http://connect.downes.ca/ Aggregated posts and resources for the Connectivism & Connective Knowledge course. By Stephen Downes and George Siemens. en-us Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:00:01 -0400 Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:00:01 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Edu_RSS stephen@downes.ca stephen@downes.ca http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44590 here in elluminate at 4 pm, CST (time zone conversion)

, , November 25, 2009 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:31:07 -0400 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44590 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44585
Title: Responses to connectivism
Place Elluminate room

Date/time Wed 25 Nov, 20:00 GMT. Check the time here.

About this session. One of the wonders of the CCK09 course is that bottom up organisation is encouraged and supported. Arising from a thread in the Moodle forum, we are organising an Elluminate session with short participative slots.

Each presenter picks one (controversial or not ) idea from their own research or just a response to connectivism, presents it in 3 minutes and invites audience reaction. This leaves us with 5 x 10 minute slots with majority participant time plus 10 minutes wrap up discussion. , , November 25, 2009 [Tags: none] [Comment]]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:38:25 -0400 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44585 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44581 Frances Bell:

One of the wonders of the CCK09 course is that bottom up organisation is encouraged and supported.  Arising from a thread in the Moodle forum, we are organising an Elluminate session with short participative slots.

Check the time here.

Title: Responses to connectivism
Place Elluminate:
Date/time Wed 25 Nov, 2000 GMT
Each presenter picks one (controversial or not ) idea from their own research or just a response to connectivism, presents it in 3 minutes and invites audience reaction.
Ulop O'Taat will help facilitate.

Speakers (more welcome)
1. Ailsa Haxell will speak about Actor Network Theory and Connectivism t.b.c.
2. Sui Fai John Mak will talk about Peer Leadership Networks in Connectivism
3. Leila Nachawati -Modern teacher vs. traditional institution
4. Eduardo Peirano - topic to be announced
, , November 23, 2009 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:51:03 -0400 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44581 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44595 here, and two of George's, here and here. Various Authors, Weblog, December 2, 2009 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]]]> Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:34:23 -0400 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44595 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44594 , Stephen's Web, December 1, 2009 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]]]> Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:18:54 -0400 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44594 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44593 are available here George Siemens, , December 1, 2009 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]]]> Tue, 1 Dec 2009 03:15:53 -0400 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44593 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44592 Elluminate room, at 9:00 a.m. local time here in Spain. , , November 30, 2009 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:09:27 -0400 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44592 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44591 , , November 26, 2009 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:45:33 -0400 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44591 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44589 in this thread: "This was our real connectivism session, organized and facilitated by ourselves. Yes, let's have more short slide presentations, like today. We all learn: facilitators, presenters and attendees." , , November 25, 2009 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:29:17 -0400 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44589 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44586 YouTube). Her criticism, in a nutshell, is that "ascribing the attributes of autonomy, diversity, openness and emergent knowledge to networks and suggesting that groups foster the opposites of these is adopting a normative stance," while "pragmatic teachers will adopt group and network organizational forms at will to suit the circumstances in which they and their learners find themselves." Frances Bell, Weblog, November 25, 2009 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:42:41 -0400 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44586 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44584 here Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, November 25, 2009 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:16:31 -0400 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44584 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44583 ; Elluminate session recording (with video) will be available soon. Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, November 25, 2009 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:13:55 -0400 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44583 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44582
The last several decades have brought about significant change in the information cycle (creation, validation, sharing, repurposing) and in how people interact with each other. Each era creates institutions that reflect the information-based needs they face (McNeely & Wolverton). Libraries in Alexandria, the Academy in Greece, churches in the middle ages, and schools/universities (~800 years ago). If we want to understand the institutions a society will create, we must first understand the nature and attributes of information of that era. And that's what we've been doing so far in CCK09.

The readings this week provide an opportunity to think about systemic change in education:

New structures and spaces of learning: The systemic impact of connective knowledge, connectivism, and networked learning


Higher Education, Globalization, and the Knowledge Economy (.pdf)

Week 11 Discussion Forum

Week 11: Live Session - here in elluminate 4 pm, CST (time zone conversion) , , November 23, 2009 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:30:49 -0400 http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44582