Comments on: CEGSA Day 2 Keynote – Geoff Romeo http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/07/21/cegsa-day-2-keynote-geoff-romeo/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:37:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Artichoke http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/07/21/cegsa-day-2-keynote-geoff-romeo/comment-page-1/#comment-2511 Artichoke Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:51:00 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/07/21/cegsa-day-2-keynote-geoff-romeo/#comment-2511 It is always fun to be provoked into new thinking by a presentation - "Do we attend courses to learn how to use the mobile phone?" is an interesting thought. I am wondering if Geoff Romeo was making the same point as Stephen Downes does in his latest newsletter, but for different reasons <i>Millions of people, working with no instruction at all, have managed to learn and master complex simulations and game-based online environments, and to transfer this knowledge to the real world. Thousands - maybe millions - of people working with nothing but an online community and a compiler have taught themselves how to program computers. It is therefore not rational to conclude that people cannot learn without an instructor.</i> It is always fun to be provoked into new thinking by a presentation – “Do we attend courses to learn how to use the mobile phone?” is an interesting thought. I am wondering if Geoff Romeo was making the same point as Stephen Downes does in his latest newsletter, but for different reasons

Millions of people, working with no instruction at all, have managed to learn and master complex simulations and game-based online environments, and to transfer this knowledge to the real world. Thousands – maybe millions – of people working with nothing but an online community and a compiler have taught themselves how to program computers. It is therefore not rational to conclude that people cannot learn without an instructor.

]]> By: Jason Plunkett http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/07/21/cegsa-day-2-keynote-geoff-romeo/comment-page-1/#comment-2505 Jason Plunkett Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:47:57 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/07/21/cegsa-day-2-keynote-geoff-romeo/#comment-2505 Geoff Romeo has presented a similar presentation 2 years ago at the National Conference held in Adelaide. It was a little dissapointing that it was so similar. (The state conference was canned and we were requested to attend the national one in its place.) You can gets his notes that are similar <a href="http://www.acec2006.info/uploads/documents/store/resources/res_7245_acec2004_romeo.pdf" rel="nofollow"> her.e </a> Geoff Romeo has presented a similar presentation 2 years ago at the National Conference held in Adelaide.

It was a little dissapointing that it was so similar. (The state conference was canned and we were requested to attend the national one in its place.)

You can gets his notes that are similar her.e

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