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djplaner

Ed-Tech and the Templated Self: Thoughts from the "Reclaim Your Domain" Hackathon - 0 views

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  • That is, I want to talk about ed-tech as a “personal endeavor,” one that enables student agency, and not simply an “institutional endeavor,” one that sees students as the object of education
  • djplaner on 27 Jul 14
     
    Some thoughts about the "Reclaim Your Domain" project and its links to education and some ideas related to NGL. I'm exploring how the NGL course blog can be re-developed and extended using the Reclaim Your Domain services. There's also a bit in this post connecting with what identity means in an online/networked environment.
Kath Gregory

Untitled - 2 views

www.outsideonline.com/...Reboot-or-Die-Trying.html

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  • Kath Gregory on 09 Sep 14
     
    I found this blog, its not really about NGL but I guess a warning to us all :) and I found it a really interesting read
anonymous

Are Courses Outdated? MIT Considers Offering ‘Modules’ Instead – Wire... - 0 views

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intgl

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  • anonymous on 04 Sep 14
     
    Modules sound good as they do provide more choice and freedom, particularly in a time-strapped world, students could study sections at a time, however, will it result in too much fragmentation?
laurac75

Presentations & Publications » Nicola Osborne - 0 views

nicolaosborne.blogs.edina.ac.uk/presentations-publications

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  • laurac75 on 04 Sep 14
     
    This page contains a lot of links to relevant presentation by the Edina social media officer. I don't find the actual blog itself overly useful, but some of the presentations are interesting. The learning from other people's mistakes raises a couple of relevant point about identity and making connections.
djplaner

MOOCs as Neocolonialism: Who Controls Knowledge? - WorldWise - Blogs - The Chronicle of... - 0 views

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global critique

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  • But I do believe it is important to point out that a powerful emerging educational movement strengthens the currently dominant academic culture, perhaps making it more difficult for alternative voices to be heard.
  • djplaner on 08 Sep 14
     
    One of the critiques of MOOCs that perhaps can be applied to broader ideas of NGL - or at least need to be considered. In particular this links to the under-developed aspect of NGL in this course - global learning.
Anne Trethewey

Educational Leadership:For Each to Excel:Preparing Students to Learn Without Us - 3 views

www.ascd.org/...dents-to-Learn-Without-Us.aspx

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  • The reality is that despite having talked about personalized learning for more than a decade, most schools and teachers have been slow to discover its potential through the use of the social web, interactive games, and mobile devices.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 14
       
      Comments like this make teachers appear lazy. Using the word "slow" implies that teachers are ignorant and not proactive. I have seen many teachers wanting to integrate these technologies but finding the curriculum and day to day life of being a teacher as exhausting.
    • mari marincowitz
      mari marincowitz on 16 Aug 14
       
      I totally agree on this, Annelise. The problem is that the whole school system has not kept up the way technology has changed our daily lives and ways we interact and learn. For example, I'm teaching the IB Visual Art curriculum, a rigorous 2-year course for grade 11 and 12 learners. The sheer amount of work that need to be achieved in a very short period, makes it impossible to spend hours integrating new technologies that are not directly related to achieving the objectives set out by the IB to pass this exam. My husband teaches IB Psychology and the final examination is a traditional written exam, mostly based on students' ability to memorize large amounts of work. This means that students need to practice writing traditional pen and paper tests. This leaves little space for interactive games or application of new technologies. The curriculum will need to change before teachers can effectively discover the potential of these new technologies and consequently redefine their teaching.
  • schools see the eruption of technologies and environments that allow for personalized learning as a "disruptive innovation
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 14
       
      Not in the schools I have been in.
  • we need to fundamentally rethink what we do in the classroom with kids
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 14
       
      True, we do need to rethink but I think the model is fundamentally flawed.
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  • are we preparing students to learn without us? How can we shift curriculum and pedagogy to more effectively help students form and answer their own questions, develop patience with uncertainty and ambiguity, appreciate and learn from failure, and develop the ability to go deeply into the subjects about which they have a passion to learn
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 14
       
      This is what the subject NGL is encouraging. We learn without teachers, where we answer our own questions, develop patience with uncertainty and ambiguity, appreciate and learn from our "mistakes," and follow our passion.
  • writing blog posts
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 14
       
      A very good idea and something I was doing with my year 11s and 12s. Some loved it and others wanted the "paper and pen" approach. I found female students were more resistant as they were not as active in online forums as the males, but this is only my experience. I had many females complain, even some to their parents saying that they wanted to receive everything I did in hard copy, despite even the parents having access to all the online materials.
  • model the learning process together
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 14
       
