Jenny connected? -yes I think so

Reflecting on this whole experience, the first thing that occurs to me is that I did manage to get connected even if only temporarily. So I have taken the question mark out of the title of my blog. Connecting took quite a bit of persistence and I had to ‘go for it’. Public blogging is a new experience and I never [...]

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Unfinished business

A brief interchange with Wendy (I think my first – right at the end of the course) has sparked me off again. If you haven’t seen Wendy’s blog and her video, then you must.
I have been thinking all day about how unsatisfactory the ending of this course feels. I am tired (and I haven’t done anything [...]

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A wicked problem

This is taken from George’s blog. I have responded to his questions below.
I often hear educators talking about “education needs to change” (I do it too). This is the case for the K-12, higher education, and corporate training/education markets. 
As a small research project, I’d like to ask people to answer the following questions (on their blog, [...]

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I don’t know what I don’t know

George’s second question this week has had me thinking: Can a network of learners serve the same roles as a teacher or professors?
This type of question invites the answers ‘Yes’ or ‘No’, but in fact ‘It depends’ is how I would have to answer.
It depends on the age of learners. My career has seen me [...]

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Digital literacy

I am thinking about this because I attended a workshop this week on digitial literacies – a face-to-face workshop – run by ELESIG (e-learner experiences special interest group) and funded by JISC LLiDA project
Wikipedia defines digital literacy as:
the ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and create information using digital technology. It involves a working knowledge [...]

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Learning spaces

George has asked the queston – ‘Do we still need physical spaces (buildings) for teaching and learning?’
This question has made me think about where I learn and how I learn. Many of my most powerful learning experiences have been in outdoor physical spaces – not buildings – so, for example, my first real experience of cooperation, collaboration [...]

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A 10 minute post

Having just  read 10 Web 2.0 things you can do in 10 minutes, which has been posted by Stephen on today’s Daily, I am tesing this out to see if I can make anything like a respectable post in 10 minutes. Time is a real issue with connectivism, as exemplified by this course, as I’m sure [...]

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Community, networks, reciprocity and responsibility

 I have just dipped in here tonight and come across Dave’s post on his blog. When the word community appears, my ears prick up, because throughout this course my perception is that what many people have been seeking is a learning community, whereas, in fact, what connectivism as explained by this course offers, is a learning network [...]

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Intervention in students’ learning

I really enjoyed Howard Rheingold’s Elluminate session today and there was lots there to comment on, but I would like to listen to the session again and reflect a little further before doing so.
But Howard’s session, and thinking about how teachers and learners are changing, for some reason reminded me of a past student of [...]

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Changing teachers?

I am a week behind! I’m still thinking about whether the teacher’s role will change in the light of connectivism and increasing use of advanced web 2.0 technologies and if so, what might be the associated difficulties.
I have been a teacher for more than 40 years and have formally taught all ages from children of 4 years old [...]

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