Andrew Campbell, in LO27040, replying to a portion of my response to
Roderick French, writes:
>Dear Learners
>
>Fred wrote in reply to Mr French,
>
> >Dear Mr. French:
> >I'm an old Navyman (a "Chief") and I think I can answer your question.
> >I'm confident others can and will, too.
> >Organizations don't learn, people do.
>
>Or for balance...knowledge doesn't happen between our ears but between our
>noses ;-)...geddit?
I think so. I believe you're alluding to the view that much learning
takes place by way of situated, social (i.e., face-to-face) interaction"
(i.e., "between our noses"). That said, I also think that the members of
a CoP, for example, learn different things from their participation and
often learn different things from the same interaction. In other words,
the occasions for learning and the learning activities are often situated
between our noses but the learning that occurs is still situated between
our ears (and in our muscles and joints and other portions of our anatomy
depending on what we've learned and how).
Regards,
Fred Nickols
The Distance Consulting Company
"Assistance at A Distance"
http://home.att.net/~nickols/distance.htm
nickols@att.net
(609) 490-0095
--Fred Nickols <nickols@att.net>
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