A Few Words on ePortfolios
I was asked, I think that it would be of a great interest that you (as a world wide reference in education) can write a very brief review (between 200-300…
Stephen Downes
Connective Knowledge and Open Resources
The following is a set of responses to interview questions I answered over the weekend. 1. Chinese readers firstly know you and George Siemens by the theory “connectivism”. How did…
THE Article – Full Interview
I was interviewed by Chris Parr for an article that appeared in the Times Higher Education supplement today (October 17). This is the full set of responses I sent for…
Notes from Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training ITHET 2013, Antalya
A New Strategy for Higher Education and TrainingShirley Alexander Some intro stuff about the buildings being built for the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). – leads to questions about designing…
Concepts
On 2013-10-12 9:02 AM, Matthias Melcher wrote: If we consider, on one hand, all the aggregated connectionpatterns that make up a simple concept or word in an individual,and OTOH, in…
On the Three or Four Problems of Connectivism
Marc Clarà and Elena Barberà have advanced at least two articles now where they argue that there are three problems with connectivism. One of these is Learning online: massive open…
Foradian Technologies Interview
Questions 1. Please introduce yourself to our readers. I am a researcher for Canada’s National Research Council, the federal government scientific agency. I specialized on online learning, media and collaborative…
Two Comments on ‘Open’
Response to David Wiley (his post) > Which initiatives that use “open” properly would you suggest the whole world read about instead of the Fauxpen Education Alliance? I don’t want…
Notes from ALT-C
“The notion of students as change agents is a relatively new concpt.” — Malcom Ryan Rachel Winston How we can shape the development of a new culture of learning by…
gRSShopper Setup (2)
Making Optlists Preparing for the MOOC-REL course I filled in a full set of optlists. An ‘optlist’ is the information required to create a dropdown list. These lists create predefine…
gRSShopper Setup Log
This is from another site (more shortly) but I’d like to share he especially for people interested is messing around with gRSShopper but not being able to get it to…
‘Completely Wrong’ but Not In Error
David Wiley writes, “A careful reading of the post he links to, however, shows that this is completely wrong. The problems described in the post are the result of two…
Moncton’s Downtown Debate
I watched the City Council meeting via the live video coverage online Tuesday September 4 and followed all the debate on the downtown. I did not have access to the…
Connectivism and the Primal Scream
Keith Brennan writes a well-thought-out and evenly expressed criticism of connectivism as it is applied in connectivist MOOCs. It’s worth taking the time to read it in full before proceeding…
Technology Integration in K-12
I was asked, I'm curious as to what you think the three most important things for newteachers to know about technology integration in k-12? 1. Community – teaching can be…
RSS Changeover Day Experiences
So today is the day Google Reader is vanishing from the web. What next? Well, I’ve done my duty and saved my Google RSS data, and now I’m looking for…
What I Wish I Had Learned in School
School for me was not really a pleasant experience. Oh, sure, it had its moments, but it was a struggle. On the one hand, we had the typical high school…
The Open Road
Right now, the government awards road-building contracts to large construction companies. But imagine the government decided to end these contracts, and to simply grant anyone who wanted to build a…
Ongoing Digital Citizenry Training
Responses to comments on my recent online talk, in preparation for my keynote in Caracas in a couple weeks. Commenter voices are in italics. The original forum and comments are…
On Being in the Public Service
I could probably obtain employment in the private sector, and it remains my back-up plan should the current gig at NRC come to an end (I continue to be ‘unqualified’…