http://mseyfang.edublogs.org/2006/11/17/who-are-south-australias-net2blazers/ a place where I 'think out loud' and share stuff online Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:13:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://mseyfang.edublogs.org/2006/11/17/who-are-south-australias-net2blazers/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Greg Carey Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:35:16 +0000 http://mseyfang.edublogs.org/2006/11/17/who-are-south-australias-net2blazers/#comment-105 I am appalled at the closing of a centrepiece of South Australian education. It has been an Australian icon in the promotion of technology and was the focus for a number of systemic innovations and a support for boldness and experimentation in schools. TSOF’s success could never be calculated in economic rationalist terms. The model of learning has changed, and “bums on seats” is not a valid measure of success. TSOF was part of the conduit of conversation that George Siemans talks about as so vital to the new learning theory of Connectivism. Without TSOF, the conversation, and hence learning, will be much poorer in Australia. I am appalled at the closing of a centrepiece of South Australian education. It has been an Australian icon in the promotion of technology and was the focus for a number of systemic innovations and a support for boldness and experimentation in schools.
TSOF’s success could never be calculated in economic rationalist terms. The model of learning has changed, and “bums on seats” is not a valid measure of success.
TSOF was part of the conduit of conversation that George Siemans talks about as so vital to the new learning theory of Connectivism.
Without TSOF, the conversation, and hence learning, will be much poorer in Australia.

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