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In this video, Dr. George Siemens provides a brief description of connectivism. He shares a number of practical examples of social knowledge sharing and building, several of which led him to publish the 2005 paper on connectivism (located in the Module 1 Resources of this course). Three levels of knowledge-building including biological, knowledge reconciliation, and networked processes are also discussed.

This article looks at four major definitions of communities of practice.

This paper compares four different resources on community of practice. The paper breaks down the different versions of communities of practice by looking at multiple topics: concept of community, view of learning, power and conflict, change, formality, diversity, and level. This is a great resource to learn about different views on communities of practice.

This article is fairly specific.  It helped understand the difference between a CoP and a PLN.  Primarily it talks about what learning is and how a PLN can help and how learning can come in a PLN.  It elaborates that a PLN is something that we have.  It is our connections that we make and, while not explicit, it emphasizes that we feel ownership in the PLN.

PLNs are a necessity. Even when we are learning in a formal situation, we take the information and go to apply it in our jobs. However, we typically do not have access to the original resources for information. This is where the PLN comes in. In many cases we may not know some or all of the members personally, but they are still a very valuable resource!

This article addresses setting up a PLN in the corporate workplace. When reading this article it reinforced the need to expose students during their formative years to this type of collaboration.

This is a guest written article about creating a PLN. It has very good graphics illustrating a PLN. It also describes the different components of a PLN including information aggregation tools and the social media connections. It even shows the step for a beginner to get started including resources to use and also blogs to follow. Short and sweet and to the point.

Hi Cinnamon! Great resource! I really thought some of the graphics and links included in the article were helpful. The section on information aggregation and social media connections at the end of the article was especially helpful.

This article provides a snapshot of how personal learning networks work and their benefits. Torrey Trust explains that PLNs allow for professional development to be catered to your specific needs at that moment. Educators can seek instant feedback for questions or ideas they may share. She also outlines the main tools that make PLNs work, information aggregation and social media. It is a good article to for educators new to PLNs. It provides a good understanding of why PLNs are important to professional development and also explains the ways in which the information is shared.

This sources is a brief introduction to education 3.0. It outlines the meaning of education 3.0, compares it to 1.0 and 2.0, and gives additional resources for more information.

Web 2.0 is when you interact with the internet, like I am doing right now. Diigo is an example of web 2.0 tools. Web 3.0 is when the internet interacts with you. For example, Google has all this data on you that when you search for something you get different search results than others who do the same search.

This is a link to a paper about building online communities of practice with social networking tools. It details the CoP model introduced by Wenger, McDermott & Snyder: that is comprised of members and continually changes, that it is mutual engagement that binds members together, and that there is a shared set of resources that develops over time. The domain of CoP is is common ground that created a community. Practice comes from the resources that are created. The authors lead of of this into their proposed phases of the learning process in a CoP: Context, Discourse, Action, Reflection, and Reorganization.

This paper shows how members of communities of practice can increase their learning through social networking tools. They discuss how social networking is the forum for the domain (common ground) where people can discuss their ideas. This helps create personal meaning. This happens with a community which is a group of people who want to learn and interact together. The practice is the knowledge that the group develops. Within the article, he discusses how different social networks enhances communities of practice.

A short, engaging YouTube video on defining Personal Learning Networks.

I really enjoy the simplicity of this video while at the same time the depth of understanding it gives in such a brief period of time. For me this video really drives home the effectiveness technology can have in presenting potentially overwhelming information in a very easy to understand manner.

In my opinion, the key words of this video are "what", because you choose what to share, "where" and "when" to do it. It is brief but powerful. Thanks Melodie for sharing it!

This list provides links to articles and webpages I found on the topics of Connectivism, Communities of Practice, and Personal Learning Environment. Some of the articles require a log-in with the student's Boise State network userid and password.

This blog post was written by the creator of the SAMR Model, Dr. Ruben Puentedura. In it he looks at the SAMR Model in relation to Blooms Taxonomy and draws parallels between the two. He even gives some suggested web resources which address various levels in the SAMR/Blooms Model.

This is a great resource for Software Support Tools for Assessment and Grading. This was put together my NEWA the organization that developed the MAPS test. Some of these I wouldn't have thought of for Assessment, like Lino. Lino is an old-time virtual bulletin board where you post "sticky" notes. I've seen this used as a "parking lot" for questions during PD, but I think I'll try it for assessment with teachers next training I lead.

This is another great resource from Harvard, there are actually video lessons available from Richard Mayer talking about each of his multimedia principles.

Advice from the researchers on: 1. The Signaling Principle 2. The Segmenting Principle 3. The Modality Principle 4. The Multimedia Principle 5. The Coherence Principle

This is an excellent resource on how to create stronger presentations using Powerpoint and any other presentation software.

Great website with many resources for teachers and parents to help teach about healthy habits, not just milk.

Great site dedicated to helping teachers find websites and resources to help teach health and nutrition.

Free ACT preparation resources

This site provides information and resources to help students make an informed decision on which college to attend.

Resource to assist in the research and exploration of colleges and information on different types of schools.

Possible Materials and Resources column under each skill provides a variety of resources, including software and websites that address the topics.

A great resource for students and teachers to find free images to use in their presentations and work. These images are high-quality.