Mike Bogle’s reflection on his presentation skills – http://techticker.net/2009/08/27/self-assessment-of-my-presentation-skills/ – strikes a chord with me. I always unpick my ‘performance’ in detail after a presentation or a course, either online or offline – but I tend not to do it in public as Mike has done. Through a long career which has involved being interviewed, [...]
Archive for August, 2009
F2F and online teaching
Posted in eLearning, tagged learning, online, pedagogy, teaching on August 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Digital Habitats
Posted in Communities of practice, tagged community, CoPs, johnsmith, nancywhite, technology, Wenger on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Etienne Wenger, Nancy White and John Smith’s book has finally been published. Digital Habitats: stewarding technology for communities (Portland, OR: CPsquare, 2009). ISBN: 9780982503607vhttp://technologyforcommunities.com/ I’m looking forward to reading this.
Life cycle of ‘connectedness’
Posted in CCK08, tagged community, connected, connections, Connectivism, connectivity, facebook on August 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Last year I wrote about my mother’s connectedness – http://jennymackness.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/177/ When you are 83, connectedness takes on a new meaning year by year. This year my mother’s connectedness is ‘shrinking’. Those who she can readily connect to (albeit never online) are dying. And she is becoming forgetful. Her neural connections do not work as well [...]
CCK09
Posted in CCK09, Research, tagged CCK08, CCK09, Connectivism, connectivity on August 8, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Well, I have signed up again and have noted that quite a few people that engaged with CCK08 have done the same, or are still interested. Viplav Baxi http://learnoscck08.wordpress.com/ has just made an interesting post about collaboration and the notion of ‘courageous silence’ – something to think about in relation to connectivism. Mike Bogle is getting [...]
Connected Resonance – what does it mean?
Posted in CCK08, tagged CCK08, Connectivism, connectivity, networked learning, online learning, resonance on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have just watched a TV programme which has moved me to make this post after quite a long absence from blogging. The programme (on BBC 2 – UK – with the title Classic Goldie) was the story of a DJ who cannot read music, who composes an orchestral piece for the BBC proms, accompanied by [...]

