Generally speaking, questions need answers, but a colleague reminded me this past week that some answers need questions too.
Learning slows down drastically, or even stops completely when we get to a point where we believe we know everything we need to know about something.
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Loading...I am catching up on some of the readings and work associated with E-Learning and Digital Cultures and just viewed the recorded version of the end-of-the-week Google Hangout (below) hosted by the organizers of this Coursera course. I wanted to take a moment to comment on my experience – and my aha’s about Hangouts as part of MOOC design.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...As the past two weeks of ETMOOC have been dedicated to exploring connected learning one dominant theme has been “sharing“. Bloggers inspired by Dean Shareski’s session on Sharing as Accountability have explored the theme overtly in posts such as Lyn Hilt’s Sharing is Caring and Shane Brewer’s Sharing as an Ethical Responsibility.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...The #ETMOOC lipdub! A collaborative project spanning continents as we came together to sing (well mime really) Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen. I appear at 2’26 for my 3 seconds of fame. What fun to see the finished product. Well done to all involved and a great way to get everyone working together.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Every spring we have a night for the upcoming 8th graders. At this time, you need to put on a good show to recruit new students for your classes. I have tried a number of things, other students, green screens, interviewing people, but there is a lot of competition from other programs.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Every spring we have a night for the upcoming 8th graders. At this time, you need to put on a good show to recruit new students for your classes. I have tried a number of things, other students, green screens, interviewing people, but there is a lot of competition from other programs.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I can’t believe that we have come to the end of the first session of #etmooc: Connected Learning. This is a very short post to demonstrate some of the activity over the last fortnight. For more reflective accounts and conversations, see Google+ Blogs and Twitter (#etmooc)
I chickened out of collaborating on the libdub project, but I will definitely be stealing the idea for some future project of my own:
I did add my slide to this collaboratively constructed slide-deck, which demonstrates how easy it to collaborate on a Google presentation, even globally.…
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Image: ‘Volvox ‘
Found on flickrcc.net
As we can read in Wikipedia
“Volvox is the most developed in a series of genera that form spherical colonies. Each mature Volvox colony is composed of numerous flagellate cells… The individual algae in some species are interconnected by thin strands of cytoplasm, called protoplasmates.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Since the best MOOCs (massive open online courses) appear to be rooted in connected learning, it’s no surprise to me that my current exploration of MOOCs through participation in #etmooc—the Education Technology and Media course organized by University of Regina professor of educational and media Alec Couros and several “co-conspirators”—is leading me (and approximately 1,400 other learners) into an engaging exploration of connected learning.…
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