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The CCK08 round up was an interesting meeting. It seems like it was held at a difficult time for some and clashed with their teaching commitments, so a few familiar faces were not present.
There was quite a lot of talk about assessment. I think it will be worth listening to the recording again to capture [...]

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Before starting on this week’s readings – I just want to draw breath a little. Getting the balance between action and reflection is not always easy and I have come to realise that writing a ‘public’ blog does not necessarily equate to reflection.
I have spent the weekend busy on other things (connecting with my life [...]

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I have just read Renata Phelps’ article – Developing Online From Simplicity toward Complexity: Going with the Flow of Non-Linear Learning.
It is interesting from a variety of perspectives and has certainly made me think.
1. I don’t find all aspects of the article very clear. The development of a non-linear course structure is described. The author presents [...]

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I’m interested that this has been chosen as an assessment tool for this course. If my understanding is correct then people that have signed up to be assessed have to produce a mental/concept map on a fairly regular basis.
I’m interested in this because I first began to explore concept maps at least 15 years ago. At [...]

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I have just finished listening to the UStream session and the very last 5 or 10 minutes made me prick my ears up. The question was put to SD and GS – Give one simple practical suggestion for implementing connectivism in classrooms (with children). The suggestions were

Connect classrooms from people round the world.
Encourage children to [...]

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Well, we’re moving on to Week 2 and I haven’t even got ‘What is connectivism?’ sorted yet. I was beginning to despair but have just come across this – posted in one of the forums and probably elsewhere – An interview with George Siemens on Connectivism
So here are my notes and some questions:
The learning process [...]

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