Tuesday, 8 December 2015

MEET DONALD CLARK

GREETINGS/SALAM PeL,

I DEDICATE MY SECOND POST FROM BERLIN TO THIS INDIVIDUAL. I MET THIS MAN IN OEB (ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN). HE WAS IN THE GROUP I PRESENTED THE TVET eCONVERGENCE2015 INITIATIVE TOO. HE WAS ALSO A CO-PANEL SPEAKER FOR ONE OF THE MANY CONFERENCE TALKS.


THIS PEOPLE IS DONALD CLARK, A SELF PROCLAIMED MAN WITHOUT A JOB. OR AS I WOULD DEFINED IT AS A MAN WITHOUT A PERMANENT JOB UNLIKE MOST OF US HERE. 

HE DOES MANY THINGS, FROM BUSINESS TO EDUCATION BUT IS BETTER KNOWN AS A MEDIA/eLEARNING PERSON WHO IS TOTALLY INTO ONLINE TOOLS FOR EDUCATION. THE IMAGE ABOVE IS FROM A TED TALK. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO HIS TED TALK IDEAS. YOU WILL FIND IT INTERESTING. 

INTERESTING CHAP WHO IS INTO VR (VIRTUAL REALITY) FOR EDUCATION. HE STARTED WITH THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO OF HIS SISTER EXPERIENCING A VR ENVIRONMENT. CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW HIS SISTER REACTS TO A VR.

HE SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF VR AND PROOFS IT BY FACEBOOK'S RECENT PURCHASE OF OCULUS FOR 2 BILLION DOLLARS. DONALD PREDICTS TVET TO BE THE NEXT BIG THING AS ACADEMIC EDUCATION IS CAUSING SERIOUS EMPLOYMENT ISSUES. BELOW IS HIS BLOG, PLAN B WHICH CONTAINS VARIOUS WRITE UPS ABOUT THE WORLD OF ONLINE LEARNING.





WE LATER TRIED THE VR EXPERIENCE AND FOUND IT TOTALLY MIND BLOWING. YOUR MIND LOSES ITS SENSE OF REALITY AS THE VR TAKES OVER. YOUR SENSES AND LIMBS ARE FOOLED. TVET EDUCATION VIA THE VR WOULD DEFINITELY HELP WITH THE PRACTICAL TRAINING SESSIONS. 

UNIVOC PRESENTED  HIM AS AN ONLINE MEDIA EVANGELIST AS HE GOES ABOUT POUNDING AWAY THE POWER OF THE ONLINE TECH BUT STRANGELY REJECTS THE FOCUS OF DEVICES IN EDUCATION.

WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS MAN, WELL I GUESS ITS THROUGH HIS MANY QUOTES, AND HERE ARE SOME OF THEM:

1) "BLENDED LEARNING IS ALL ABOUT LEARNING NOT TEACHING!"

2) "EVEN MEDIC STUDENTS ARE USING IT (WIKIPEDIA),... EVEN TEACHERS ARE USING IT BUT SOMEHOW THEY REFRAIN THEIR STUDENTS FROM DOING SO."

3) "THE GREATEST OPPOSITION TO ONLINE LEARNING ARE EDUCATORS THEMSELVES, NOW WHY IS THAT?"

4) "MOOCS ARE HERE TO STAY.".

HE ENDED WITH A GRAND MASTER QUOTE TO ALL NON BELIEVERS,

"RESISTANCE IS FUTILE! .... YOU THINK THE INTERNET IS GOING AWAY, ARE YOU ALL MAD?!" 

LADIES AND GENTS, MEET DONALD CLARK. 

Dr.N



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