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Week 6 Summary

Week 6 Summary

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This week has been exciting and I feel like I am finally part of a community within the EDC17 course.  It was good to hangout with peers for a change rather than the usual intensified self directed learning. I really needed a break from all the readings, haha! The Skype hangout came about after a feeling of isolation on my xMOOC and it was an important part of the educational engagement process of the EDC course. My Twitter was VERY active this week but my initial belief that social media supports and stimulates is now debatable. Public social media based activity used corresponds with the individualism and communitarianism but the connection at times can be ambivalent. My experience of connection behind the scenes have been qualitative and honest in nature. In this environment we accept each other for who we are and what we bring to the conversation. It was refreshing to experience a slow paced discussion rather than the fast moving, rapidly changing and ephemeral nature of Twitter.

Whilst enjoying my xMOOC I had a rebellious moment and I am beginning to understand that the tools are used to decentralise power to the participant. It’s a ‘Do It For Yourself’ course that requires self-management and motivation. I have tried to connect my blog content with my identity, posting videos, news feeds and TED talks that connect with my occupation. I’ve tried to keep the informal nature of a blog but I can’t help but stress that my methods and blog content are not educationally productive.

This image captures how I feel on my xMOOC – self directed learning is like finding motivation to take myself for a walk. Success is on me – turning responsibility away from institutions and onto the (in)adequacy of the self. #mscedc http://ift.tt/2lW1TRj

This image captures how I feel on my xMOOC – self directed learning is like finding motivation to take myself for a walk. Success is on me – turning responsibility away from institutions and onto the (in)adequacy of the self. #mscedc http://ift.tt/2lW1TRj

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“The quantity of human labour and ingenuity that has gone into building net-based communication systems in a very short space of time is unprecedented.” (Lister,2009. p165)

High expectations of technology and sci fi from Block 1 (Cyber Cultures) makes me feel that technology may not have a consciousness but they are intelligent. Consciousness and Intelligence are different. Yes, technology can become more intelligent but I have no fear in them killing us but instead a fear that we may find ourselves redundant. Labour goes into creating machine but will it last forever.

Thanks to Chenée, I feel a little relieved that AI is unlikely to replace our jobs as choreographers. In the field of dance, individuals wear many hats and one may find themselves in the role of a performer, artist, teacher, educationalist, choreographer or researcher.  This role can evolve through their journey and career in dance until finding a specialism.  As a dance educationalist, I hope to use technology to enhance the educational aspects and safe practice of dance.

 

References:

Lister, M. … [et al.], (2009) “Chapter 3. Networks, users and economics” from Martin Lister … [et al.], New media: a critical introduction pp.163-236, London: Routledge