      A great idea, modelling active learning.
  • Assessment changes as well. Donhauser says that the emphasis moves to assessing in the moment rather than at the end of a book or unit. "Rather than having a defined product that I receive from 25 students," she says, "I receive 25 individual assignments with their own unique content, insights, and styles." Using Google Docs, students continually update their progress, and she provides regular feedback. Students also give one another feedback on their plans as they go. Everyone follows a rubric that covers such areas as standards, learning outcomes, artifact explanation, blog posts, learning activities, work ethic, and research. Personalized learning like this requires students to reflect deeply on their effort and assess their work and progress, a fundamental part of developing the skills and dispositions to continue learning after the class ends.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 14
       
      I can see how it will take very brave souls to implement this approach in the current schooling model. I have seen massive resistance, and mostly because it is seen as "extra" on top of everything else. Education is like a "black hole" - never ending and constantly growing. :0
  • the truly personal, self-directed learning that we can now pursue in online networks and communities differs substantially from the "personalized" opportunities that some schools are opening up to students. Although it might be an important first step in putting students on a path to a more self-directed, passionate, relevant learning life, it may not bring about the true transformation that many see as the potential of this moment.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 14
       
      I think the demand for personal learning is increasing, particularly amongst male students. The proliferation of information on the web and the active engagement. Argghh, I just found out that Robin Williams has died. I'm heartbroken, i loved him.
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 12 Aug 14
       
      You're not alone in that feeling.
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 12 Aug 14
       
      On a less important topic, how would personal learning fit within a school setting with set curriculum etc? I can see a distinct difference with what is possible in NGL and what could be done in my undergraduate course.
  • By pairing personalized learning and technology, a teacher can help students learn what they need to learn through the topics that interest them most.
    • Anne Trethewey
      Anne Trethewey on 16 Aug 14
       
      An interesting statement - especially in light of many of the restrictions now placed on teachers in Australia with the new national curriculum, especially P-6.  Over the last few years, the explicit teaching focuses and prescriptive nature of many subject outcomes has seen my teaching change fundamentally, and I do not believe for the better. I know longer have the same scope and professional leeway to tailor learning to needs and interests of my students.  One-size DOES NOT FIT ALL!
  • Finding Their Passion
    • Anne Trethewey
      Anne Trethewey on 16 Aug 14
       
      Have explored 'Genius Hour' with my students in an attempt to introduce more opportunity for my students to engage in learning that is more in turn with their interests and passions.  Find time in a very hectic curriculum and timetable is the greatest hurdle!
  • It requires a totally different skill set on the teacher's part," Stutzman says. "We have to be comfortable with being uncomfortable, because we don't know the exact direction that a class will go when we walk in.
  • Personal and autonomous learning is self-directed and self-selected according to the learner's own needs, preferences, and learning arrangements … Truly autonomous and personal learning means making our own choices about what we wish to play or learn with, whom we wish to learn with or from, where we want to do this learning, when we prefer to learn or play, and how we want to learn. (personal communication, October 3, 2011).
  • anonymous on 12 Aug 14
     
    A very good article on encouraging students to personalise their learning to their personal interests, just as NGL is doing. It illustrates how learning should be self-directed.
  • djplaner on 12 Aug 14
     
    A very good article on encouraging students to personalise their learning to their personal interests, just as NGL is doing. It illustrates how learning should be self-directed.
djplaner

The Stepford syndrome in KM - Cognitive Edge Network Blog - 0 views

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edu8117 edu8117literature cop

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  • means supporting local decisions, allowing peer-to-peer knowledge flow, encouraging messy coherence
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 11 Jul 14
       
      Touching here - perhaps - on the difference between a network perspective and a group/community perspective?
  • djplaner on 11 Jul 14
     
    Snowden critiques an aspect of the KM community and touches on something related to NGL in terms of CoP versus a networked approach.
djplaner

A Design-Based Approach To Teachers' Professional Learning | Canadian Education Associa... - 1 views

www.cea-ace.ca/...ers%E2%80%99-professional-lear

dbr

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  • Yet school leaders and classroom teachers often fail to see a connection between educational theory and research conducted in universities and the real-world, complex and contextually rich teaching, learning and leading contexts in schools.
  • “Best practice, evidence-based practice, and reflective practice all refer to ways of making optimum use of know-how”[3]; however, while necessary, these are insufficient for creating new insights into practice, or “know-why” directed towards advancing practice
  • Design-based professional learning, which builds upon design-based research findings and theories, provides the bridge for teachers to advance practice in a principled, practical way.
  • djplaner on 11 Jul 16
     
    Article arguing/explaining the value of design-based research to classroom teachers. The link with NGL is that the course uses DBR as the method by which you consider how to apply NGL principles to interventions in your role "as Teacher".
ollie1

