FIND, USE, SHARE, and EXPAND
It's been awhile since Steve
Johnson described the FUSE
process but I'm noticing that some people haven't heard the term...
or thought as carefully about it as might be
useful.
It seems to me that understanding FUSE is crucial to understanding the revolution that's going on in online learning, especially for teachers who are turning into educational entrepreneurs:
It seems to me that understanding FUSE is crucial to understanding the revolution that's going on in online learning, especially for teachers who are turning into educational entrepreneurs:
"In the Web 2.0 model, we have thousands
of services scrutinizing each new piece
of information online, grabbing
interesting bits, remixing them in new ways, and
passing
them along to other
services.
Each new addition to the mix can be
exploited in countless new ways, both by human
bloggers and by the software programs that track changes in the overall state ofthe Web.
bloggers and by the software programs that track changes in the overall state ofthe Web.
Information in this new model is
analyzed, repackaged, digested, and passed on down
to the next link in the chain. It flows."
to the next link in the chain. It flows."
It's true
that human beings are innovating and creating new things faster and
faster. Maybe faster than ever before in the history of the
world.
It's also true that there's really nothing new under the Sun. All hum,an beings are ever doing is repackaging and repurposing things in new ways for new applications in new times and new places. And that's all we've ever done.
Yes, we're developing unique "intellectual properties." And we've always been making our intellectual properties on the shoulders of others. N'est-ce-pas?
The read-write-web, or Web 2.0, is simply accelerating this process in ways that are truly mind-boggling!
What seems to me to be crucial for teachers - of all kinds - who are wanting to make the transition from wage slaves to education entrepreneurs online is that we master the art of FUSE:
It's also true that there's really nothing new under the Sun. All hum,an beings are ever doing is repackaging and repurposing things in new ways for new applications in new times and new places. And that's all we've ever done.
Yes, we're developing unique "intellectual properties." And we've always been making our intellectual properties on the shoulders of others. N'est-ce-pas?
The read-write-web, or Web 2.0, is simply accelerating this process in ways that are truly mind-boggling!
What seems to me to be crucial for teachers - of all kinds - who are wanting to make the transition from wage slaves to education entrepreneurs online is that we master the art of FUSE:
FIND,
USE, SHARE, and EXPAND
...while
remaining mindful that our FUSING has REAL VALUE to others and we
need to be rewarded for adding value as we feed the flow of
information from one place to another, one person to another.
What do you think about this?
I'd really like to hear your perspective on FUSE.
How are you using FUSE to inform your online teaching and learning? What kinds of rewards are you seeking for the value you're adding to the lives of online learners?
What do you think about this?
I'd really like to hear your perspective on FUSE.
How are you using FUSE to inform your online teaching and learning? What kinds of rewards are you seeking for the value you're adding to the lives of online learners?
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