Month: April 2012

• How did I miss Avicii's song Fade into Darkness last year? I heard what sounded like a 45 minute extended version of it on the flight. Cool. #
• or even consistent in following some of my new colleagues back #nlc2012 #
• Taking a break from unpacking, just noticed that I spent so much time Tweeting at and about #nlc2012 that I was not consistent in replying. #
• Home. Spencer and Posey were both asleep, so a quiet welcome. #
• Kudos to #United for getting us to Newark 30 minutes early. Now the brief rail back to #nyc #
• @SarahStewart Yes, #nlc2012 was fabulous. Makes me wonder what criteria makes it fabulous; the event itself or what next steps we implement? in reply to SarahStewart #
• @HendraAgustian Wish I had the time! Lucky enough to have my colleague and friend @joostrobben spend an afternoon showing old Maastricht in reply to HendraAgustian #
• I do miss getting up wondering what learning lies ahead today, aka #nlc2012 but learning often comes unawares. #
• Brussels is a beautiful city, though it seems to have some roughness around the edges and is a different place at night. Like #nyc in that. #
• Time to clean up and off to the airport. As I may not have wifi or any access again before I land in #nyc this may be the last hurrah. #

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• I do not talk on the phone much, but when I do I really need to use it. Frustrating about the Massive Verizon outage. #
• There was a fire in a Vodaphone switching facility and it threw all US Verizon Wireless customers traveling in Europe off the network. Rrrrr #
• Here it is on my trip for the Networked Learning Conference #nlc2012 that I share my 20,000th Tweet. Yes, this is it. #
• I had too leave quickly after it ended so I could not say goodbye to everybody, Needed a ticket to Brussels from the main station #nlc2012 #
• I had a wonderful time at the Networked Learning Conference #nlc2012 in Maastricht. Lots to process. #
• Yes, @tryberg I am indeed Tweeting. Until next time everybody… #nlc2012 #
• There is interest in having the conference back in the UK next time #nlc2012 #
• Sustainability and sets. Networks and thanks. Research and criticality. Onward and upward. #nlc2012 #
• Yes, I am speechless #nlc2012 #
• I really need to finish my thesis so I can start all these new areas of inquiry #nlc2012 #
• Thanks all around; new ideas, colleagues, and areas of potential research #nlc2012 #
• David is an excellent timekeeper. Kudos! #nlc2012 #
• Perhaps that is why the concept of networked learning is not very popular in the US; it has a tradition of rugged individualism #nlc2012 #
• "We have an identity because we are engaged with each other." I think that is what Wenger said. Hmm, no man is an island? #nlc2012 #
• Networked learning vs. networked education. What do you think? #nlc2012 #
• I worked with children for 10 years. I now don't want to be around anybody under 25 #nlc2012 #
• Reminded of an issue around sustainability from the conference; with all the talk about sustainability, where has it gotten us? #nlc2012 #
• I like a sense of large, troubling questions I hear from the panel, such as issues of what network, learning, or information mean #nlc2012 #
• Few ongoing comments or discussions about sustainability #nlc2012 Well noted. #
• I love researching issues of power and voice, but I hate to work with them in real life #nlc2012 #
• Oohh, juicy. Let's shake up the responses and processes. Nothing like problematizing our closure. Is it really closure at all? #nlc2012 #
• These closing thoughts by the members of this closing panel are quite good #nlc2012 #
• My computer does not look like a world of text. Then again, I have a Mac #nlc2012 #
• Yes, there are different perspectives in worldviews; though how can we talk across the differences? I did not sense antagonism at #nlc2012 #
• Nicely stated, Jon Dron, that learning can also involve making new connections. Kudos #nlc2012 #
• ANT actor-network theory is increasingly and heavily (please no ANT critique of weight issues!) represented at #nlc2012 #
• Indeed, we could have this conference online, but that is what we in fact do between now and April 2014 #nlc2012 #
• Terry Anderson is challenging us to use networks to live better on this planet #nlc2012 #
• Part of the closing #nlc2012 panel http://t.co/EjVbstZV #
• Focusing on the network and the meaningfulness of life and experience. Hmm, I hope Wenger's musings were recorded #nlc2012 #
• Yes, I recognize the irony in a spokesperson or definition or framing of ANT. Then again, perhaps we should just not talk about it #nlc2012 #
