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December 2, 2009
UOC UNESCO Chair Conference Summaries
These are summaries of the talks at the UOC UNESCO Chair conference in Barcelona, including my (Stephen's) session, here, and two of George's, here and here.
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Here's what course members from around the world had to say. Want to join the conversation? Submit your feed. Then put this at the beginning of your post: CCK09
Final Presentationhttp://cck09.articulate-online.com/3814214209
December 2, 2009Hi Roy and CCK09 group in Voicethread
Now I got the address http://voicethread.com/share/769312/ my voice sounds awful and unsure and I am afraid of speaking .. It is a new skill to learn to enjoy recordings. But I did this and better to be proud of it!
I will write more to my blog when I have more to say .. and have time for wrtiting.
December 2, 2009These links are comments posted to the Moodle Discussion Forum, Week 9, Week 10 and Week 11. If you want to participate in the discussion, but don't want to set up a blog, then you can post here.
Technology & Demographics in the US I've wondered if the changes of the digital world will lead to a new division of haves and have-nots, but I should have learned the lessons of my professional research: people always express agency and will often use whatever resources they can get their hands on. This story features some people who are doing just that (the couple who use a smart phone because it is cheaper than broadband and a computer).
This story was on National Public Radio this morning (another aside: radio was nearly non-existent for years for me, now that I can stream it at work and download entire shows, I listen obsessively).
Otherwise, the kids they interview are hilarious; texting the person you are talking to?! I can barely send a text!:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120852934
http://cck09.articulate-online.com/3814214209
December 2, 2009Could someone please tell me: where are the recordings since Net Pedagogy Conference please? Where is the Nov 25th Elluminate recording?
December 2, 2009Hi Kerry, a while back someone (?) coined the phrase: "speed is the new divide". I had occasion to work with the Commonwealth of Learning some time back, and got access to their super-broadband (as it was at the time).
The point was that broadband speeds (for the few) have already caught up with, and overtaken, the speed of thought (at least for me). In practice, this is simple: when you click on a new link, it comes up so instantaneously that your thoughts and your ability to respond to what's new on your screen lag behind. That's the point at which the net becomes 'transparent' - you really dont notice its there, because response time tends to zero, and the process of 'connecting' disappears, in effect, which is the gold standard of all media (e.g. the constant camera movements in NYPD Blue, if you are interested in television, which you wont see unless you look really hard).
That said, you are then faced with the (nice) problem of what to do with all this stuff that you can access transparently. Its a bit like what Lisa described in her masterful review of life on web 2.0, as 'like drinking from a fire-hose'.
December 2, 2009Hi Michelle
I listened to your presentation and liket it very much. Its is clearly organised and possible to follow albeit my language is not English. I think the most important is your ability to answer straight to questions given - not easy questions but you could do it. Congratulations!
The challenge of appropriate filtering will become greatest ...?
(what happened to week 12)
I think that the education system is sorely in need of dramatic change. As the readings for this week indicate, the current system is broken, and unsustainable. Even some school boards (in my jurisdiction) agree. And the situation is no different in HE.
So what to do? Turn it over to OER, like Stephen suggests?
Should current evaluation systems be changed/removed? What is the place of certification, in a (more) open access to knowledge ecology (OAKE)?
HI Roy, thanks for taking the time to express your preferences in detail. I guess I am coming from a different place. One of my paradigms is that conflict can be productive. I acknowledge that the amount of conflict acceptable differs among individual tastes, and I am not talking about physical conflict, while again acknowledging that verbal conflict can be harmful to many. In short: loud, strong arguments are ok by me and I prefer to stay away from ad hominem attacks. For example, I like how Catherine defended herself:
Which is the most successful network in history
Trolling for Trolls
Nicola, we can start here, I think it is easier and we are starting right now, without any delay. We can also schedule an online meeting in Wiziq
February is OK for me
Hi Roy. Wow. Fragility of will to learn. I guess that would be one understanding.
I cannot help but think that maybe this individual (and others of the same ilk) take themselves and learning TOO seriously?
Hi Roy and CCK09 group in Voicethread
Now I got the address http://voicethread.com/share/769312/ my voice sounds awful and unsure and I am afraid of speaking .. It is a new skill to learn to enjoy recordings. But I did this and better to be proud of it!
I will write more to my blog when I have more to say .. and have time for wrtiting.
December 2, 2009
We need to practice online conferencing.
Read what happened to Danah Boyd when she gave a talk at Web2.0 Expo spectacle at Web2.0 Expo... from my perspective and also about the great presentation from George Siemens at the Learntrends 2009 online conference
I was so nervous before my 1st online presentation at the April 2009 Learntrends Conference Thanks Jay Cross for my 61 min of Fame Online I understand what Leila and Heli where feeling during their presentations!!
Ken, sure, that was my reaction too. But I am warming to the postion, even if not as starkly put as that.
December 2, 2009Post in Twitter and use the hashtag #cck09 to be listed here. (These should be fresh. Still working on improving the Twitter display.)
RT @anderscj: RT @gsiemens: Looking for open courses for the upcoming semester like #cck09. Anyone know what is being offered?\\me too
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