Kablogerate

Some things I jotted down for the heck of it...

"Rather than asking what kind of cognitive processes and conceptual structures are involved, they ask what kinds of social engagements provide the proper context for learning to take place" William F. Hanks from the introduction to Situated Learning by Lave & Wegner.

"So we tend to think of DLCs [Dynamic Learning Communities] not simply as tools for self-directed learning, but as supportive communities wherein a variety of learning goals may be pursued, some individual and some shared throughout the membership."
Dynamic Learning Communities: An Alternative to Designed Instructional Systems
Brent Wilson, Martin Ryder

"The cost of DLC's in industry is the cost of allowing employees to break away from their isolated duties to enable apprentice observation, collaboration, and formal discussions about work related tasks and issues, the ability to archive new knowledge in retrievalbe structures, and the ability to engage in Internet discussions and research activities that relate to job-specific problems and issues."
Dynamic Learning Communities: An Alternative to Designed Instructional Systems
Brent Wilson, Martin Ryder