• Indeed, that presentation on engaging with the Delete button was most excellent. I think there may be a new ANT spokesperson #nlc2012 #
• Musing on the tension between the old and the new, after which sharing the sense of becoming a person over relationships #nlc2012 #
• Nice to see the #nlc2012 Tweetstream is picking up. Nice to meet F2F some of those who I Tweet with #nlc2012 #
• I like how Wenger characterizes his work as a story that talks to people in ways they can recognize themselves in #nlc2012 #
• Wenger is so funny, referring to himself as now in the elder category. #nlc2012 #
• Hmm, I am suddenly finding a bunch of Tweets that remained in draft status. Nothing like the timelessness of onlinity #nlc2012 #
• Nothing like shivers of fear up and down the spines of supervisors, though we all know what rolls down hill #nlc2012 #
• I like the name of that text, Stuff. Seems like the story of my life in ANT #nlc2012 #
• I am realizing that I am indeed behind in my Tweets and replies. It will all come soon. #
• I love it; Wenger was just asked to autograph a book — from the stage and by Peter Goodyear himself #nlc2012 #
• I wish I could have Tweeted the last session which had excellent ideas, though I chaired it and was thus a bit limited #nlc2012 #
• Alas, we are in the final session of #nlc2012 #

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• @DrewWhitworth1 Indeed, their work is quite good, and also related to critical theory (which I also do not hear a lot about at #nlc2012 ) in reply to DrewWhitworth1 #
• Focus on careers and vocationalism to build a knowledge economy #nlc2012 #
• Wow, 51% of the population in Namibia is unemployed #nlc2012 #
• Interesting presentation on professional development in Namibia #nlc2012 #
• @gconole Not that learning should be fun, but it can help #nlc2012 in reply to gconole #
• @violetta_louisa Good points all #nlc2012 in reply to violetta_louisa #
• @suifaijohnmak @welshcloggy @gconole Wow, what a question. Still a lot to process #nlc2012 in reply to suifaijohnmak #
• @ai1sa Perhaps, though perhaps it just needs to be ANT-informed, in that it does not otherwise conflict? #nlc2012 in reply to ai1sa #
• @esk_rahimi Perhaps . . . #nlc2012 in reply to esk_rahimi #
• @avdbmt We do need some support for this online community stuff to work, eh? in reply to avdbmt #
• I just saw two references to Vygotsky. Oddly, I have not seen many references to him during #nlc2012 #
• Classroom Access in the Cloud #nlc2012 #
• I wonder if the result of the study will show positive learner outcomes, or if perhaps it only raises faculty satisfaction? #nlc2012 #
• Good question: What is an effective role for faculty in networked learning? #nlc2012 #
• Wow, the GSCC project successfully had faculty members tag their work #nlc2012 #
• Imagine that, it was a challenge to convince funders that pedagogy was a factor in HE teaching and student success #nlc2012 #
• @avdbmt Bless you #
• Attending Brenda Kaulback discussing professional development and activity theory at #nlc2012 #
• Interesting essay here on transdisciplinary research in the Huffington Post http://t.co/LcVKozBt #nlc2012 #
• @tryberg Perhaps. Part of it could involve a discussion around what sort of need and resources exist to maintain its activity #nlc2012 in reply to tryberg #
• I want to hear more about the NetCU project #nlc2012 #
• @stevewright1976 Of course, posting I public is a relative thing; depending on what we consider to be public #nlc2012 in reply to stevewright1976 #
• @NSRiazat @ai1sa Thus far I would say yes! #nlc2012 in reply to NSRiazat #
• @stevewright1976 Quite nicely stated #nlc2012 in reply to stevewright1976 #
• Nice presentation with Q&A. Perhaps we need an ongoing forum connected with #nlc2012 #
• Really good presentation with some rather strong questions #nlc2012 #
• Instructivism is good when I know little about the topic. May be a slippery slope and can be used for all pedagogic justifications #nlc2012 #
• How much research happens around the work with or in The Landing? #nlc2012 #
• Isn't a closed garden with windows and real identities what Facebook tries to be? #nlc2012 #
• Goodness, did I just hear constructionism as a merging of constructivism and connectivism? #nlc2012 #
• The Landing does not have a purpose, but rather an open construction set. That sounds scary for many faculty #nlc2012 #
• Interesting to see what research comes from The Landing, say 2 years from now at the next Networked Learning Conference? #nlc2012 #
