Comments on: Intersecting the transliterate http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/02/04/intersecting-the-transliterate/ Nikki's E-Learning and Digital Cultures site - part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Nikki Bourke http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/02/04/intersecting-the-transliterate/#comment-65 Nikki Bourke Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:04:00 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/?p=127#comment-65 I think that I would find it difficult to be anything other than optimistic about convergence! After all it represents the [potential] union of multiple social / cultural / technological elements with the objective of creating a positive learning outcome. If Carlsberg did convergence... Phases such as the Jenkins one above - "digital renaissance" have a natural 'feel good' factor attached. [Perhaps this has rubbed off a little too much on me :) ] Perhaps it is actually a question of actual balance and that between these convergence components there lies a certain degree of flexibility and compromise. Tipping the balance past this point could throw the ecology into a spin, thereby increasing the challenge involved in achieving/fulfilling the promise of supported active learning. I think that I would find it difficult to be anything other than optimistic about convergence! After all it represents the [potential] union of multiple social / cultural / technological elements with the objective of creating a positive learning outcome.

If Carlsberg did convergence…

Phases such as the Jenkins one above – “digital renaissance” have a natural ‘feel good’ factor attached. [Perhaps this has rubbed off a little too much on me :) ]

Perhaps it is actually a question of actual balance and that between these convergence components there lies a certain degree of flexibility and compromise. Tipping the balance past this point could throw the ecology into a spin, thereby increasing the challenge involved in achieving/fulfilling the promise of supported active learning.

]]> By: Jen Ross http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/02/04/intersecting-the-transliterate/#comment-47 Jen Ross Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:21:12 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/?p=127#comment-47 hi Nikki - drat - the video seems to be down. But is it this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IdlSHI1CMk Your observations about convergence seem generally optimistic - what happens if convergence is imperfect or unbalanced, if the ecology is somehow out of whack? Does this undermine the promise of supported active learning? hi Nikki – drat – the video seems to be down. But is it this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IdlSHI1CMk

Your observations about convergence seem generally optimistic – what happens if convergence is imperfect or unbalanced, if the ecology is somehow out of whack? Does this undermine the promise of supported active learning?

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