Connected learning is when you’re pursuing knowledge and expertise around
something you care deeply about, and you’re supported by friends and
institutions who share and recognize this common passion or purpose. Click here
to learn more about the connected learning model and the research that supports
it.
Absolutely fabulous video (6 minutes) on Connected Learning and how we must change the outcomes based focus of education to awaken the curiosity of each learner and engage with them in learning how to learn given the distribution of resources, ideas, experts, etc. while preserving the learners' autonomy, access to diversity, openness to others for learning, interactivity with similar and diverse co-learners, etc. Film by Nic Askew at Soulbiographies.com interviewing McArthur Foundation person and two professors of education
Interesting blog post on a business MOOC out of Case Western Reserve in Entrepreneur, Jane Porter, April 25, 2014.
Received $69,000 grant to design and deliver it.