Teach the Web has something for everyone who wants to get more closely involved with the Making and Learning Movements. #teachtheweb seeks to create an online space to connect, explore and make – and then …… Continue reading
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Loading ...A common theme in early MOOC criticism was a linking of the MOOC to Gartner’s Hype Cycle.
Certainly, a lot of hype accompanied the MOOC…more hype than for any EdTech innovation in education history, and perhaps more hype than for any learning model (or even agent of change) in higher education history.…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I’ve just listened to a TVO lecture by Eric Mazur, a well known physicist at Harvard University, in which he talks about the stop-motion photography that his lab is able to perform. While I like the magic of stop-motion photography as much as any, what really impressed me was his clarification of the remoteness of different space/time scales from our own.… Continue reading
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Leio na atualidade muito mais debates sobre os MOOCs do que quando iniciei a minha experiência com o CKK11. Eu realmente passo, muito rapidamente, os meus olhos perante tantas leituras, com certeza para não influenciar as minhas resistentes e gratas impressões que ocorreram.… Continue reading
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...In Chapter 5 of his book Manifesto of Transdisciplinary, Nicolescu says that the logic of the excluded middle applies mostly to simple situations while the logic of the included middle applies to complexity and complex situations. I think that Nicolescu’s observation has implications for the Cynefin framework and for MOOCs.… Continue reading
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Ping, I have constantly been hearing this noise all afternoon as my phone has been lit up with the excitement brought about by the start of a new MOOC. In the space of 4 hours I have received around 40 email notifications as participants have published their first task for the Association for Learning Technologies Open Course on Technology Enhanced Learning (ocTEL).…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...One of the purposes of research is to establish a foundation of prior knowledge for future experiments to engage and extrapolate before proposing a new design that will further the field. This is important; without an understanding of what came before, research runs the risk of reinventing the wheel, or even (worse yet) coming up with something more rudimentary than the wheel.…
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Time has flown by once again and #etmooc is coming to an end. When I first started to read the posts and tweets about the course ending, I thought, “Wait, already!? No, not yet!” I couldn’t believe we had reached the last week, which meant it was time for closing thoughts and reflections.…
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I want to reflect on two aspects of #etmooc: The experience of it and also the questions I am left pondering as I transition to some post-etmooc state. I am happy that this is part of my visible digital self. But truthfully, I am writing this for myself.…
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Growing up a VHS rewinder was more than a novelty, it was what kept my family’s video rental account in good standing by allowing us to avoid fees for video tapes returned in good standing. After all, going to the video store with my family or friends to rent Terminator 2 or Empire Strikes Back was a real, in-person expreience.…
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