Digital Scholarship – Martin Weller (Elluminate Session – Jan 26, 2011) #CCK11

Book – The Digital Scholar Blog – The Ed Techie Blogging is: social – create networks using, reading, commenting democratic – anyone can start one posts can be long or short can be about any topic/subject filled with multi-media professional or informal (or both) anyone can read, no one can read them, 1000s can read them […]

Dynamizing my Learning Experience – #CCK11

How much do you love the word DYNAMIZE?  When I saw/heard Stephen Downes use it in his talk on “Learning Networks: Theory & Practice” from 2005, he says “Dynamize…I know dynamize is not a word, but there wasn’t a good word.  A networks is something that is fluid, it is something that is dynamic, it is something […]

W2: More – Network Diagram Examples (#CCK11)

When I thought of looking for a network diagram, I’m not sure why, but looking for one on how bees interact came to mind. Maybe it is because the network of communication that goes on within any particular hive has got to be astounding.  So on my hunt for such a diagram, here are just […]

W2: More – Network Diagram Examples (#CCK11)

Here’s an interesting site with a Gallery of Network Images.  I’m not exactly sure how the person developed them, but the are intriguing. This one is about our biological clocks and all the factors that contribute to its regulation. “Two-Way Communication Between Common Biological Pathways and Body’s Daily Clock.” (Credit: John Hogenesch, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School […]

Thoughts on Losing Waldo? – #CCK11

I was explaining to someone today about the idea that was raise in our online conversation last week, that knowledge is something that can’t be unlearned.  As Stephen Downes explained, it’s similar to looking at a “Where’s Waldo” picture.  Once you know where he is, you always see him.  You can point to him in an instant […]

W2: Network Diagram Examples (#CCK11)

There was a great Screenr that was shared this week by David Fair, Articulate Customer Support Engineer on “How to embed Qwiki.com presentations into #Articulate Presenter.”  I hadn’t yet heard of Qwiki so I began to try it out to see what results I could find. This week’s task in #CCK11 is to find examples of […]

Concept Map at the End of Week 1 – #CCK11

I’ve been working on a concept map of what I learn or gather in regards to my activity within the CCK11 (Connectivism and Connected Knowledge).  I’ve been using the PersonalBrain tool to gather together all blogs I read and the posts that I read within them, twitter feeds and the links I follow from them, daily […]

Talking with George Siemens and Stephen Downes – CCK11 (week 1)

NOTES FROM:First Facilitator Session – Review of Readings  http://cck11.mooc.ca/week1.htm – “The Stephen and George Linkfest” From George’s first paper:Connected specialization – “Store my knowledge in my friends”.  I might not know how to do something, but I know who to call (connect to) that does have the answer. Does Connectivisim entirely change the notion of expertise? – […]

Learning to Understanding an “-Ism”

Understanding this “connectivism” stuff is a little more challenging than I was expecting, but the more I look into it, the more I read, the more I watch….the more I think I might be starting to comprehend. I started by reading the first few items that were listed on the CCK11 board and thought “man […]