...An efficient learning conversation requires that the content and process is controlled but at the same time the individual contributions of the participants cannot be totally specified before the conversational encounter unfolds....
I think it is quite illuminating to conceptualize the emerging networks of personal Webpublishing outlets as a giant, self-actualizing conversational learning environment for self-organized learners...
Personal Webpublishing changes this picture considerably. Suddenly we are not dealing with artifacts alone. Behind every personal Webpublishing outlet is another self-reflective being, another node of personal knowing, often ready to engage in conversational exchanges of various kinds...