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Interesting blog by Sui Fai John Mak on February 20, 2012 from CCK12 on online leadership and comparing it with transformative and servant leadership practices.

Interesting explanation of how the CCK MOOC would be evaluated for research purposes and used to inform and redesign future courses.

Learner Weblog by Sui Fai John Mak on why people leave MOOCS. Believe that the list of reasons may apply to all online learning communities. Mak's reasons: 1. emotional (people afraid of revealing ignorance with technology and ideas); 2. lack of motivation; 3. feeling of chaos with too much info to deal with; 4. identity (in my words--where do I fit? What is my view uninfluenced by this rich abundance of ideas; 5. Threat to security and privacy and being overpowered by ideas of more influential, smarter people (my words) In comments: Ken Anderson--novelty; our neophilia keeps us from sticking around after the newness wears off; Brainysmurf--the "working on me" realization--what I have to understand and address "about how I learn or do not learn, how I perceive authority and control, how I manage or fail to manage info and filters and flow of information." Jeffrey Keefer--length (of commitment to course--12 weeks or 32 weeks?)

Beautiful 5 minute video on Personal Learning Networks for educators but I believe this orientation could/should extend to all professionals in their work/personal lives, too. Uploaded by skipvia on June 10, 2010 on YouTube.

Redo of Wenger's schema on cops and levels of membership