And so it begins…going “m”
I’ll admit, I’m extremely, unfashionably late to the smart phone party. I’ve made do with my talk-and-text phones, plus laptop for the last several years. Telecommuting (for me, anyway) has… Read more »
CCK09: Elluminating
Today folks in the network self-organized an Elluminate session where we got together and shared thoughts and responses about connectivism. A few things that worked really well about this: there… Read more »
Should everything be Open?
I am lucky to be involved with the steering committee for ETUG – it’s a fantastic team of 15 diverse, dedicated, fun ed tech professionals who volunteer loads of time… Read more »
cck09: Net Pedagogy, Teacher Role, teacher/student centeredness
Alternative Title: Net Pedagogy, Teacher Role, teacher/student centeredness & whether or not I’ve become a hard-@$$ Attended Elluminate session facilitated by Frances Bell: Transparent Teaching and Learning: what remains when… Read more »
My Top 10 Tools for 2009
My list for Jane Hart’s Mega-list for 2009 – you could submit your top 10…it’s not too late! (Nov. 15 deadline) These are roughly in order… Firefox – with adblocker… Read more »
cck09: How Open is “too open”?
George says: In order for connections to form, openness is important. But how open? Is there such a thing as too open? Should all content and materials be freely available?… Read more »
GoogleWave: Day 1 – 2
Oh boy! I’m on The Google Wave! Captain’s Log, Stardate -313154.79848427186 Day 1 – Yesterday: Got invite (thanks Brent Lee!). Stoked! Start playing. Huh. Okaaaay, it looks like the video….but…there’s … Read more »
Open vs. Transparent + Risk-taking
This week, George provides some useful context for our thinking around openness – he says: Openness is most often related to content. Transparency, in contrast, involves making our learning explicit… Read more »
Openness: Why DO people contribute to the network?
In his talk on Empowering Professional Opennes Through Groups, Networks & Collectives, Terry Anderson (at about 22:30 min in) talks about why people contribute to networks, citing research that asked… Read more »