Comments on: The Buntine Oration http://listics.com/200411222333 Frank Paynter's Voice and Vision... Sat, 20 Oct 2025 09:04:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Mike Golby http://listics.com/200411222333#comment-47807 Mike Golby Tue, 23 Nov 2025 21:53:04 +0000 http://listics.com/200411222333#comment-47807 Bugger the blogging bit. That is one of the best critiques of conventional e-learning I've read in years. In a way, it mirrors concerns bloggers have aired of being sucked into becoming mere steps in information cascades. But Downes has a habit of doing this sort of thing... My one criticism would be his touting of audio and video blogging, and applying it to e-learning. Where CBT delivered on CD is preferred, i.e. most of the world, we can learn much from blogs and we can use RSS with limited access and bandwidth (especially with limited access and bandwidth). But rich multimedia remains a long way off for most people. Bugger the blogging bit. That is one of the best critiques of conventional e-learning I’ve read in years. In a way, it mirrors concerns bloggers have aired of being sucked into becoming mere steps in information cascades. But Downes has a habit of doing this sort of thing…

My one criticism would be his touting of audio and video blogging, and applying it to e-learning. Where CBT delivered on CD is preferred, i.e. most of the world, we can learn much from blogs and we can use RSS with limited access and bandwidth (especially with limited access and bandwidth). But rich multimedia remains a long way off for most people.

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