Going with the flow of non-linear learning

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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Dave Cormier’s ideas

I’m still thinking about Dave Cormier’s ideas so I listened to his interview with George Siemens which I found on pageflakes http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/archives/003522.html (I do seem to be finding resources of interest, by chance!)
A couple of key points/questions came out of this interview for me.
The interview starts with a discussion about the distribution of knowledge across networks [...]

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Where have they been?

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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Rhizomatic education

From the Elluminate discussion on Wednesday I thought this sounded interesting, as, if I have understood this correctly, it does seem that a negotiated curriculum could be a stumbling block for the adoption of a theory of connectivism in Higher Ed.
However, the Connectivism course site seems to be down today and I can’t access the article from there, [...]

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Can’t see the wood for the trees!

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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