E-learning and Digital Cultures 2013

The internet is not amazing, rather it "destroys political discourse, economic stability, the dignity of personhood and leads to "social catastrophe.". What do you think?

Thanks for this reference - very thoughtful and thought-provoking. Don't quite know what to 'do' with the information... a simple rubric could be to use the web the same way that Carl Rogers advises us to teach - with unconditional positive regard, congruence and empathy. Which is okay when you are still dealing with people - it gets so much complicated when we must perforce deal with or through impersonal monetised systems like Google or FaceBook.

"All of this now fits in your pocket"

"7 THINGS NO ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT BLOGGING"

Can these devices that alienate those around us, actually make us more human? Case Amber argues that our phones are wormholes in our pocket, connecting us in a practical and efficient way with loved ones?

Includes good TED Talk video (7 mins) outlining cyborg anthropology - how humans are interacting with new digital tools to extend/connect minds and selves.

Getting the most out of your Coursera experience

A Primer for Blogging

A critique of Clay Shirky's post " Napster, Udacity and the Academy" shared earlier to the group by Ary Aranguiz http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2012/11/napster-udacity-and-the-academy/

A group interested on the liberation of information (it goes from free e-learning to governmental transparency)

I like this list as it is organised by task. Now I want to see a list with an example of where each one has been used in class!

"The best thing to come out of the MOOC phenomenon is that people are talking about teaching, instructional strategies, and assessment."

Personally, I would add as a Benefit, "It's online, so you can participate whenever you want". And I would also add the same thing as an Issue! At least in a real class the lecture or class begin and end at a set time. I find it harder to time manage when it's just me. How about you?

nice find, very useful for the folks knew to online/distance/tech learning.

I agree Steven, it's a really good post. Practical, to the point, and helpful. David is also doing this course so it'll be interesting to see how he gets on!

Cyborg literacies and the posthuman text

I didn't think all of these were useful, and a lot were very self serving which I don't believe is in the right spirit of a MOOC. 20 & 27 were my favourite because a MOOC can help you solve a problem with someone from a totally different background. That's refreshing. What were your favourites from the list?

I think EDCMOOC has done a lot of these things already. 6 & 7 are most interesting for me. I totally agree with 7,8 & 9, and I think if we are smart about how we do this, we can alleviate point 6