CCK08 Ed Discovery

Today I started off reading Stephen's OLDaily for 17/11/2008  which took me on a very interesting journey. My first stop was the  Corporate Learning Trends and Innovation 2008 - a free online conference. I am familiar with a number of the conference speakers, and I look forward to participating in some of the online events.   After discovering that no online events would happen until about midnight Perth time (groan), as the conference is running on Pacific Standard Time (GMT - 8hrs) I decided to explore the discussion forums. I popped into the discussion by Jay Cross on Should we host special online sessions for folks on other continents  and discovered others had obviously groaned earlier and louder than me. I added my 2 cents worth to encourage additional sessions at more convenient times for those of us living downunder. I then wandered into the discussion Jane Hart - 25 Free Tools every learning professional should have .  One of the posts led me to Jane's web site and a

I haven't participated much in the CCK08 course as we have been spending 20hrs a day renovating our backyard. However I have accepted a job to write an online course and am now back at my computer. Today I have been researching and investigating web 2.0 tools that may be useful for my online course. One of the tools I have been experimenting with is voiceThread - I love it. I think I will use it as an introduction tool...so that the students can introduce themselves ro each other. I think hearing their voices will broaden the learners experience and assist them to connect with their peers.  So what is VoiceThread - have a look!

Blogs & web pages I read... Read Valdis Krebs blog  "The Network Thinker" Moodle Forums I read and posted to... Is this class a good example of connectivism? Concept Maps by Mike Bogle.  Romi Rancken provided some tips on using CMAP & a link to a PowerPoint presentation by Ian Kinchin about 3 different types of concept maps 1/ spoke, 2/ chain & 3/ nets (mesh).  Downloaded BlogRovR - another Blog Aggregator with some neat features! by Steve Tuffill Blogs & web pages I read... (via Google alerts) Group Mentality -CCK08   by tomwhyte1 CCK08 WEEK THREE: EIGHT IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT LEARNING AND CONNECTION by Dave Pollard Networks the Dysfunctional Family  by Tom Whyte CCK08: BLOOM’S FIVE FORCES OF COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE by Jonathon Richter Rating of blogs for CCK08 by Pat Parslow Refuting Stephen Downes' Theory of Networks Re: Blogs vs. Forums by Catherine Fizgerald. To date I haven't been attracted to Catherine's posts, however on this one P

Week 3: Properties of Networks (September 22-28) Word words words... For the past couple of days I have spent my time reading some of the Moodle Forum posts and participant blogs. I now have hundreds (or more/) words floating around in my mind. I am so connected to the words, that I am even dreaming about them! However, I note that most of the information I have read (which is very interesting) is not very focused on this weeks topic. My goal tomorrow is to read some articles which focus more on the properties of networks. ********************************************************************************* Moodle Forums I read or posted comments to... Quotable Quotes by Ariel Lion (read) What makes a connection a connection? How are you doing it? by Colleen Hodgins (posted a comment ) Enjoyment & Engagement by Steve McKenzie (Lots of links I'm interested in following up - see resources below) Neuroscience, learning and knowledge creation by Dolores Capdet My Presentation by

Week 3: Properties of Networks (September 22-28) Elluminate Session 2: Thurs 25/9  at 8am   I finally managed to attend a live session. I found it quite difficult to listen to what was being said and read the text comments on the chat at the same time. I also found a side conversation about the Banking Crisis in the USA between Stephen & Catherine quite distracting. Maybe there should be a seperate session for "sparring" so the rest of us can focus on the main topics of discussion. I also found when people responded to previous comments, that I had to scroll back to the original question to try & make sense of their response. There was so much going on at once, I found it difficult to take it all in. Being overwhelmed with information I found that I became a lurker and did not contribute to the discussion - which is usually not like me! People I connected with... Neil, Carol, Kerry, Cathy, Richard, Mike, Allen, Stephen (F2F via TADA) **********************************

Week 3: Properties of Networks (September 22-28) I have not looked at all of the links below, but I have skimmed through them and will come back to them again when I have more time...off to lay the first footings for our new retaining wall, so we can bring some order to the chaos of our garden. OLDaily links that interested me... It can be done Taking the power of experiental learning to the streets by Laura Eggertson Week 2 Mind Map of Course by Bradley Shoebottom Note: I haven't started my mind map yet. Bradley's blog has prompted me to make a start...I'm off to investigate CMAP! iCamp is a research and development project funded by the European Commission. The project aims at creating an infrastructure for collaboration and networking in Higher Education across systems. Moodle Forums I read or posted comments to... The Net Nanny Strikes . Enjoyed Ken's humour: "To your rooms! Or your blogs! And don't return until you can play nicely with your teammates!&q