CCK08 Ed Discovery

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!...

Week 3: Properties of Networks (September 22-28) Well this week I got off to a good start. I have looked at 2 of the 3 weekly presentations, read The Daily and a couple of participant blogs. There appears to be a lot less readings this week...so I may even get to do all the things I want to do and maybe even catch up with some of last weeks readings, which I missed. Weekly presentations Learning Networks: Theory and Practice  (.ppt and audio) by Stephen Downes. Didn't take notes as everything is written on the slides. This presentation provided me with a more "concrete" image of what Connectivism is and highlighted the differences between "traditional" learning and "networked" learning. Stephen provided 8 Network Design Principles that elearning projects can be measured against and if the project  applies to the principles then it is moving towards the direction of networked learning. He also sited a number of resources that I am not familiar with...so...

Friday 19/9/2008 - UStream chat with Dave Cormier, George Seimens & Stephen Downs (40 people in the chat room) What did you find interesting & compelling this week?   Stephen - The Forrest analogy and the Truth discussion (religious comparison).  George - The discussion around concept. Complex concepts are not understood by one person. Different people have different experiences. Good to gather together to share experiences. The notion of knowledge. There is a practical dimension to knowledge (eg: programming is based on philosophy). Discussions are an expansion of our understanding. This week has been more focused. We are starting to see concept maps that show how people see the world.  Stephen - The theory of concept maps and how to create them. Tom Whyte's blog and the person analysing the Moodle Forums.  Is all knowledge Connectivist?   Stephen (?) - 3 levels (types) of knowledge 1/ Qualitative 2/ Quantitative 3/ Connectivist  George - Yes. At it's core, in o...

Friday UStream ( edutalk ) chat with Dave Cormier, George Seimens & Stephen Downes This is my personal summary of the key points made in the weekly chat. Dave kicked off with the question ... "What is CCK08?" George described it as a large online course looking at: 1/ how learners can inter connect and 2/ the different ways we can use technology for learning. Stephen said what they are hoping to do with this course is clarify understanding of the connectivism theory and how it will change learning. Moodle Course - Skeptic thread (Catherine Fitzpatrick) George indicated that it was important to have differing views to motive people to explore the theory more deeply. He also noted that vigorous debate can be off-putting for some people however these people can focus on other discussions. (Thank goodness we can!) Stephen responded, the world looks different depending on where you're looking at it from. There are many ways to participate, which will give us the divers...

Week 1: What is Connectivism? (September 8-14) I started my learning journey by reading, listening and looking at George & Stephen's presentations:  -  Comparison of different learning theories (print) - What is connectivism (audio only version) - A quick introduction to connectivism (ustream video)   I skimmed through some of the readings (I didn't read them in detail as some docs were quite long): - What is the Unique Idea in Connectivism? - What Connectivism is - Critique of connectivism .  I then decided it was time to get connected and see what others were saying and doing...my first stop was the CCK08 Moodle course where I:  posted a comment to the Week 1 - What is connectivism forum.  added myself to the Google map of participants added a post to the General forum: Meetups expressing interest in a meetup in Perth added comments to General forum: Introductions. Hugh from Edinbrugh (as our daughters are both currently living in Edinbrugh) and Austin from Fremantle...