tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post1354635942801678129..comments2023-12-08T03:29:25.202-05:00Comments on Adult Literacy @ VCU: Digital Literacy Practice and Engagement:Susan Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203951366654414340noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post-61113428540429483362014-07-03T07:45:42.211-04:002014-07-03T07:45:42.211-04:00Hi Susan, I love that learning is limitless; that ...Hi Susan, I love that learning is limitless; that there are no boundaries between the giver and receiver in terms of that shared process - that connected energy. Your statement from your own blog post, “…those who define learning as a purely cognitive process--something that takes place in the learning space of the brain." gave me goose-bumps when I thought about the layers upon layers of energy being passed back and forth within the brain when learning takes place -even within that learning space - as you defined it is limitless. I find that a very provocative area of study and wish you great success in voyage of discovery. :-) Journeying into the unknown always brings a little (or a lot of) fear. But as you are very passionate about your learning, that fear will quiet down and you will have an amazing ride! :-)JG_ADLThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03651366444562021206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post-71346111389685708432014-07-03T07:28:44.644-04:002014-07-03T07:28:44.644-04:00Hi Bill, I am glad you enjoyed my post! I feel the...Hi Bill, I am glad you enjoyed my post! I feel the same way about the Palette video. I used that link to show how digital platforms can bring the "classroom" to us and as viewers/participants; we are a part of the learning. I loved one of the participant's (Barbara Burton) statements that "Seniors need to be lifetime - lifelong learners..." Her comment resonated with me and connected me back to our class discussions, along with texts covered on the many groups of learners that are, have been, and continue to be marginalized from learning. <br /><br />I don't feel digital technology should replace F2F learning. However, technology removes barriers to learning. *I also recognize that it can also alienate. Yet, as someone very passionate about learning and education, I feel a responsibility to use any tool that I have at my disposal to facilitate that process. I find that awareness within myself very powerful and empowering. :-) JG <br />JG_ADLThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03651366444562021206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post-53596413318684787592014-07-02T11:27:50.637-04:002014-07-02T11:27:50.637-04:00JG - I like your words: "They simply share o...JG - I like your words: "They simply share observations on the shift in how we the users of this technology are redefining our learning spaces." In a different sense of learning space, I posted about those who define learning as a purely cognitive process--something that takes place in the learning space of the brain. I think what attracts me most to literacy studies, and adult education in general, is the way we open-mindedly explore and truly redefine our learning spaces. I must be feeling nostalgic as I wind-down my time in the M.Ed. program. Now, I'm off to a new learning space, and I'm scared to death. Susan Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203951366654414340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post-25223257057495752632014-07-02T10:57:00.824-04:002014-07-02T10:57:00.824-04:00Thank you JG for your helpful synthesis of the dig...Thank you JG for your helpful synthesis of the digital literacies papers and for the Palette video! Interestingly, the inter-generational art project, although made available to us via the film, embodies what is best in face-to-face learning, especially when shared art projects are involved: spaces for dialogue, ease of conversation, an open-ended structure for people to be 'whole' together, touch, looks, tact....I love Palette!! Thank you for sharing this and for your provocative post that somehow blurred the lines between the digital and the face-to-face. Perhaps digital will never take the place of human contact, but it can approximate it, and get us close to the human encounter so we can feel it vicariously. <br />:)B Bill Muthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12295192908023335854noreply@blogger.com