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Beyond Games and the Future of Learning
- babyshake 18y ago"James Gee appears to have similar ideas regarding technology and cognitive learning as Henry Jenkins. Do you think?" Close, but Jenkins focuses more on how fan fiction can be useful in an educational context, whereas Gee is more concerned more with the medium, and less with the content.
- whacked_new 18y agoGood points, but there is a tacit assumption if we were to use these ideas as basis for large changes. The exploratory aspects of the "passion communities" requires self-motivated, creative individuals with a sense of individualism. In other words, they are producers by nature: if you leave them to their own devices, they get urges to make stuff. "Closet engineers." My feeling is that this mode of learning isn't for everyone. There is a definite, strong case for a multifarious educational system, but nothing is definite. IMHO the key word isn't the passion community per se, but choice is. Give them the options, and let them pave the way. For those who aren't self directed, and/or prefer being passive receptors of information (i.e. the prevailing system now), you still need to provide it for them.