CCK09 -The Singularity

Thanks to the participants in this thread in the CCK09 Moodle forum for bringing up the concept of The Singularity. I had not really given this much thought before, but it would appear that there may be something to the idea that we are approaching a somewhat critical mass in terms of our knowledge creation and accumulation and perhaps a singularity is the natural evolution of that.

I do find Dolores’ statement in her response to be very insightful.  “….the singularity is in us, not on the network or the tools” she writes.  I find this to be a very interesting comment, but I am not sure what it means to me just yet.  I am also aware of the dangers of group-think, as Catherine brought to our attention in this post (she had many other thoughts on techno-communism in CCK08).

Hopefully I will be able to write more on this subject after some further research and reflection.

Principia Connectivia (Redux)

Well, another round of CCK begins with the ‘09 version.  In the ‘08 version, in which I participated, I learned some new language, e.g. MOOC and Trolls

I also blogged frequently here, and had some comments on the principles of connectivism at that time.  I don’t know if I have changed my views much since then, perhaps I will be a little kinder in my cynicism due to the passage of time.  I am looking forward to actively participating…..I haven’t been blogging a lot this year and it might be time to let loose again.