One of these words is a challenge to the others.
- Opportunities inherent in the Connectivism & Connective Knowledge course
- Call to be a responsive audience by Dr Campbell in Cognition Prints.
- Michael Doyle's candour about life, death and our impact on our ecology
These opportunities feel like vital aspects of our ability to learn as a modern, connected, responsive and responsible society. But our systems for learning and our governments are risk averse. They are choosing systemic, universal, centrally scoped solutions for making the internet safe, for making school safe.
Surely there must be a way to engage in learning and in developing skills to keep ourselves safe which do not cost us the vitality of our opportunities to learn, share and be heard as participants in this emergent networked culture.
Much of the interesting potential of the internet is found in being able to connect with other people, to follow a meme and find people who share your thinking and questioning, and to be able to respond honestly and as best we are able to the challenges which arise out of these journeys.
These powerful opportunities risk being trumped by the governance of our infrastructure.
There must be a way to move forward with a sense of due care and positive engagement, not just by learners but also by the systems and communities which enable them.
Keywords: Addressable, Connectivist, Death., Intimate, Life, Open Participative, Safe