Reflections on the Knowledge Society » Gravity rules the MOOC LAK11 - 0 views
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Discussions spread in ever-which way. Participants migrate between discussions and platforms (or shall we say “bounce”?).
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‘open space’ conference
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A MOOC follows the same principles but is entirely virtual.
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Reflections on Open Courses: Curation, Ombuds, and Concierges | Learning and Knowledge ... - 0 views
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Part of the focus in LAK11 is to explore how we can better use data to make sense of complex topics such as:
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How students interact
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patterns of activity
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What is the unique idea in Connectivism? « Connectivism - 0 views
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what is the unique idea in connectivism?
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a new idea is often an old idea in today’s context.
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what is the new idea in constructivism? That people construct their own knowledge? Or the social, situated nature of learning? Or that knowledge is not something that exists outside of a knower? (i.e. there is no “there” out there)
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MOOC newbie Voice - Week 2 Big Data… must be important… it's big! » Dave's Ed... - 0 views
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we are increasingly at the mercy of the data that is out there
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Week 1 skimming
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The Telegraph article on the 10 ways data is changing how we live
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Half an Hour: What Connectivism Is - 0 views
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in connectivism, there is no real concept of transferring knowledge, making knowledge, or building knowledge.
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a pedagogy that (a) seeks to describe 'successful' networks (as identified by their properties, which I have characterized as diversity, autonomy, openness, and connectivity) and (b) seeks to describe the practices that lead to such networks,
Artifacts of sensemaking | Learning and Knowledge Analytics - 2 views
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sensemaking attempts include: blog posts, summary Moodle forum posts, images, analysis of discussion forum activity, social network analysis, etc.
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Creating and sharing artifacts of sensemaking is an important activity in open online courses.
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filtering (or forming sub-networks/groups/discussion clusters) happens once the course is underway
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What We Do - OpenStudy - 1 views
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OpenStudy is a social learning network where students ask questions, give help, and connect with other students studying the same things. Our mission is to make the world one large study group, regardless of school, location, or background.
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AI recommendation engines to match students, and really real-time technologies to facilitate online interaction
Education Week Teacher: How Teachers Can Build Emotional Resilience - 0 views
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"I’ve come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my daily mood that makes the weather."
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in order to forge on I needed to learn more about managing my emotions. While our working conditions need to be improved, that will take time. In the interim, we can change how we experience the stress; we can increase our emotional resilience. I suspect that if I did, I’d be more effective and feel better.
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Emotional resilience is defined as how you roll with the punches, how you handle and adapt to stressful situations. Emotionally resilient people understand what they’re feeling and why.
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Development - Breaking down the walls of the classroom | Delta Publishing - English Lan... - 0 views
News: The Web of Babel - Inside Higher Ed - 1 views
Education Week: Cyber Students Taught the Value of Social Skills - 0 views
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Socialization of students is education in itself,”
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Many cyber schools regularly use social-networking tools in their online classes and are also moving to incorporate some face-to-face interaction into their classes
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The ubiquitous use of tools such as Skype, a free Web-based videoconferencing service, and webcams let students see their peers and their teachers, even in cyberspace.
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For All Its Flaws, Wikipedia is the Way Information Works Now - 0 views
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Wikipedia, which turns 10 years old this weekend, has taken a lot of heat over the years.
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But as a Pew Research report released today confirms, Wikipedia has become a crucial aspect of our online lives, and in many ways it has shown us — for better or worse — what all information online is in the process of becoming: social, distributed, interactive and (at times) chaotic.
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53 percent of American Internet users said they regularly look for information on Wikipedia, up from 36 percent of the same group the first time the research center asked the question in February of 2007
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