This guy’s blog is all about what he calls ‘Connectivism’ in learning. He sees, as I do, a role for ‘Learning Communities’ in the future of distance education. In this post, he talks about adaptive learning and the ways to achieve it through the use of Bogs, Wikis and RSS. I particularly like his take on implementation of these technologies into a curriculum:

This is obviously a very simple way to add some adaptability into a course, but at least it’s a start. We need to start having this important discussion. We have many resources available that can create a richer learning experience. We don’t need to rely on learning management systems as our primary learning tool. We can start the learning experience by focusing on connections first and content second. Our most limiting challenge is our existing views of learning. I think I’m going to make a New Year’s resolution to spend 2006 being discontent with existing approaches to learning…and to stop accepting notions of learning that have little to do with the instructors and even less to do with learners. We can do better. We have the tools for change.