemens, Stephen Downes and Dave Cormier.  The study generated a lot of data, which has been sitting on my desk for some months now.

Introvert unleashed!

The idea of working out loud – using social platforms to make your work observable and to narrate your work in progress – is becoming more popular. Yet even some who see the value of working out loud will say it’s not right for them.