• Zombie Research Group! now that is a way to sell that to administration and the tech-phobic! #nlc2012 #
• I wonder what criteria are used to assess success in The Landing? #nlc2012 #
• I like the concept of The Landing as an assembly. #nlc2012 #
• Valuable to explore what is being tried in The Landing, but how can I take my stuff with me when I leave? #nlc2012 #
• Doesn't The Landing still build a wall to divide my academic life with the rest of my life? How negotiate that? #nlc2012 #
• Makes me wonder of anybody has struck on what about FB keeps people coming back? Perhaps we all want people to join us? #nlc2012 #
• Goodness, is The Landing like a "build it and they will come?" if people are encouraged to leave Facebook for it? #nlc2012 #
• I wonder how much intelligence and means and motivation are needed to for people to really learn in a way that is best for them? #nlc2012 #
• Concept of Amazon exploiting the similar or recommended book feature as a (depersonalized) network. Hmm, automated use of ANT? #nlc2012 #
• I wonder about using a hash tag # — do ordinary people really use them at all, or do regular folk just use regular words? #nlc2012 #
• Networks are abut everything, except when I write my own Tweets #nlc2012 #
• Network ghost town. I like that metaphor. Build it and they will come only works with ill spent grant funds. #nlc2012 #
• Is a MOOC a course or an opportunity for learning? Good question for consideration and writing and research #nlc2012 #
• How many have participated in #change11 Several. How many have participated in the last week? None. Interesting… #nlc2012 #
• I really like this tag team presentation style. #nlc2012 #
• Connectivism sounds good in theory, but it seems to make knowledge exist outside the individual; reminds me of warped positivism #nlc2012 #
• Alas, try as I may, I just can't ANT away issues of power and positionality #nlc2012 #
• No, control mean good for me. #nlc2012 #
• I agree, what control does Moodle allow for learners? #nlc2012 #
• Third world needs related to large classes? Ever see undergraduate lecture halls at $5K each? #nlc2012 #
• Of course nothing is really free. Somebody always pays; cf. Facebook, Google, etc. They give because they get in other ways #nlc2012 #
• I can't help wonder what free content means for value. Doesn't free often mean no value? Related to that 80% off? #nlc2012 #
• Hey, that evil publishing industry pays some of my bills. Free is nice, but somebody has to keep the list on #nlc2012 #
• I use Terry Anderson's The Theory and Practice of Online Learning in one of my courses #nlc2012 #
• That delegation of control rings of hegemony. Let's just sit hear and think about it #nlc2012 #
• @thecleversheep Depends on if you teach those subjects! #nlc2012 in reply to thecleversheep #
• Behaviorist and cognitive learning is gaining a thing; interesting ontological frame. Rings true working in instructional design #nlc2012 #
• Who cares about the amount of "human" in a technology? That may just be my inner ANT thinking #nlc2012 #
• How can technologies be divided? Should they be divided? #nlc2012 #
• Interesting consideration of using a pen for various uses, and thus different technologies #nlc2012 #
• Are technologies pedagogies? #nlc2012 #
• Great Terry and Jon are talking about their work with Nets, Sets, and Groups. Yet another continuation from their Hot Seat #nlc2012 #
• I like that concept, the World Federation of Learning. But, I digress #nlc2012 #
• @joostrobben Ahh, they need to recognize their WIIFM?! #nlc2012 in reply to joostrobben #
• @daanva @joostrobben That would be investing research; seems a good idea in theory, but I wonder if happens I practice #nlc2012 in reply to daanva #
• @joostrobben I suppose, but if we consider or accept the 90-9-1 theory of engagement, I wonder who the intended audience is? #nlc2012 in reply to joostrobben #
• @joostrobben More valuable for the lurker than the community? #nlc2012 in reply to joostrobben #
• @ai1sa Not a good problem; have you spoken to anybody on the conference committee? I am happy to help, otherwise #nlc2012 in reply to ai1sa #
• I think this eTwinning project is quite interesting. I like the breaking down of intentional boundaries to leverage ideas #nlc2012 #
• @sverjans @tryberg @robinyap Yes, a pesky concept that simply will not go away. Some people are indeed more equal than others #nlc2012 in reply to sverjans #
• @stevewright1976 Ahh, I see you are indeed a professional conference attendee #nlc2012 in reply to stevewright1976 #
• Wow, checking the #nlc2012 Twitter feed, it seems rather quiet today. Wonder what to read into that? #nlc2012 #
