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 …

Anne Marie Cunningham brought a post to my attention this evening that has really got me thinking about distributed models for online learning, and in particular the technical elements I believe need to be in place to establish a framework that affords the most opportunities to teacher and students.
As always the more holistic elements such as literacies and the cultivation of a nurturing participatory learning culture amongst students and teacher are of equal if not greater importance – but considering how late it is tonight I’ll be hard pressed to …

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I’m sitting in bed as I type this, currently unable to sleep.  As is increasingly the norm these days I’ve been pondering what appears to be a growing disconnect between my passionate beliefs in learning – and how best to nurture it – and the current state of education – and where it is headed.  I’m frustrated with the standoff.
I believe quite strongly in the personalisation of learning, and the significance of each person finding their own way through the educational landscape.  Education and formal educational …

This video is just brilliant. It uses the format made famous by the Common Craft Show (think “Wikis in Plain English“) to discuss networked learning and Connectivism. It’s 5 minutes long but really easy viewing.
URL: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=e7oFzmr9_M4
Description: “The Networked Student was inspired by CCK08, a Connectivism course offered by George Siemens and Stephen Downes during fall 2008. It depicts an actual project completed by Wendy Drexler’s high school students. The Networked Student concept map was inspired by Alec Couros’ Networked Teacher. I hope that teachers will use it to …