Cooperation: Cooperation is the the will and way to win, Its like a games tactic, meaning that it is where a play user another player to win at the expense of the other player. It's very much like the saying 'It's a dog eat dog world' which from auditiong I really can see, which in turn makes me very unconfortable to believe that as the world grows bigger we as a nation grow harsher. As I come from a very large but close family group I find it a little bit conforting to know that not everyone out there lives to squash to succeed. My friends have always said I give too much, but for me it's how I network giving more so that one day people may give back.
Course Reader The Networked Professional 2011 on pg 3 states that coopeartion is a theory closley placed with gaming theory. The origins of this is the disire to model games on a player succeeding at the expentise of another. The Prisoner's Dilemma gave me the understanding that selfishness and cooperation gives you better results.
Affliation: 'The Desire and need to form closer relationships' (Crisp and Turner, 2007 p266) This is the kind of theory I can agree with this. Being alone can be seen to be a negative feeling we as humans like to seek realtionships and this is our natrual way of networking. We surround ourselves with people so that we can support our own needs weather for comfort, firendship or love.
Social Constructionism: The reader states that one of the key principles is that through social interaction, humans construct meanings of the world and their experiences of it. Which means that as people we take what we see and develop it into our own values and meanings. It emphasises a larger social interaction and because of this as we learn and understand netwroking and professional networks it can offer us a great deal.
Connectivism: Connectivism is connected to Network Theory which originates from computer science and looks to help explain how nodes in the network interact. Connectivisim in the professional networks is to proivde the answer to help idividuals learn and connect. It has been suggested that we either modifie or reject traditional methods and ideas and seek out new ways from classrooms, networks and the web.
The Reader The Networked Professional 2011 on pg 14 states that ' Connectivisim is the intergration of principles explored by chaos, network and complexity and self-organization theories.'
Communities of Practise: A network is a community, the networks knowledge that is gainned from the community is helpful towards our practise as professionals. Connectivism is similar to Communities of Practise as it describes learning as a group. Networking well is important if not imperative to develop our knowledge and skills. Lave and Wenger (1991 pp98‐100) 'learning occurs through centripetal participation in the learning curriculum of the ambient community', 'knowledge is within a community of practice'.
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The Networked Professional Course Reader 2011
Hi Annie, I found your blog easy to read as you have clearly outlined and defined each theory relating to networking. I believe that the outcome of co-operation is often out of our hands. This will be influenced by the other persons intentions, which if selfish this can have a negative effect on our own professional development. I really value your definition of Affiliation
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Do you think this relies on the other person sharing a common purpose to affiliate? For example what if one person needs friendship while the other desires love. Can this affiliation still work?
Hi Gemma glad you found my blog easy to read. I too believe that its out of our hands. Thank-you for reading my blog and making such lovley comments. I do believe you have to have some common purpose to be able to affiliate. I think as long as the boundraies are set at first both people should be able to continue a great frienship.
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ReplyDeleteI understand your statement "not everyone out there lives to squash to succeed". I agree it can be a dog eat dog world out there particularly in the performing arts world as it is so competitive! In the past I have held back for fear of saying the wrong thing and for fear of finding myself in uncomfortable situations. I am not a selfish person so understanding the theory behind cooperation was a challenge.
Rather than looking at it is as a selfish act I have tried to find another perspective. So am persevering with the idea of giving to get back but at all times remaining fair and honest. I hate the idea of taking advantage of someone and my morals are far more important to me than my job. I think it is about keeping perspective and moulding each networking theory to suit your own personality and needs. Hope this helps!
Kelly