tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455468843833525066.post1862698981705731195..comments2023-08-17T10:18:24.628-04:00Comments on Multilitteratus Incognitus: What binds people to collective learning?Apostolos K. ("AK")http://www.blogger.com/profile/02198465120131968928noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455468843833525066.post-16718455738849317352011-10-13T05:58:55.353-04:002011-10-13T05:58:55.353-04:00Thanks for this post. Although the example Allison...Thanks for this post. Although the example Allison used may imply that we think of the social object as something tangible, we do have a broader view. We have been exploring the idea of a learning goal as being the social object which brings people together (much like the a photograph is the social object which acts as the social glue in a site like flickr). While goals in general may be product focused (teams coming together to prodcue a report), learning goals are not necessarily product focused. Our thinking was influenced by sites such as 43things.com which encourage users to articulate goals such as 'I want to learn how to play guitar' and then encourage people to share tips and reflections on how they have go about achieving these goals.Apostolos K. ("AK")https://www.blogger.com/profile/02198465120131968928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455468843833525066.post-35837280747214170982011-10-11T10:43:42.801-04:002011-10-11T10:43:42.801-04:00I guess it's how one chooses to define "o...I guess it's how one chooses to define "object" :-)<br />I am working off a definition of object as something tangible - something that can be touched (as in a physical object) or read/heard/seen (as in a virtual object). Talking, meeting and writing seem to me to be interactions. Talking and meeting being interactions with other beings, while writing being an interaction with an object (and potentially other human beings if something like Google Docs is used).Apostolos K. ("AK")https://www.blogger.com/profile/02198465120131968928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455468843833525066.post-12013906419102791992011-10-07T14:55:16.037-04:002011-10-07T14:55:16.037-04:00Does a social object necessarily have to be materi...Does a social object necessarily have to be material? Talking, meeting, or writing with others around something can also be seen as participating in the creation of a social object. Littlejohn's paper draws upon later models of activity theory. To my knowledge, these models are not based on concepts of consumption-based society. #change11Apostolos K. ("AK")https://www.blogger.com/profile/02198465120131968928noreply@blogger.com