Month: July 2008

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-07-16

  • Tough day. Need a break. Will watch 10,000 BC. #
  • Twitter looks funny today. #
  • @injenuity How do you handle these? Many of them seem like spammers, but I am not sure what they are gaining from following more people. #
  • Very interesting poll results about Obama and race in today’s NYTimes http://tinyurl.com/5tvq4j #
  • @KT_718 True. Watched about 1/2 of it before I fell asleep (busy day at our Brooklyn office). I like dinosaur movies and the like. #
  • @derekcx Think I missed this one! #
  • @maniactive Thank you. You are hot on my trail, however. #
  • @maniactive One thing–I don’t post just for the sake of it. I Tweet when there is something I want to share (even if only I am interested). #
  • @pinoyboy Naughty. #
  • @mctoonish I know what mean. Do you know why spammers do this and what effect it has to just ignore them? #
  • @ChrisRicca FeedDemon has a good offline reader as well. #
  • @KT_718 Do I smell some assumptions here?! #
  • @smithjd Let me look at mine, and will suggest a few later tonight. #
  • Going to see Hellboy II tonight. #
  • Ordered pre-movie food at Patsy’s. They have the best salad – Insalata Mista. #

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Connectivism and Connective Knowledge Online Course

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.

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-07-14

  • How can I get so many emails at work over only one weekend? #
  • Wow, noon already. #
  • Wow, noon already. #
  • Just added the Connectivism and Connected Knowledge course Pageflake to my account. #
  • @KT_718 At times I do from home, but I do not think the virtual ball and chain is healthy. Keeping up with personal and university is enough #
  • @BronSt Just let me know! #
  • @dmcordell I will have to repost teh recipe with my secret ingredient (or perhaps a speaking and tasting tour instead?!). #
  • Just sent my 3000th Tweet. #
  • Have been updating a project plan all afternoon. Need some caffeine. #
  • In project management class discussing brainstorming to get tasks for a work breakdown structure. #

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