CCK09 Readings include Heylighen’s (2002) article titled ‘Complexity and information overload in society: why increasing effficiency leads to decreasing control’. Whereas Snook’s (2007) paper titled ‘A general theory of complex living systems: exploring the demand side of dynamics’ provides an alternative approach. Phelps (2003) discusses contemporary Complexity theories and advocates a non-linear & complexity-based approach to teaching and learning.

References:

Heylighen, F. (2002). Complexity and information overload in society: why increasing efficiency leads to decreasing control. CLEA, Free University of Brussels, Belgium. URL: [http://pcp.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html]

Phelps, R. (2003). Developing online from simplicity toward complexity: going with the flow of non-linear learning, University of New Brunswick. URL: [http://www.unb.ca/naweb/proceddings/2003/PaperPhelps.html]

Snooks, G. (2007). A general theory of complex living systems: exploring the demand side of dynamics. URL: [http://econrsss.anu.edu.au/pdf/DP563.pdf]