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My collection of connectivism links of our curriculum and beyond.

There are lot of various ways to be a good teacher and a bad teaching always the same.

blogs "towards the end of a learning cycle" ?

This is Java applet for making Webpages as Graphs and this is an example: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brewbooks/1412192595/

Connectivism is a theoretical framework for understanding learning. In connectivism, the starting point for learning occurs when knowledge is actuated through the process of a learner connecting to and feeding information into a learning community. Can connectivism be viewed as a new learning theory?

"I received a phone call on Saturday morning from Canada. Had no idea who it was. I ended up speaking at length with a freelance writer about the field of educational technology. She asked about the type of training that Instructional Designers receive in a masters program and we chatted about graduate schools that have competitive Educational Technology departments."

InfEd explores informal education, lifelong learning, social pedagogy and social action

In this article, InfEd explores: What is learning? Is it a change in behaviour or understanding? Is it a process?

Using a connectivist approach to create an open learning school.  Connect - Create - Learn   Very good stuff.

Teaching and Learning using concept mapping

This is up my alley. Thanks

Good introduction but doesn't cover what I need explained - "how to pick the text / terms / action words" on the diagrams". Doesn't say why it's different from mindmap.

Every gardner knows that trees benefit from pruning . How about social networks? Can our networks can get cluttered?

prezi about learning styles

I like # 12

I saved this one for RRS! thanks

Great learning strategies, thanks

The Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs, Canada's oldest non-partisan public affairs forum, is mandated to provide a civil place to disagree, fostering robust, informed conversation on the issues of our time. Recognized for events that encourage rich, frank discussion, the Couchiching Institute attracts thoughtful, knowledgeable Canadians passionate about public affairs.

Ted-Ex introduces TED-Ed: Lessons worth sharing - mind altering education coming your way!

Complex systemsVol. 410, No. 6825 (8 March 2001).|PDF(207K)| The science of complexity, as befits its name, lacks a simple definition.

The Long Tail or long tail refers to the statistical property that a larger share of population rests within the tail of a probability distribution than observed under a "normal" or Gaussian distribution. The term Long Tail has gained popularity in recent times as describing the retailing strategy of selling a large number of unique items with relatively small quantities sold of each - usually in addition to selling fewer popular items in large quantities

Here is an updated link on the week 9 article by Alan Levine on "Amazing Stories of Openness". It shares various videos and inspiring stories. Truly amazing stuff! "Open Education Conference Vancouver August 12, 2009 While the Open Education movement focuses on institutional issues, a large ocean exists of powerful individual accomplishments simply from tapping into content that is open for sharing and re-use."