Archive for July 15th, 2008

15
Jul

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-07-15

   Posted by: Jeffrey Keefer    in Twitter

  • Finished class and about to head home. #
  • Working in our Brooklyn office today. Nice office and neighborhood. #
  • About to join a @CPsquare conference call on the website upgrade. #

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15
Jul

Connectivism and Connective Knowledge Online Course

   Posted by: Jeffrey Keefer    in Learning & Teaching, Technology, community of practice

I am planning to attend this fall’s Connectivism and Connective Knowledge online course, that runs from September 8 - November 29, 2008. With instructors George Siemens and Stephen Downes, it is sure to be an interesting and exciting experience that can be taken for credit through the University of Manitoba or free without the credit. Interested in joining over 1000 (at recent count) people in this MOOC (Massive Online Open Course), then you may want to do some background reading that George has gathered together.

In true online format, here are some of the course materials (over two months early!):

Course wiki ~ Connectivism Wiki
Course blog ~ Connectivism and Connective Knowledge Blog
Course email list ~ Connectivism Google Group
Different conversation aggregation ~ Pageflakes page

While I met George when he was in New York this spring, I have never met Stephen, so am looking forward to this learning experience. With the amount of preparation that has already been done, and the online materials and systems that have already been put into place for this course, I think I am already learning the best way to prepare for something like this.

With our networked world, I believe this may be part of the future of distance education.

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