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• Connectivism & Connective Knowledge Blog
• CCK08 Participants (Technorati search)

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• Dekita Kitchen - Getting to know each other
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• My Connectivism Blog
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• Connectivism by the Nile
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CCK08 Participants (Technorati search)

• Getting in a tizz about the connectivism course

  Posted: August 24th, 2008, 1:01pm GMT

  I am planning to be an informal student in a course that explores the learning theory: Connectivism. The course is being run by George Siemens and Stephen Downes. This course is being offered as an online open access course that anyone can join either as an informal student (free) for the fun of it, or formally enroll (and pay fees) with the aim of taking assessments and gaining the qualification.Learning needsI do not expect that I'll have time to be the star 'pupil' or formally enroll so my p

  
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• Daily Bookmarks 08/20/2008

  Posted: August 20th, 2008, 10:30pm GMT

  August 20, 2008 ClassTools.net: Games for Education Free games, tools, and graphic organizers, including a Venn Diagram, priority chart, timeline, and timer. You can create your own casual games with questions, like a word game based on “Space Invaders.” tags: education, tools, flash, games Dipity Create a timeline by adding each event manually or by adding a source (Flickr, RSS, twitter, etc.) Images, music, and video can be included in events. Related services include Tickr, which lets yo

  
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• Daily Bookmarks 08/17/2008

  Posted: August 13th, 2008, 10:30pm GMT

  August 13, 2008 Working from home « Design for Learning Natalie Kilkenny writes about how much more productive she is as a telecommuter than working in a cube farm and answers the question “How do they know that you’re working when they can’t see you?” tags: telecommuting, career, productivity x28’s new Blog » Blog Archive » My take on Connectivism An answer to the question “What is Connectivism?” Rather than going for a fixed definition within the framework of a learning theory, the author

  
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• Repost: Future of the Net & Anthropology of YouTube

  Posted: August 4th, 2008, 4:30am GMT

  If you haven’t yet seen these videos or haven’t made the time, do it. Kevin Kelly: Predicting the next 5,000 days of the web Another excellent TED Talk, I continue to be a huge fan. An anthropological introduction to YouTube From Mike Wesch, author of another internet-famous video, The Machine is Us/ing Us. I mentioned this presentation a month or so ago and the video was finally posted last week. It was presented to the Library of Congress back at the end of June.

  
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• fleep: New blog post: Educators: CCK08 - Connectivism & Connective Knowledge Course http://tinyurl.com/5s6g8r

  Posted: August 3rd, 2008, 2:17pm GMT

  fleep: New blog post: Educators: CCK08 - Connectivism & Connective Knowledge Course http://tinyurl.com/5s6g8r

  
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• Educators: CCK08 - Connectivism & Connective Knowledge Course

  Posted: August 3rd, 2008, 8:45am GMT

  In about a month, the Connectivism & Connective Knowledge Course will begin. From the course wiki: Connectivism and Connective Knowledge is a twelve week course that will explore the concepts of connectivism and connective knowledge and explore their application as a framework for theories of teaching and learning. It will outline a connectivist understanding of educational systems of the future. George Siemens and Stephen Downes – the two leading figures on connectivism and connective k

  
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