Smelly Knowledge

A special thanks to Joey Rozier for his incredibly useful and very instructive Multi-Tag Search From Photo Page script, and to Paolo Massa for his Identity Burro script.

Educational Rationale

• Universal Design for Learning: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is based on neurological research and imaging. The learning brain is divided into three interconnected networks: recognition (how one takes in the world), strategic (how one orders the world), and affect (how one connects–e.g., emotionally–with the world). One seminal idea behind UDL is the idea of multiple modes or media of representation. Flickr Tag Convergence supports information centered around a specific tag to be rendered in multiple modes, i.e., photographs (Flickr), resources in the form of web pages (del.icio.us), and (often) written work in the form of blogs (Technorati).
• Connectivism: Connectivism is billed as a learning theory for the networked world. It recognizes that information is often stored in nebulous chaotic networks, and learning is the sifting and evaluating of this knowledge in a social and communal framework. Flickr Tag Convergence serves as a conduit focused on the tag between the three knowledge managers (Flickr, del.icio.us, and Technorati).