Communication and Learning System Continuums

Continuum of Communication Goals

Learning...Personal Exploration...Knowledge
Known      and Discovery of      Creation/Personal 
Answers    of Established        Transformation
           Knowledge

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Corollary Continuum for message and lesson design structure

Fixed  Path...Guided Exploration...Open Ended 
                                   Access & 
                                   Experience

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Corollary Continuum of User/designer Control

Designer       User Driven
Control----Bounded Exploration-----Self-directed

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Closed and Open Models of Learning and Knowing

Closed Systems..................Open System 
Models of Learning              Models of Knowing

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Traditional Education, Training and CNL Models

Traditional Education and Training Models	CNL Models
Topics are stable	Topics are unstable or being created
Problems or questions has a known answer	A problem or question has no clearn answer yet
Someone (teacher, expert, course developer) has the answer	No one person has the answer--it emerges from within a group or organization
The answer is "transmitted" through a familiar learning technology	The "answers" are obtained by groups in cooperation,who may not be co-located
Learner receives and knower gives	Knowledge needs to be captured, synthesized, generated, filtered and summarized
A structured (linear)approach is usually taken	An associative structured or networked approach is taken
Interaction with other learners or knowers is minimal (e.g. classroom lecture,DVD, or Courseware)	Interaction may be asynchronous or synchronous between co-learners
Packaging Information	Networking co-learning

Open and Closed Systems of Learning and Knowing

Closed Systems Models	Open Systems Models
Topics are stable	Topics are unstable or being created
Problems or questions has a known answer	A problem or question has no clearn answer yet
Someone (teacher, expert, course developer) has the answer	No one person has the answer--it emerges from within a group or organization
The answer is "transmitted" through a familiar learning technology	The "answers" are obtained by groups in cooperation,who may not be co-located
Learner receives and knower gives	Knowledge needs to be captured, synthesized, generated, filtered and summarized
A structured (linear)approach is usually taken	An associative structured or networked approach is taken
Interaction with other learners or knowers is minimal (e.g. classroom lecture,DVD, or Courseware)	Interaction may be asynchronous or synchronous between co-learners
Packaging	Human Networking