I have been attending the Connectivism Online Conference , which is a week-long conference around the work of George Siemens and his thinking around Connectivism. The schedule for the conference is on the University of Manitoba site. I read George's book, Knowing Knowledge, and have beeen struggling with his learning theory. He states that the quantity of information that we face and the amount of learning we do within a network causes our conception of kwoledge to need to be revised. Knowledge, according to George, is no longer that thing which resides within us, but rather more of a shared notion that exists in a more systemic manner.

This reminds me of work in learning organizations, especially with Peter Senge, though on a larger scale. I used to be fonder of this thinking than I am currently, as I can't help but think that learning happens within a person, and if people leave a so-called learning organization, then the learning is no longer present. I wonder how this works in our connected networks that George is discussing? This conference promises to be informative, especially given the number of participants and variety of views that are being expressed.

I really like this, and am becoming increasingly interested in the philosophical foundations of this work.