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Social Media Safety and Awareness Month from Lee Kolbert

This post originally appeared here.
“It’s National Social Media Safety and Awareness Month. Actually, there is no such thing; yet with so many awareness campaigns for other very important issues, I think it’s about time we …… Continue reading

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New! Professional Development at the Faculty eCommons

At the Faculty eCommons, we’re dedicated to helping you design and teach high-quality online courses that meet the needs of today’s learners. That’s why we’ve expanded our professional development opportunities to address topics you request …… Continue reading

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#etmooc #ltis13 Lezioni di cyberspazio attraverso mappe

Ascoltando i podcast delle lezioni sul Cyberspazio, di cui ho riferito qui, ho pensato di sintetizzarle attraverso mappe riconoscendo che la visualizzazione è un sistema efficace per mettere a fuoco i punti salienti di un argomento e trovare relazioni. Propongo una prima mappa che anticipa i temi delle singole lezioni: Cyberspazio.

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Openness and Sharing

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     Lately I have been thinking of what does it mean to be an open educator.  One of the reasons is because a group of educators called The Fellowship of the Open Spokes, which I am a part of, has been discussing this very topic.  The other reason is because most of this school year I have been thinking about ways to make my colleagues at school share what they are doing in their classrooms. 

What does “open” mean?

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What does Open mean?

As part of our OpenJoyce.com  presentation at OER13 we did a survey on what people considered “open to mean”. You can see all of the responses on the spreadsheet.

Some of the shorter responses

Visible and public.
The ability to use and share the work freely and without constraint provided you credit the author/source
It’s a buzz word to associate education with equal opportunity.

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Dear Natasa It was so lovely to see you in action…

Dear Natasa

It was so lovely to see you in action yesterday at the VRT. I enjoyed your inspiring talk so much, with all the practical activities you demonstrated.

Many congratulations on presenting at a webinar for the first time – you did so well, and I was very happy for you :-)

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Defining Edu Terms & MOOC Simulacra

At the heart of the Open Education Resources movement (and the Open movement in general) is the notion that education is a public good.  The progression to such sentiment may be based in a notion that an educated citizenry betters democracy and civic life (folks like John Locke and Thomas Jefferson), or that knowledge and wisdom are non-rivalrous and non-excludable (Econ 101), or that the increase and diffusion of knowledge stimulates societal and cultural growth (James Smithson, John Quincy Adams).…

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