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November 4, 2008
Principles for Evaluating Websites
I wrote this article a few years ago to give people looking at online sources some assistance in assessment and evaluation. It is consistent with my Fallacies guide, though much briefer and more applied. Readers of this course should notice the effort to balance the decline in the role of the authority with the increase in the role of reason and critical thinking on the part off non-authorities.
Sometimes it feels as though people think that non-authoritarian learning means students can advance whatever point of view they want, as though every view were equal. But not so. As Tom Whyte says, "providing
students with training on verifying knowledge and sources is very
important." True - but not just because it saves time (though it does) but so they have some mechanism for selecting with of their ideas to offer as candidates for belief.
Stephen Downes,
Stephen's Web,
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Educamp CCK08 Talk
This is a talk I gave online last week describing the course. It's a fairly brief presentation and moves along at a brisk pace. Slides and audio. You may also be interested in this talk, also from last week, projecting the future of advanced learning technologies. Both talks are 15 minutes or so.
Stephen Downes,
Stephen's Web,
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CCK08 Understanding Self
What is the role of the teacher? Dave Pollard recasts the question as: "In a world with a billion people online, connected in multiple and unfathomably complex ways, how do you find, and then connect, with just the right people to do what you need to do?" Irmeli Aro comments, with text and pictures.
Irmeli Aro,
On Connectivism and Life,
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Gimme an M, Gimme an O
The impact of this course on future discussions of pedagogy and epistemology is obviously uncertain. I hope it's an opening into reconsideration of both elements from the perspective of a technologically-mediated world. This conversation will be measured in years and decades. The MOOC aspect (massive open online course) has more direct or immediate value. I expect we'll see many more universities and colleges approaching opening teaching in light of some of the emerging models demonstrated by various educators over the lasts few years.
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Lurker Vs. Bad Student
In yesterday's Daily, we posted a link to a post questioning whether CCK08 was a success or failure. Several posts from lurking students present different views. And this is exactly how it should be. My success metrics will differ from someone else's. When dealing with physical spaces (such as classrooms), and if I have the Power as the teacher, everyone must subscribe to my success-metric. In this course, participants have the freedom to create their own successful modes of participation. As Prof LL says: "Does social networking change the landscape of the real world? Sure. It adds a new level of discourse, one that's being figured out and revised as it develops. It's a moving target, and our students will shape it. I've certainly learned a lot by lurking in CCK08 about how to use social networking/Web 2.0 tools in my teaching. And in order to gain that knowledge, I am grateful to the "good" students who have been dutifully doing the work so I could watch the experiment until I felt comfortable enough to start jumping in."
See this post on X28 on factors to consider prior to declaring failure/success.
Prof LL,
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Welcome to the Exploratorium
The second assignment (short paper on ID or teaching changes) are now starting to come in...This paper captures an important concept: "I believe that the roles of the Instructional Designer and Teacher are changing and must change in the face of the ever-increasing onslaught of information every human being faces today. Those roles must merge into the Sharer, who shows new technologies and connections to information to others while always keeping in mind his/her own role as perpetual student. "
Arielion,
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Week 2 Paper In Serial Form - CCK08 November 4, 2008
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