Why do people leave OLL/N LE?

John Mak in  #Change11 #CCK12 wrote that people leave
OLL/N LE (on-line learning / networked learning experence)

By the way Google says:, Did you mean: roll/n le when I typed in OLL/N LE and gave me the image to the right …………

What is this? Click below to find out. Wet n' Wild LE Color Icon Eyeshadow Trio in The Gilded Age

for five reasons:

1. stupid / incomptent factor -- looking, sounding, appearing, etc
2. motivation factor
3. chaos / confusoin factor
4. identity factor - lost in network / can't identify oneself iin open network
5. security / privacy factor

I would agree with all of Mak's proposals, but I wonder as an explanation

• The human learning machine or experience is truly not ready for networked learning yet.

• OL/N LE can be very challenging because there is so much information.

• Deciding what to study is Principle 8 of the Connectivism Principles put forth by Siemens and Downes in 2008.
•  People have to want to study the material for their own interest and not because it is on the course curriculum.

The challenge for us as educators is to overcome the obstacles put forth by the current human learning machine.