One for all and all for one: the world according to Dr. Bonk.

Class reflection; Feb-26-09

Our main activity was watching an online (live feed) presentation of Dr. Bunk on his studies and views of the current technology of social learning though Web 2.0. Some of his points were Media Sharing and common interaction among peers in which by sharing sources (on-line) WE ALL LEARN.

One of his main attention grabber phrase was his self made acronym W-E-A-L-L-L-E-A-R-N.
His presentation went on how things have changed from our grandparents/parents way of learning to ours and how technology is enabling access to speak, indulge and show the world our knowledge, our resources to all those with access.

Dr. Bonk's introduction to his "The World is Flat" presentation placed me back in my Latin American studies in undergraduate school. How significant changes over a short period of time can re-route the course of history. Defying moments driving by people seeking power and/or overthrowing power can resolve the enigma of how close, yet how far we are from understanding and learning from each other. Today in education and Web 2.0, our self determination of seeking for wisdom and the reforming impact on the many projects for OpenSourcessness vying for a better, more constructed way of information knowledge base, will open our participation and anticipation of the way we will learn in the future, or at least what we envision.

There were three points that grabbed my attention and what Dr. Bonk calls the "The Triple Learning Technology."

Pipes: the ability of tools and how it is set up.
Pages: What's out there? The availability of free educational content and resources, (OER) OPEN EDUCATIONAL SOURCES.
Participatory Learning Culture: A cultural move towards an open access and collaboration and global sharing.

One last note I would like to mention is the accessibility of these resources. With people having access to the open world/blended technologies through their phones, mobile devices and computers at home and work, will there be a divide between those use it to get what they need and those who put an input to the web of learning? Will we all be contributors or will we all be information gatherers. Something we know for sure is: the world is open and that way-- WE ALL LEARN.