Thursday, September 21, 2006

linear thinking vs. everything-is-connected-somehow thinking

Thanks Elyse.  She's my evil twin.  Friends are great!



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how cool is this?!

 


 

 

hit the "take a tour" link

 

then, skip ahead to the "a new approach to learning" link

 

i was so excited to see a diagram of how my brain works.  i can't even begin to tell you ... oh, i already have ... never mind ... ;)

 

"You can think of the entire base of knowledge as a vast continuum, a flow of intricately interrelated concepts. However, instructors have traditionally delivered knowledge to students in a series of formalized steps that interrupts the flow and breaks the natural links among concepts...." 

 

the graphic they use just illustrates "linear thinking" v. "everything-is-connected-somehow thinking"

 

here's the part i thought you'd like ...

 

"Connexions utilizes a number of new technologies and tools, all of which are freely available under open-source and open-content licenses..."


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