Connectivism: Watching it happen and grow at Learning Solutions 2011 – #ls2011 #cck11
After recently attending the Learning Solutions Conference I was amazed at not only the connections between attendees, presenters and hosts, but how they continued to develop and grow throughout the conference. What is more thrilling to not only witness, but to be an integral part of is the network of peers and likeminded colleagues that are all […]
Concept Map at End of #CCK11 – Getting Difficult to Navigate
When I started this map at the end of Week 1 of this journey I could tell that it was bound to be filled with great ideas and links that I had gathered throughout my time participating in the course. What I didn’t quite expect is how difficult it is to navigate through when it […]
#CCK11 – Live Class Discussion – Power and Authority
Having Fun with Connectivism – #CCK11
Having some fun searching through the internet I came across a page that let’s you find the shortest number of clicks from one Wikipedia article to another. The example starts with Kevin Bacon to AI – 3 Clicks. So I tried: Kevin Bacon to Connectivism – 5 ClicksKevin BaconChristmasGerman language-ismList of belief systemsConnectivismI tried Kevin […]
Connectivism Word Cloud – #CCK11
I used Wordle and a popular tagged site for CCK11 – Welcome to Connectivism! — Connectivism I love that Knowledge, Learning & Information really stand out.
Personal Learning Environment & Networks (PLENKs) – Online Discussion (#CCK11)
Notes taken during today’s online discussion. Participants thoughts of PLEs All of my resources, tools, communities, and networks that I learn with every day. the tools, people, resources that I cultivate to create a learning ecosystem A self-created collection of resources and people Whatever in my environment supports learning what I lose when the web […]
OER (Open Education Resources) – an overview with Cable Green (CCK11)
Guest Speaker: Cable Green – http://www.educause.edu/Community/MemDir/Profiles/CableGreen/42658Director of eLearning & Open Education Discussion of Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges http://blog.oer.sbctc.edu/ http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/general/a_strategictechplan.aspx – Strategic Technology Plan – faculties in higher institutions will begin to share all information and those that do will survive. http://opencourselibrary.org/ or http://www.sbctc.edu/college/_e-elearningopencourselibrary.aspx Sharing and building quality, educational materials so more people can access […]
Thoughts on Connectivism as a Learning Theory – CCK11
I began this course on Connectivism, Networked Learning and Connective Knowledge, well frankly because it was a course that was part of a certificate that seemed really interesting and it was starting the 2 days after I found out about it. I had looked into it a few years ago, but didn’t have the time […]
Some CCK11 Notes from Class Discussion with George Siemens
W1 – define was connectivism is. Our knowledge is connected across networks, it’s not just in our heads. We learn how to access that information using various tools and “connections”. New research and new information keeps changing the information we have. We don’t learn everything in our head. What is a learning theory? – describes […]
Social Media & Education – Reasons to be Fearful by Neil Selwyn (CCK11 live chat)
Social media and technology in education is exciting to be passionate about, but we need to also be caution and critical of some of the elements that this can bring the the teaching world. Paper by NeilNeil’s publication page4 areas to be concerned about (talking points that are being considered “out there”) Jonas Backelin: Fearful […]