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Discussions: How will you engage in the course?

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      CommentAuthorbdieu
    • CommentTimeJul 22nd 2008 edited
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    More than 1000 participants have already enrolled in the Connectivism course, the aim of which is:

    1. address the questions about value points in education and the role of learners and faculty in large scale open courses
    2. model alternatives to existing course design and delivery models. These alternatives are defined by openness, innovation, active participation, connectedness, and learner autonomy.
    3. expound connectivism as a learning theory and provide a forum for critical thought, debate, and consideration of future steps in research and implementation.

    Although it has not yet been officially launched, participants have already started making connections, coordinating efforts and suggesting how to foster interaction with others on ways to improve delivery. How?

    • by volunteering translation services. The course site is being translated into Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese;
    • by using tools to coordinate and organize local f2f meetups in other languages;
    • by opening parallel google lists and interacting in communities of practice to reach their specific groups or areas of interest;
    • by opening spaces (like this one) to discuss connectivism and ideas that emerge from the course from the perspective of their own field of practice, cultural and organizational contexts;
    • by suggesting tags to narrow and filter the content.

    What tools will you be using to organize yourself and how will they serve you? Why have you enrolled and how are you planning to go about the course? Besides the kitchen talk here, are you already participating or planning to do so in other events linked to the course (local meetups in your native language, translation, etc)?

     

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    Bee--

    I decided I didn't want to open a new blog specifically for the CCK08--I've got too many blogs, et al. floating abou already. I have been trying to read all the forum posts, but am feeling like it is just too much--too little content--so am following just a few. I hope here we can actually converse about what connectivism is and if it is a genuine theory of education. Or maybe that isn't the purpose of the kitchen?

    --Elizabeth

     

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      CommentAuthorbdieu
    • CommentTimeSep 30th 2008
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    Hi Elizabeth,

    I have not opened a specific blog either - just post it to Beespace with a CCK08 tag (oops...forgot the cck08_elt so it can be harvested here in the Orchard) and following some of the discussions in the forum when I have time. I thought the kitchen could be an informal  discussion place as well - but more focused on language learning, what it takes and whether all these theories apply and how.

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