I fear this post will come across as rushed and disjointed, because I have more thoughts I want to express than available time to express them.  But Simon McIntyre’s response to my post on Expanding the Role of the University has really got me to thinking.
To paraphrase in brief, Simon argues that my philosophical idealism may be nice, but in practice the demand for the informal sorts of opportunities that I initially proposed is not really all that high.  He sites his experiences with the ‘COFA Online Enrich’ program as an …

Following on my last post about open culture versus open content, I wanted to expand a bit on the topic of the distributed system of sharing that I mentioned.  I argued that sustainable models of sharing must first be embedded in culture and practice before they will truly make a difference; and that this model is most likely going to be a distributed one, since open education in practice is largely distributed as well.
The challenge in the distributed model, though, is how to quickly locate openly published materials and information. …

Yesterday afternoon I gave a short presentation on CCK08 to the UNSW Network of Faculty Educational Developers, focusing primarily on an overview of CCK’s distributed nature, the technical environments used during the 12-week course and the underpinning logic behind the distributed framework.  Seeing as I had access to an iPod and microphone attachment I decided to record the first half of the presentation and share it here.
The talk was divided into two parts – roughly 20 minutes of which featured my presentation, and a following 10 minutes of open discussion.  …

[Note: I'm not sure I hit the mark with this post or not.  It is an attempt to articulate a train of though I'm presently exploring.  Hopefully I'll manage to elaborate and clarify any confusing elements over time.]
The Connectivism posts are slowly starting to trickle through my Google Alert notifications, and being the obsessive sort that I am, I am trying to read them all. If the caliber of content and reflection from last year is any indication, I’ll have a lot of food for thought again this year.
Benjamin …

The stars seem to all be aligning on Connectivism at the moment. A month or so ago I was approached about presenting my experiences with CCK08 to the local group of Educational Developers at UNSW, which I happily agreed to. The presentation isn’t until next week, however given I’ve more or less finished the slides today I thought I might release them for feedback, critique and suggestions.
NOTE: Due to the fine detail of the screenshots, this presentation is best viewed full screen.
CCK08 Presentation for UNFED
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