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 […]
Thinking Inside of the Circle May Be Just What You Need
Okay, so the real saying is “Think Outside of the Box”, but two postings I saw this recently were so far out of the box for me that I started to wonder if it’s a way of thinking I can every accomplish. Maybe my thinking is outside sometimes, but the real genius is inside the circle or […]
Thoughts on Losing Waldo? – #CCK11
I was explaining to someone today about the idea that was raise in our online conversation last week, that knowledge is something that can’t be unlearned. As Stephen Downes explained, it’s similar to looking at a “Where’s Waldo” picture. Once you know where he is, you always see him. You can point to him in an instant […]
Talking with George Siemens and Stephen Downes – CCK11 (week 1)
NOTES FROM:First Facilitator Session – Review of Readings http://cck11.mooc.ca/week1.htm – “The Stephen and George Linkfest” From George’s first paper:Connected specialization – “Store my knowledge in my friends”. I might not know how to do something, but I know who to call (connect to) that does have the answer. Does Connectivisim entirely change the notion of expertise? – […]
Starting the Year off with #CCK11 – ‘Connectivism’ and Connective Knowledge
I walked into work yesterday and my co-worker told me how she had just signed up for 2 final courses she had been hoping to complete for the past year in order to complete her certificate. I’m not sure which bulb went off in my head, or maybe the term should be which one went […]
Learning Styles a Myth
I saw this on Brent Schlenker’s post who got it from Clive Sheppard who got it from Stephen Downes and wanted to place it here purely for my own future reference. Please refer to their posts for more thoughts/comments. I love that Brent pointed out that the video states the myth exists because we all […]
What is a PLE?
In the last few days there has been lots of posts flying around about PLEs. Some of the subject matter has reflected on whether the content of PLEs including blogs is actually the intellectual property of a company….that is if you are blogging on company time. With that in mind did the P even stand […]