Comments on: Matchmaking Learning?

By: Said

Said — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:40:30 +0000

http://www.Mindbounce.com ought to do the trick

By: test » Blog Archive » CogDogBlog » Matchmaking Learning?

test » Blog Archive » CogDogBlog » Matchmaking Learning? — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:34:39 +0000

[...] CogDogBlog » Matchmaking Learning? Learning Webs (chapter 6) Illich writes “A good educational system should have three purposes: it should provide all who want to learn with access to available resources at any time in their lives; empower all who want to share what they know to find those who want to learn it from them; and, finally, furnish all who want to present an issue to the public with the opportunity to make their challenge known.” His second point in that sentence seems to be what you have found a tool for. via cogdogblog.com [...]

By: Richie Buchanan

Richie Buchanan — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:50:25 +0000

I first encountered Illich two years ago, and first read Deschooling Society about a year ago. It was written in 1971, but it is still an exciting, relevant, revolutionary read. I wrote a bit about it (summarized it) for a class last fall, and have posted that writing at this link,

http://sites.google.com/site/richiebuchanan/Home/open-education-philosophy-and-philosophers/ivan-illich

I welcome any comments as I do like discussing Illich.

By: cmduke

cmduke — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:30:07 +0000

A day late and a dollar short. When I read the blog post, the first thing that came to mind was Ilich’s book – which I recently encountered. Am reading it currently. I was going to point out the same exact comment Richie did; blogged the same exact quote earlier this morning ;-)

-cmd

By: Alan Levine aka CogDog

Alan Levine aka CogDog — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:27:23 +0000

@Richie- please never assume triteness or understood-news around here; I’m not all read up on theory and such (though I know a bit about Illich or at least that academics refer to his work a lot).

So I’d wonder how many “good” educational systems have these qualities- its one thing to espouse them, another to actually operate in said manner. Thanks for the link to the free version. We may need a whole lot more than “deschooling”!

By: Richie Buchanan

Richie Buchanan — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:24:56 +0000

Forgive me if this is trite and understood by most who read this, but to me it seems you have stumbled onto something Ivan Illich discussed at length in his book Deschooling Society. In the chapter titled Learning Webs (chapter 6) Illich writes “A good educational system should have three purposes: it should provide all who want to learn with access to available resources at any time in their lives; empower all who want to share what they know to find those who want to learn it from them; and, finally, furnish all who want to present an issue to the public with the opportunity to make their challenge known.” His second point in that sentence seems to be what you have found a tool for. If you would like to check it out the book it is free to read online at http://www.preservenet.com/theory/Illich/Deschooling/chap6.html