CCK08 – New Wineskins for New Wine
I haven’t read the week 7 material through as carefully as I ought yet, but one thing from the Gráinne Conole article stood out
if information is abundantly available, surely assessment processes which focus primarily on knowledge recall are inappropriate?
Initially I would have said I agree with this, but I suppose I have contradicted myself. In titling the post, I was reminded of a Biblical parable. If you had to look it up, that kind of association wouldn’t likely happen. Maybe having knowledge in one’s head isn’t now so much about being able to recall it (you can Google it) but instead about the kind of associations you can make because it’s all up there bubbling around, not needing to be looked up.
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Great analogy. I hope you use it in your next paper on new strategies. I may steal… errr… appropriate …ummm… reference it myself.
. You’re right on about the interpretation of the passage, too. Just as Christianity is allowing Christ to make you a “whole new creation” instead of trying to live your old life in a new way, Connectivism-based classes/whatever will require a fresh start without prejudice against or partiality to the past.
I too was struck by that quote. What I took from it was that we need to focus less on the specifics during assessments since our knowledge of it is redundant and much information and meanings will be obsolete in a relatively short period of time anyway. We instead need to focus our energies on developing a more holistic approach to our ideas of the past, present, and future and incorporate an understanding of how to access any specific information needed.