The open connectivism courses that are run by Stephen Downes and George Siemens are rich with examples of emergent learning and whether or not intended, the design of these courses can promote emergent learning. So Friday’s session was for me an experience of emergent learning in action. MORE >>

In economics this is collapsing the "opportunity cost" The other important point is "emergence" You really don’t know what unexpected behaviours/uses may surface unless some experimentation happens. Unlike group spaces, social networks rely on network effects to reveal their usefulness and emergent nature. Pilots. MORE >>

The difference is social computing is not only about process improvement and efficiency, it’s also about effectiveness, connecting, opportunities, emergence, adapting to change, agility. Jim also says some real things about culture saying you cannot manipulate it, it moreso emerges from new behaviours. believe Enterprise 2.0 MORE >>

However there’s an element of risk and courage required to trust yourself and the group to let go of the need to know in advance what will happen and let informal emergence take place. By trying something and noticing what happens, or doesn’t happen, the next approach emerges. Throw away the plan. It’s messy. MORE >>

Wikis can also display patterns that emerge. My previous blog entry was a follow up on flexible tools not being immune to being used the wrong way. My example was the danger of using a blog as a solution centre due to its news type nature, and rather using a wiki for an official solution centre. Why is the blog entry important? Examples. MORE >>