Comments on: Visions of Online Learning http://hickstro.org/2007/02/27/visions-of-online-learning/ Integrating New Literacies into the Teaching of Writing Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:31:16 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Troy Hicks http://hickstro.org/2007/02/27/visions-of-online-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-560 Troy Hicks Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:47:44 +0000 http://hickstro.org/2007/02/27/visions-of-online-learning/#comment-560 Wow, this is a delayed response. Sorry 'bout that. But, I think that you make a good point about learning, especially online learning, being messy. I think that we do, indeed, need to be careful what we wish for; take the new Michigan High School Content Expectations. Now, we have a curriculum full of opportunities for digital writing and reading, yet we don't have the human or technical infrastructure to support that work in schools. Sigh. It is all messy, my friend, and I hope that we can continue to revel in the messiness. Wow, this is a delayed response. Sorry ’bout that.

But, I think that you make a good point about learning, especially online learning, being messy. I think that we do, indeed, need to be careful what we wish for; take the new Michigan High School Content Expectations. Now, we have a curriculum full of opportunities for digital writing and reading, yet we don’t have the human or technical infrastructure to support that work in schools. Sigh.

It is all messy, my friend, and I hope that we can continue to revel in the messiness.

]]> By: tuckeys1 http://hickstro.org/2007/02/27/visions-of-online-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-556 tuckeys1 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:59:07 +0000 http://hickstro.org/2007/02/27/visions-of-online-learning/#comment-556 I think you allude to this point, but perhaps you are missing the larger irony of the original quote... The <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/mcas/articles/2006/10/18/elementary_and_middle_school_mcas_scores_flat_for_second_year/" rel="nofollow">same voices</a> that strongly imply the inadequacy of "traditional instruction" are suggesting that we find a way to emulate it in online environments? Oh, and be careful what you wish for... that "collaboration" you call for in your posting just might involve negotiation and compromise that does, indeed, "catch attention" -- but not in good ways. I know you are savvy enough to realize that collaboration is a messy business; but couple messy (due to necessary collaboration) with different (resulting from <i>not</i> doing "traditional instruction" online), and online learning might have some problems being taken seriously, no? I think you allude to this point, but perhaps you are missing the larger irony of the original quote… The same voices that strongly imply the inadequacy of “traditional instruction” are suggesting that we find a way to emulate it in online environments?

Oh, and be careful what you wish for… that “collaboration” you call for in your posting just might involve negotiation and compromise that does, indeed, “catch attention” — but not in good ways. I know you are savvy enough to realize that collaboration is a messy business; but couple messy (due to necessary collaboration) with different (resulting from not doing “traditional instruction” online), and online learning might have some problems being taken seriously, no?

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