• @JaneDavis13 @robinyap There were some definitions shared during the opening, but it seems there is not a universal, shared one #nlc2012 in reply to JaneDavis13 #
• @gconole @suifaijohnmak Alas, nothing that can be attended via distance. Perhaps ironic given the context #nlc2012 in reply to gconole #
• Just finished presenting my research in the Symposium. Phew! #nlc2012 #

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• @paulbrichardson @steve_walker Glad Paul was volunteered to answer all the toug questions. Lucky you! #nlc2012 in reply to paulbrichardson #
• I liked how Judi and Tara brought their Hot Seat discussion into their opening plenary. Nice example of continuing the dialogue #nlc2012 #
• @paulbrichardson @steve_walker They are almost up! #nlc2012 in reply to paulbrichardson #
• @tryberg @robinyap As one of our new leaders, please mention it!! #nlc2012 in reply to tryberg #
• @robinyap Indeed; i wonder if that speaks to studying networked learning vs. engaging in it? #nlc2012 in reply to robinyap #
• Networked learning can be used for all sorts of causes; that is where the ethical issue enters #nlc2012 #
• @avdbmt @stevewright1976 Not sure, perhaps we should pray about it #nlc2012 in reply to avdbmt #
• Interesting how the issue of the #occupy movement has been raised by some here. Does anybody think #occupy accomplished anything? #nlc2012 #
• Interesting emphasis on learning linked with doing something in the process / as a result. Does learning have to involve action? #nlc2012 #
• @WelshCloggy Indeed, excellent; not to mention Tara brings a concern in criticality to an area that does not always focus on it #nlc2012 in reply to WelshCloggy #
• @robinyap Be interesting to see how you navigate it #nlc2012 in reply to robinyap #
• Interesting consideration of WIIFM, given a sense of self-privilege of human or socio-economic concerns #nlc2012 #
• Nicely stated, Tara, about politicians and how some have "generated a great amount of power with an alternate discourse" #nlc2012 #
• @stevewright1976 That would be fitting, given we are now speaking about actor-network theory and critical theory #nlc2012 in reply to stevewright1976 #
• @avdbmt Self-reflectivity is a good thing #nlc2012 in reply to avdbmt #
• Looking forward to Judi Marshall and Tara Fenwick as they discuss sustainability; nice continuation from their excellent Hot Seat #nlc2012 #
• OK! I now officially love the camera in my new iPad; great for conferences #nlc2012 #
• Photo of the opening session #nlc2012 http://t.co/RWkUKge1 #
• @JaneDavis13 @gconole Excellent! About the closest to having a sessions that is available from a distance #nlc2012 in reply to JaneDavis13 #
• @avdbmt See you soon! #nlc2012 in reply to avdbmt #
• @suifaijohnmak I will try to share some of this from #nlc2012 along the way. Nothing like a back channel. in reply to suifaijohnmak #
• @siavogel Thanks; I imagine I will speak about #nlc2012 a little, though nice to already see and meet some interesting folks. in reply to siavogel #
• @Lemness Indeed, then I in fact never spoke to anybody . . . #nlc2012 in reply to Lemness #
• @gconole Indeed. Now next steps will be to see who else follows the Twitter tag #nlc2012 in reply to gconole #
• @Lemness Strange how no access leads to more anxiety; what did we always used to do?! #nlc2012 in reply to Lemness #
• I have wifi access and just Tweeted. All's right with the world #nlc2012 #
• After draining both my devices overnight by having non- working wifi on, I finally have access again. Sweet # #nlc2012 #

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• @gconole Fingers crossed, at least for drinks! #nlc2012 in reply to gconole #
• @avdbmt For anybody who wants to join us for informal eats, see us tonight at the main square at 6:00 in Maastricht #nlc2012 in reply to avdbmt #
• @gconole @saadat_m For anybody who wants to join us for informal eats, see us tonight at the main square at 6:00 in Maastricht #nlc2012 in reply to gconole #
• For anybody who wants to join us for informal eats, see us tonight at the main square at 6:00 in Maastricht #nlc2012 #
• Arrived at the NH Maastricht Hotel for #nlc2012 The front desk person was kind and let me check in early. #
• Beautiful sunshine here in Brussels. Hope that carries into Maastricht. #nlc2012 #
• That #United flight was the smoothest flight in a long time. Spotless plane, excellent selection of movies and music, great food and crew. #
• Arrived safe and sound into Brussels. Now on the first of my 3 trains to Maastricht. #

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