tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349173885651707639.post8968836984900952802..comments2023-10-29T13:30:37.281-04:00Comments on Communications & Society: Sentences from the Inside, #cck12, #change11keith.hamonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08404376705918243534noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349173885651707639.post-89619229381867965832012-03-21T20:08:43.216-04:002012-03-21T20:08:43.216-04:00Jaap, you are correct. Definitions can be handy, b...Jaap, you are correct. Definitions can be handy, but they seldom are engaging.<br /><br />Still, I've noticed lately lots of people arguing about what connectivism is or isn't—same with MOOCs. So definitions are important to people, but it seems to me that the reductionist way that we define obscures more than it reveals, so I'm working my way slowly, maybe too slowly, through a keith.hamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404376705918243534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349173885651707639.post-90161977386135836802012-03-21T10:46:27.699-04:002012-03-21T10:46:27.699-04:00Hi Keith, I agree, learning from the middle or le...Hi Keith, I agree, learning from the middle or learning by doing is so much better than platonic wrestling with definitions. Definitions are handy for short, but they never tell the whole story.Jaaphttp://connectiv.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com