Chapter Five
What strikes you as interesting and why?
The responses from big media firms about how they could respond to the “threats” posed by user generated content was interesting. The ideas provided were very good, but I have not seen any of these put into practice by big media. It is similar to many big companies. Even if they have an idea about the changes that need to be made, which many do not, they do not act. It seems technology and the consumers are passing them by.
What application do you see between what you’re reading and your experiences? How so?
The first example that came to mind was this class. Allowing the class to create the syllabus and outline for the course to include assignments and grading. This is a great example of modeling what is being taught. This is not often the case. I have taken classes about the importance of interaction and application during training where the facilitator lectured the entire time. No time was provided for interaction and no connection was made as to how the martial could be applied.
When learning about collaboration and prosumers it makes perfect sense to make the learners the prosumers.
What implication do you see for how you and others learn? Why are these worth noting?
Prosumption in learning would dramatically increase efficiency and effectiveness. If learners played a key role in what and how they learned, it would change the face of learning. What a way to increase the WIFM. If the learner had an active role in the creation of the class and the ability to provide ongoing feedback to tweak the class, they would have a vested interest in the topics and how the class turns out.
This could be implemented even in corporate training. The scale to which the learner controls the content may differ based upon the subject, but the concept can work. There would always be topics that must be covered especially with regulatory, safety, or technical training, but there is no reason the learners cannot play a bigger role in what and how they learn.
What are you struggling to understand and why?
I am struggling with copyrights, piracy, intellectual property rules. I am not sure I ever really knew all the rules, but now it seems the lines are blurring from what is protected and what is not. The record companies are still fighting to uphold strict copyrights, but now some artists are not? How does a person know what they can use and what is protected?
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