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• Connectivism & Connective Knowledge Blog
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• Dekita Kitchen - Getting to know each other
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CCK08 Participants (Technorati search)

• MOOC: Massive Open Online Course

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 10:21pm GMT

  There has been a lot of buzz about the free and open Connectivism and Connective Knowledge course to be facilitated by George Siemens and Stephen Downes in September. To date, over 1,200 people have signed up for the course prompting a new label, Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), to describe this super-sized open education course. Over the weekend, George and Stephen joined the folks at EdTechTalk.com to discuss the design and facilitation of such a mega-course. Linked here is the recording o

  
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• Facilitating Online Courses 08 - Personal Goals

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 2:02pm GMT

  My personal goals for this course are: To make time for the course. To understand how to generate a fluid learning experience. Practice working in groups online. To better understand how you can work to a goal as you define the goal. To purposefully connect with others and making sure I make time and space to make those connections visible through linking to my blog and posting things on Twitter. To understand how to better communicate the processes and benefits of working in online communitie

  
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• Commentaries to the course

  Posted: July 27th, 2008, 8:13am GMT

  Four students provided a translation in english of their commentaries to the course, so far. They have been published in this wiki page.

  
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• Connectivism and Connective Knowledge Online Course

  Posted: July 15th, 2008, 12:12pm GMT

  I am planning to attend this fall’s Connectivism and Connective Knowledge online course, that runs from September 8 - November 29, 2008. With instructors George Siemens and Stephen Downes, it is sure to be an interesting and exciting experience that can be taken for credit through the University of Manitoba or free without the credit. Interested in joining over 1000 (at recent count) people in this MOOC (Massive Online Open Course), then you may want to do some background reading that George ha

  
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• Preflection on Connectivism and Collective Knowledge

  Posted: July 12th, 2008, 5:15am GMT

  I first must admit that at this point in early July I have done little to no actual reading provided by the CCK08 Course Blog. Yes I am lazy, but I am doing everything I can to enjoy my ever growing family. However I will admit that I have skimmed some of the articles and have a growing sense of the need of connectivism (below explains my opinions). Many teachers feel overwhelmed by the pace of technology, and even when find time to explore a new or established piece of hardware/software, and

  
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• Connectivism course draws night, or behold the MOOC

  Posted: July 10th, 2008, 9:57pm GMT

  The Connectivism online class is drawing closer, as we can see from their wiki, the blog, and email announcements. I'm excited about the idea of a "massive online open course".

  
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• Ever Hopeful

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 4:47am GMT

  Image via Wikipedia As an educator nearly reaching the milestone of 10 years in the game I have had my highs and lows. I have seen promise and despair and have gone through the endless roller coaster more times than I can imagine. I started with hope for technology in education when I graduated from the University of Alberta, then I entered reality. The underfunded always hopeful public education system, where in many rooms current technology is a 30 year old overhead projector (Don’t laugh, I

  
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• Connectivism

  Posted: July 5th, 2008, 9:08am GMT

  Spring in Alexandra This section will be about a course that I am embarking on in July 2008. It is called: Connectivism and Connective Knowledge offered by George Siemens. This is mainly for my reflection, but I am interested in any comments - once I have something to say! The course wiki is here: Connectivism Wiki The course blog is here: Connectivism and Connective Knowledge Blog The course email list is here: Connectivism Google Group Resources: An article on Connectivism  Website o

  
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