Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns Grow

Rebecca Ferriday, School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University

Overview

Process

“Experience has long been considered the best teacher of knowledge. Since we cannot

experience everything, other people’s experiences, and hence other people, become

the surrogate for knowledge. ‘I store my knowledge in my friends’ is an axiom for collecting knowledge through collecting

people.”

Stephenson, 1997

ParagogyA theory of peer learning

References

Siemens, G, (2005), Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age. Located at: http://www.itdl.org/journal/jan_05/article01.htm, date accessed: February 10th, 2015

Stephenson, K, (1997), (Internal Communication no.36) What Knowledge Tears Apart, Networks Make Whole. Located at: http://www.netform.com/html/icf.pdf, date accessed: February 10th 2015

@BexFerriday

FerridayR@cardiff.ac.uk