Learning and Knowledge Analytics - Analyzing what can be connected - 1 views

www.learninganalytics.net

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  • ollie1 on 14 Aug 16
     
    George Siemen's Introduction to his Blog: Learning analytics is hardly new. It has roots in various fields, including business intelligence, HCI, assessment/evaluation, and research models in general. What is new, however, is the rise of quantity and quality of data being capture as learners engage in learning processes. As a consequence of better and more data, analytics have gained attention in education.
  • ollie1 on 14 Aug 16
     
    Learning analytics may have its limitations, but it is an existing tool that can be used to analyse activity in networked learning.
jenleighc

Guest Post: PD For the Teachers By the Teachers - 0 views

transformed.teachingquality.org/...uest-post-pd-teachers-teachers

Differentiation professional development teachers

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  • jenleighc on 15 Aug 12
     
    Differentiation called for in teacher PD.
Trevor Haddock

Open Education for a Global Economy - NYTimes.com - 0 views

opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/...education-for-a-global-economy

education online global alison nytimes

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  • Trevor Haddock on 27 Jul 12
     
    An article about ALISON which collects vocational training courses for free delivery similar to what Khan Academy provides for academic courses.
muzedujourney

Can Free, High-Quality Education Get You A Job? | MindShift - 1 views

blogs.kqed.org/...uality-education-get-you-a-job

MOOCS degree education learning

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  • muzedujourney on 13 Aug 14
     
    Article about MOOC's and wether they can level the playing field. Would employers employ someone who had completed certificates for online courses rather than those who had diploma's and degrees from the same institutions.
djplaner

Students in Free Online Courses Form Groups to Study and Socialize - Wired Campus - The... - 1 views

chronicle.com/...38887

mooc highered

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  • djplaner on 22 Aug 12
     
    Describing some methods being used to create communication/socialisation opportunities in MOOCs.
paul_size

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/stonerm/blogging_to_learn.pdf - 3 views

www.csus.edu/...blogging_to_learn.pdf

blogging

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  • paul_size on 15 Sep 14
     
    There is no doubt that pedagogical practices are being swamped with new technology options. While accessibility to these new technologies and cautious uptake may be slowing integration into teaching strategies, educators in the current market would be wise to consider the following question before embracing the options presented to them: How will this new technology enhance learning in my context?
muzedujourney

What We Miss by Comparing MOOCs to Traditional Classrooms | DMLcentral - 1 views

dmlcentral.net/...g-moocs-traditional-classrooms

mooc connectivism education learning

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  • muzedujourney on 09 Sep 14
     
    An article that looks at MOOC's as an extension to the traditional library rather than the classroom.
debliriges

elearnspace › Innovation in open online courses - 0 views

www.elearnspace.org/...ovation-in-open-online-courses

innovation online courses connectivism mooc

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  • debliriges on 08 Oct 14
     
    Focus on improving the social experience of learners. Approaches to address the problems of limited social contact between learners; limited timely support; limited engagement in developing knowledge together; persistence of MOOC courses; limited search functions; adaptivity of courses.
algilbey

Week 3 - Where you and NGL have come from, and where you're going | An experiment in Ne... - 3 views

netgl.wordpress.com/...ome-from-and-where-youre-going

read this again

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  • “As learner”.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 16 Aug 14
       
      I have started using tags on my blog e.g. me.as.a.student, me.as.a.learner, me.as.a.teacher
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 16 Aug 14
       
      and also on diigo.
  • networks
  • algilbey on 03 Aug 15
     
    "Are the participants of NGL a group, network, collective or something else?"
ravenledu8117

Microlearning: Strategy, Examples & Applications | eLearning Mind - 0 views

elearningmind.com/microlearning

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  • ravenledu8117 on 06 Sep 15
     
    Think about where you get most of your facts and food for thought nowadays. More likely than not, it's not from the latest novel you're reading, or long form article you've read, but something short and snappy you saw on your Facebook feed, Tumblr, or other social media channel...Posted in my blog but thought I would share here to see thoughts on how we all behave as learners now, what we want or expect from our learning environments...Food for thought!
Charmian LORD

Why It's Too Easy To Dismiss Technology Critics: Or, The Fallacies Leading A Reviewer T... - 0 views

www.forbes.com/...to-call-nicholas-carr-paranoid

technology critics

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  • One recurring strategy to invalidate a technology critic’s observations is to frame an issue in terms of overly simplistic comparisons. Then, all you need to do is allege the critic is blind to obvious advantages and makes a mountain out of a molehill by dramatizing small problems.
  • If you’re not taking deep pause to consider what’s lost if drones create material conditions that lead to moral hazards, whether sufficient oversight will ensure robotic cars can make appropriate moral decisions, and if banging the security drum too loudly unfairly stacks the deck against privacy, then you’re looking past significant issues.
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