Archives for November 2008
CCK08 Week 12: Research, Evaluation
I think the most urgent research need in Connectivism is not to gain still more insights but to develop a conceptual arsenal, or toolbox, for expressing and proving these findings. Read more…
CCK08 Final presentation
As my final presentation, I uploaded a 2 minute Flash file (no audio, 4.5 MB). It answers the question “How has this course influenced my view of the process of learning” and is a reduced, visually enhanced version of my yesterday’s posting about the relationship between conceptual and social/ external connections.
CCK08 Final Cmap
As an assignment of Week 11, here is my final Cmap.
CCK08 Conceptual and Social layer
The most intriguing question of this course was the relationship of the social/ external and the conceptual level of connectivism. It becomes apparent in Fuzzy categories, Structural preferences, Echo and resonating, and Knowledge residing externally. read more…
CCK08 Paper #3 Opportunities and Resistance
Why is it so difficult to change the practice of education? Because learning mechanisms involve subtle differences that are at odds with the binary thinking in terms of either correct or incorrect of education leaders.
CCK08: Week 10, Openness
I am still struggling with the role of openness in connectivism. Is it a prescriptive, integral part of the theory? There are many possible reasons why people would prefer some privacy zone for their learning. And I do not yet understand how this would prevent growing connectivist connections on the conceptual level. Read more…
Tool for spatial visualizers
A new version of my favorite think tool has finally been released. Read more…
CCK08 Meta notes
Many speculations about the different participation styles and about a possible “failing” of the CCK08 course have been written. I don’t see a “failing”, and here is why. Read more…
CCK08 Paper #2: What could be
Short Paper for week 5 - 8. “Take this opportunity to enjoy a creative stroll in rethinking ‘what could be’”.
CCK08 Current Cmap
The Cmap of Week 1 - 8 is due.
