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Do we need an ongoing virtual conference?
Posted: January 4th, 2009, 10:28pm GMT
(Flickr picture of a health care conference in Second Life, Daneel Ariantho, Creative Commons License) A non-stop conferencing stage. That is one of the predictions the new media specialist Robin Good makes for 2009 in his impressive overview (published in two parts): In 2009 an ongoing virtual conference venue will open and hundreds of speakers and topics will be explored both live and in a recorded format. This will be kind of a YouTube of live powerful presentations, and while anyone can -
2008 Retrospective
Posted: December 31st, 2008, 1:12pm GMT
I have to thank Shane Roberts for the suggestion to post a review of the last 12 months. With tonight being the end of 2008, it seems fitting to devote proper consideration to reflecting upon the learning experiences and activities I’ve been engaged with this year. While I hadn’t set out to do this when first starting this blog in 2007, it’s proven to be an exceptionally insightful experience that I hope to establish as a tradition in the coming years. To know where you’re going I think you ne -
Slow Blogging, Connections, and Readers
Posted: December 26th, 2008, 12:56pm GMT
Jenny Mackness posted an interested question on her blog earlier this week on the implications of slow blogging, saying: “I read an article in a daily paper…about slow blogging. The article said that slow blogging had been a very popular idea, but that the person who had originally raised the whole idea of slow blogging now no longer blogged, presumably (according to the article) because people got fed up of waiting for the next blog post. This is an interesting dilemma - don’t you think? On t -
Save and Share Bookmarks, Blog and Only Then Use Twitter
Posted: December 25th, 2008, 4:12pm GMT
Great post from Steve Matthews, Law Firm Web Strategy : Not having a blog means you are not a player. If you lack that personal publishing presence, that means you don’t have a voice on the modern web. It’s a position of web marketing weakness. Twitter is not enough!!! Start by researching and saving online your bookmarks. Then create a blog where you can add your content and reflections. Only then you should start tweeting. When I am explaining a topic to someone in Twitter I always end refer -
The networked student
Posted: December 19th, 2008, 4:25am GMT
The Networked Student was inspired by CCK08, a Connectivism course offered by George Siemens and Stephen Downes during fall 2008. It depicts an actual project completed by Wendy Drexler’s high school students: -
My CCK08 Connectivism Online Course Workspace
Posted: December 19th, 2008, 1:00am GMT
This is a photo of my CCK08 Connectivism online course workspace. I work online, full time, from home. emapey's CCK08 Connectivism Workspace Louise Côté (Blanche Maynard) had the great idea of creating the Flickr CCK08 Workspaces Pool She wrote: Can the sharing of work environment help build trust and foster deeper connections? That’s the idea behind the formation of this group. Connecting visually will help us relate to each other on a more personal level, and make our network connections st -
We have the ideas and the technologies - what changes in the system do we need for Open Education?
Posted: December 17th, 2008, 4:04pm GMT
The education system does not work Last week in a post entitled “If PLEs are Incompatible with the System, how do we Change the System?”, I argued that our present systems are unable to keep up with the requirements of society and of industry for learning and knowledge development. Curricula cannot keep pace with the speed of technological and social innovation and the skills and knowledge required by today’s technology cannot be delivered through a rigidly sytematised, market led educational -
MP3 of my presentation from the Open Ed Workshop
Posted: December 17th, 2008, 11:50am GMT
As mentioned several weeks ago, I gave a short somewhat informal presentation regarding the CCK08 student experience at the Open Education Workshop on November 21st. The event was held at Macquarie University and had a nice diverse turn-out of attendees from across many different levels of education - including primary, secondary, tertiary, and even government. I’ve just received word that the recordings of the event have been released and are now available for download via the Australian Serv -
Connectivism, My Twitter Activity Stats
Posted: December 15th, 2008, 3:03pm GMT
Thanks to ggrosseck’s Bookmarks on Delicious I became aware of a tool that shows my Twitter activity stats and connections. TwitterFriends - emapey2 activity statsTwitterFriends - emapey activity stats This tool shows replies FROM my @emapey and @emapey2 and replies TO my @emapey and @emapey2 accounts. This is another very useful tool which provides data about your connections. You can read more information about this tool at Networks that matter on Twitter: the @-Crowd As you can see I’m usin -
Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Dec 13 08
Posted: December 13th, 2008, 9:47am GMT
Virtual worlds offer exciting opportunities in online learning. A virtual world is a fully customizable 3D environment on the Internet where people can meet, talk, and interact with each other as if they were in the real world. The big deal is that you're not just a screen name or a still picture, but a three-dimensional individual that you can personalize as you want. Photo credit: h-l-n If you have ever attended an online seminar or a virtual university lesson you may already know how this wo