How do people keep blogging when they have their fingers in so many pies. I just can’t seem to do it. The more I have on, the more difficult it becomes to blog. Where should I focus?
Recently I have been:
keeping an eye on CCK09 and trying to keep up with how CCKo9 participants have been taking [...]
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Posted in CCK08, CCK09, Research, eLearning, tagged CCK08, CCK09, connected, Connectivism, connectivity, davidwhite, eLearning, learning, networked learning, Research, resident, vandrcck09, visitor on November 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I can’t make up my mind whether I’m a visitor or resident. As Dave White says in his presentation its not a dichotomy – but rather a duality (which is very much Wenger’s approach to communities of practice). In his presentation Dave makes some comments that I have been thinking about:
Visitors leave no trace – my [...]
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Posted in CCK09, eLearning, tagged CCK09, digital immigrant, digital native, eLearning, pedagogy, prensky, resident, teaching, technology, visitor, white on October 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
David White’s description of the way in which people use the internet as being like the behaviours of visitors or residents has captured my interest this week. A link to his blog and his video were posted in a CCK09 forum this week. Roy in his post – Thursday, 22 October 2009, 05:29 AM – has [...]
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Posted in CCK08, CCK09, Research, tagged CCK08, CCK09, Research on October 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In another meeting this week there was discussion about whether it was worth the time trying to publish in academic journals. A project I am working with at the moment has to meet a requirement to disseminate their work and developments. For academics, publication in an academic journal is not only important for personal advancement and [...]
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Posted in CCK08, CCK09, tagged CCK08, CCK09, groups, learning on October 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
My online PGCert group (for which I am a facilitator) is currently studying a module on the emotional intelligence of teams. Had I not worked on the connectivism course in 2008, I might not have even thought to question whether working in teams/groups is a good idea and also whether working in teams/groups leads to group think [...]
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We – Sui Fai John Mak, Roy Williams and I - have finally completed work on 2 research papers following our participation in CCK08.
Blogs and Forums as Communication and Learning Tools in a MOOC
The ideals and Reality of Participating in a MOOC
On November 13th we will submit these papers to the Networked Learning Conference Steering Committee [...]
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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 all geared [...]
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