The Online Self
This week I read three articles: 1. Connectivism Defined by Downes 2. Digitial Identities by Stewart 3. Seven Habits of Highly Conected People by Downes The central focus of these was in the online self and connecting with others. The argument is made that in order to connect with others, you must be online and engaged in the community where your research and conversational areas are taking place. If you are only writing work and not taking teh time to read, then you are not a part fo the conversation and cannot be aware of what is going on around you. I do wonder, though, how much can be done without some awareness of the conversations going on aruond us. If I, as someone with an interest in computational thinking, want to contribute and go about learning more in the area of computational thinking, then I do need to build my work on that of others and be aware of what is going on in the world around me. If I am not aware of the literature, for e...