Tag: connectivism
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Personal learning environments
Dominant design is the idea that, once a design has risen to prominence, all innovation will aim at improving it, rather than competing alternatives, regardless of whether the dominant design is better than the alternatives. The most commonly used example seems to be the QWERTY keyboard layout, which was implemented when typists would type fast enough…
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Without anyones permission: The open web and online learning
As teaching and learning activities move into online and blended learning environments we need to think carefully about how we use those spaces, which is often determined by the features of the platforms and services we choose. One topic in the field on online learning that’s been getting a lot of attention, is the MOOC (the New York…
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I enjoyed reading (July)
Artificial Intelligence Is Now Telling Doctors How to Treat You (Daniela Hernandez) Artificial intelligence is still in the very early stages of development–in so many ways, it can’t match our own intelligence–and computers certainly can’t replace doctors at the bedside. But today’s machines are capable of crunching vast amounts of data and identifying patterns that…
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I enjoyed reading (July)
In Connectivism, No One Can Hear You Scream: a Guide to Understanding the MOOC Novice (Keith Brennan): An interesting critique of Connectivist thinking… What we think about who we are, and where we are, tells us how much we are likely to learn. This is key to the gap in Connectivist thought. Central to that…
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What is Connectivism?
It is the idea that… Knowledge is networked and distributed The experience of learning is one of forming your own neural, conceptual and external networks Learning occurs in complex, chaotic and shifting spaces And that it is increasingly aided by technology Siemens (2008), via Connectivism – Personal Learning Networks for 21st Century Teachers
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Connectivism and connective knowledge, 2009
I just registered for the Connectivism and connective knowledge (CCK09) course that’s going to start in September. I first came across it when I did the Mozilla open education course earlier this year and have been keeping an eye on it in the meantime. It’s a massively open online course that so far has 1000+…