One of the aspects of my work that I enjoy the most is interacting with teachers and academics and helping them explore the different opportunities that are available to them and to students – in social media specifically, and educational technology more generally. Over the last couple of years however, these opportunities have become fewer and farther in between for me as I have become increasingly engaged in different sorts of projects that are more behind the scenes and off the front lines.
Fortunately some opportune circumstances have arrisen recently that …

Cole Camplese is one of my favourite bloggers. Despite the fact I rarely comment on his posts (which is a habit I really should change), I find myself constantly challenged and inspired by the topics he writes about. One of the key reasons for this, I think, is he consciously and actively reflects on his own writing, his motives for doing so, and the trends and themes he recognises in the evolution of an idea (often times across several posts). He constantly demonstrates and models critical thinking …

I prepared the following presentation this morning in the interests of inspiring some discussion on the topic at work and thought it might be worth sharing here as well.
Blogs: Introduction & Educational Use Case
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Please feel free to leave comments on this post as I’m interested in exploring the practicalities of blogs in more traditional course structures. Personally I prefer the model we’re exploring in Connectivism, but this model isn’t going to be widely accepted in higher education I suspect – …

In reading Stephen Downes lastest post on “Types of Knowledge and Connective Knowledge” I was inspired to try and represent the concepts visually. This is what I’ve come up with (also available here).
It’s likely this will change over time – as will this post – but here’s where I’m at currently

NB: Quotes in mindmap adapted from Downes’ blog entry.

As part of the second online course I’m currently taking this session, Facilitating Online Communities, I’m meant to be posting weekly blog reflections about designated topics. ‭ ‬Unfortunately in the excitement of start of session at work and then Week One of CCK08,‭ ‬my contributions have slow to a trickle,‭ ‬and then dried up completely. ‭ ‬So in the interests of getting back on track here are my thoughts on the topic of Blog Networks.
Specifically we’re asked to discuss what characteristics we see in a Blog Network,‭ their nature, strengths and weaknesses …