Connected they write: The lure of writing on the web — from dmlcentral.net by Raquel Recuero
On 01/10/2011,
in career development, future, Personal Learning Networks (PLNs), workplace,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
With potential job titles like Transhumanist consultant, Digital archaeologist, Augmented reality architect, Terabyter (lifelogger), and others…makes you wonder what’s the best way to educate today’s students. On the top of my list:
- Be prepared for change; be flexible and adaptable
- Learn how you best learn — then be prepared to use, tweak, and build on those strategies throughout your lifetime
- Constantly take pulse checks on what’s happening in the world around you — technologically, politically, demographically, etc.
- Know where to go for information
- “Chance favors the prepared/connected mind” <– a combination of quotes I’ve heard and that I agree with; point is to be constantly building your personal learning networks (PLN’s) and to periodically peer out into the future to see what’s coming down the pike
- See if you can get a hold of your own learning stats/analytics to ascertain strengths, weaknesses, passions, interests
Addendum on 1-12-11, also see:
- What are the jobs of the future? –– from Ross Dawson
On 01/10/2011,
in change, education reform, education technology, future, game-changing environment, higher education, innovation, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, pace of change, play, social learning / networks, social media, teaching & learning, vision/possibilities,
by Daniel Christian
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Original posting from:
A New Culture of Learning — weblogg-ed.com
Addendum on 1-31-11:
I just saw this posting from Catherine Lombardozzi on the Learning Journal blog, as she comments on Thomas’ & Seely Brown’s book. She concludes:
“I’m thinking that the new culture of learning doesn’t replace the old, it enriches it.”
See:
http://learningjournal.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/thenew-culture-of-learning/
On 12/28/2010,
in 24x7x365 access, business, collaboration, copyright/ownership/NFTs, corporate / business world, future, game-changing environment, generational differences, media/film, online media, social learning / networks, social media, strategy, telecommunications, trends, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
On 12/17/2010,
in global / globalization, internet, telecommunications, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
This slide was from an EDUCAUSE Live! Webcast on 16 Dec 2010 by H. David Lambert, president and CEO, Internet2:
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From DSC:
To me, it again reinforces the great need to be connected to networks of subject matter experts (SME’s) within a discipline. Without such personal learning networks, there is a chance that what a professor is teaching may not be entirely accurate and up-to-date.
On 12/10/2010,
in analytics, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, communications, instructional design, learning ecosystem, RSS, social learning / networks,
by Daniel Christian
Connections, Clouds, Things & Analytics –– from George Siemens
From DSC:
In looking through George’s presentation, the following graphic reminded me of a learning ecosystem. The idea of activity and content streams speaks of constant flow, change, new information. Look are the sources of where learning can come from:
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As an instructional designer, how do we incorporate all of this?
Finally, one other thought, if we are not connected to a network of bloggers (and have a series of RSS feeds keeping us constantly up-to-date) or have some other means of tapping into these streams of activities and sources of content, we will look like this:
On 11/18/2010,
in Canada, convergence, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, learning theories, social learning / networks, trends,
by Daniel Christian
On 10/22/2010,
in creativity, innovation, social learning / networks, vision/possibilities,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
I love the quote at the end…“Chance favors the connected mind.”
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Originally saw this at the Engaged Learning blog
On 09/02/2010,
in Canada, disruption, higher education, innovation, Personal Learning Networks (PLNs), personalized/customized learning,
by Daniel Christian
The Wild World of Massively Open Online Courses — from unlimitedmagazine.com by Emily Senger
Would you participate in a class with 2300 other online students?
In a traditional university setting, a student pays to register for a course. The student shows up. A professor hands out an outline, assigns readings, stands at the front and lectures. Students take notes and ask questions. Then there is a test or an essay.
But with advancing online tools innovative educators are examining new ways to break out of this one-to-many model of education, through a concept called massively open online courses. The idea is to use open-source learning tools to make courses transparent and open to all, harnessing the knowledge of anyone who is interested in a topic.
George Siemens, along with colleague Stephen Downes, tried out the open course concept in fall 2008 through the University of Manitoba in a course called Connectivism and Connective Knowledge, or CCK08 for short. The course would allow 25 students to register, pay and receive credit for the course. All of the course content, including discussion boards, course readings, podcasts and any other teaching materials, was open to anyone who had an internet connection and created a user profile.
“The course was the platform, but anyone could build on that platform however they wanted,” says Siemens. “There’s this notion that technology is networked and social. It does alter the power relationship between the educator and the learner, a learner has more autonomy, they have more control. The expectation that you wait on the teacher to create everything for you and to tell you what to do is false.”
Also see:
On 08/10/2010,
in 21st century, digital learning, disruption, education technology, emerging technologies, learning theories, telepresence, tools, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Here are some slides from a Cisco WebEx presentation by Marcus Lim
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Thinking out loud about Connectivism — from iterating toward openness by David Wiley
The first part of commentary from David:
I’ve been reading George’s writing on the unique ideas in connectivism. Two assertions leap out at me in his list of how connectivism is different from other approaches.
First is the statement that “the same structure of learning that creates neural connections can be found in how we link ideas and in how we connect to people and information sources (emphasis DSC). One scepter to rule them all.”
This sounds almost exactly like the claim made in John Anderson and Lael Schooler’s 1991 Reflections of the Environment in Memory, which I consider one of the finest pieces of research in our field:
Availability of human memories for specific items shows reliable relationships to frequency, recency, and pattern of prior exposures to the item. These relationships have defied a systematic theoretical treatment. A number of environmental sources (New York Times, parental speech, electronic mail) are examined to show that the probability that a memory will be needed also shows reliable relationships to frequency, recency, and pattern of prior exposures. Moreover, the environmental relationships are the same as the memory relationships. It is argued that human memory has the form it does because it is adapted to these environmental relationships. Models for both the environment and human memory are described. Among the memory phenomena addressed are the practice function, the retention function, the effect of spacing of practice, and the relationship between degree of practice and retention.
From DSC:
David’s posting, George’s posting entitled, “What is the unique idea in Connectivism?”, and the comments therein create in my mind the image of a living, ever-changing, learning ecosystem…full of “nodes” that come into (and may eventually be removed from) our learning environment / sources of information.
Also from #CCK09 First Paper (Draft): ‘Positioning’ Connectivism, here are some more references regarding connectivism:
- Stephen Downes, A quick introduction to connectivism(ustream)
- Rita Kop & Adrian Hill, Connectivism: Learning theory of the future or vestige of the past?
- Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media, 1964 (2006)
- George Siemens, Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age
- George Siemens, Defining Connectivism and Comparing connectivism with other learning theories
- George Siemens, What is the unique idea in Connectivism?
- Plon Verhagen, Connectivism: A New Learning Theory?
Three Generations of Distance Education Pedagogy
Facilitator: Dr. Terry Anderson
Institution: Athabasca University
Date and time: Apr 14, 2010 11:00 AM
In this presentation Terry defines three pedagogical models that have defined distance education programming – behavioural/cognitive, constructivist and connectivist. He talks about the challenges and opportunity afforded by each model, with a focus on the emergent development of connectivism.
