http://www.tonybates.ca/2012/02/29/a-student-guide-to-studying-online/ This was posted on Google+
Category: S/R
Stephen Downes on social media
This is a lot more then “some thoughts”, as Stephen Downes understates: it’s a great piece on social media and education. Here’s the concluding paragraph: “So we need to keep inventing. We need to keep creating our own software, and our own content, even if it isn’t mainstream, even if it means we are not […]
Stephen Downes 30m interview (audio) with Julie Suarez.
Stephen Downes 30m interview (audio) with Julie Suarez. A Conversation with Stephen Downes Julie Suarez, Podomatic, February 23, 2012. Interview in which I discuss a number of aspects of connectivism – including at one point where I go into more detail into the differences between connectivism and constructivism. [Link] [Comment] This was posted on Google+
Stephen Downes on the limits of learning design
+Stephen Downes on the limits of learning design in a (sort of) debate with Diana Laurillard. The Limits of Learning Design [Slides][Audio] In this session I present my side of a debate or discussion with Diana Laurillard regarding the Limits of Instructional Design. I approach the question from the perspective of LD as a language, […]
Jose Vilson on an initiative by the New York Times
Jose Vilson on an initiative by the New York Times that is, in his view, another step in the deprofessionalization of teaching. I agree. Other than sports, there’s no area where so many people think they know better than the professionals doing it. Why The New York Times Is Asking Me To Validate Myself N […]
A challenge for the OER movement
Don’t whine, compete – David Wiley on what the OER movement/community needs to do to stay in the game versus commercial publishers.
George Siemens and the Canada Research Chair position at RRU
+George Siemens reflects on his unsuccessful application to the Canada Research Chair position at Royal Roads University. Worth reading, with the plus of including the Research Project he proposed – “Integrating social and technical systems for learning and knowledge innovation”” Rejected: On being disappointed, sorta I’ve never really actively “looked for work”. In my late […]
Martin Wesch’s on why good classes fail
Martin Wesch’s reflection on his and other teachers’ practices seems to be going, in terms of what “education” should be, in the opposite direction of the new projects like MITx, Udacity, Coursera, etc. Here’s a glimpse: “So what’s wrong? In short, the common thread I see throughout all the failures is quite simply a lack […]
John Moravec on knowmads
John Moravec with more on knowmads and knowmad society. Interesting concepts, imo. Are you a knowmad or are you just lost? Knowmads differentiate their jobs from work. Jobs are positions, gigs, or other forms of employment. Work is longer term in scope, and relates toward creating meaningful outcomes. One’s work differs from a career in […]
George Siemens on why analytics tools must be open
+George Siemens concludes his presentation with this powerful thought: “Individual assessment, teaching, one-on-one consultation and mentorship – those factors that can’t be scaled – serve as the foundation and premise of tomorrow’s education model. Learning analytics serve to give educators information on what’s working and what’s not working. For this reason, analytics tools must be […]