reminding us that the tools we have available to us, for the most part free (given internet access), are fantastic compared to what we had in the early 1990s -a search engine like Google was the stuff of dreams ‘back then.’ The technological progress is happening so fast that many people may not know how to make use of all these great tools that are becoming available.
Brainstorming With Howard Rheingold - WikiBrains blog - 1 views
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we are humans because we’re social learners
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He defines the Personal Learning Networks (PLN) as “Not just a network of sources to learn from, but a network that learns together.”
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A New Culture of Learning | Social Media Classroom - 3 views
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A New Culture of Learning
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what strikes me is the second part of the title Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change.
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I love seeing a child's imagination being captivated
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This is the first capture of the conversation from the thread "A New Culture of Learning". We'll see how this goes
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I read the book almost cover to cover. It led me to think more about pushing what I've been doing closer to pure p2p. One of the co-learners in the latest Mindamp told me about "paragogy." That one is worth bookmarking.
George Siemens on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) - YouTube - 0 views
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Thanks Howard for having conducted this interview and having allowed George Siemens to expose the philisophy behind his MOOKC idea. Great educational content. Also a path is shown for the future of self-determined and self-managed, life-long autonomous, learning in teams and around personal and wider, global, community networks "George Siemens, at the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute at Athabasca Universityhas been running "Massive Open Online Courses" (MOOCs). I talk to him about what a MOOC is, how it works, and the educational philosophy behind it." Excellent Interview by Howard Rheingold
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This video is really great. Howard is a master interviewer. George Siemens is provoked in answering the kind of questions that allow the viewer to reallt comprehend his thinking and the power of his MOOC. By the same token, it gives a nice indication of the similarity in design that Howard is following for his course... When will the two combine to a greater whole
Interpersonal ties - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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more novel information flows to individuals through weak rather than strong ties.
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Acquaintances, by contrast, know people that we do not, and thus receive more novel information.[1]
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the fact that two people may know each other by name does not necessarily qualify the existence of a weak tie. If their interaction is negligible the tie may be absent. The "strength" of an interpersonal tie is a linear combination of the amount of time, the emotional intensity, the intimacy (or mutual confiding), and the reciprocal services which characterize each tie.[2]
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"Interpersonal ties From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nodes (individuals) and ties (connections) in social networks. In mathematical sociology, interpersonal ties are defined as information-carrying connections between people. Interpersonal ties, generally, come in three varieties: strong, weak, or absent. Weak social ties, it is argued, are responsible for the majority of the embeddedness and structure of social networks in society as well as the transmission of information through these networks. "
How to cultivate a personal learning network | Mind Mapping Software Blog - 0 views
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Next, I view the topical searches I have set up, looking for gold among the dross. Then finally, if time permits, I’ll view my entire Twitter feed. That’s how I get the most out of my time on Twitter.
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5. Feed the people you follow if you come across information that you suspect would interest them.
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As you begin to understand what motivates some of the key people you follow, you will naturally encounter nuggets of information that may be of value to them. Make the first move. Share it with them.
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