Course: Connectivism and Connective Knowledge

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Hi hunnie, nice site! I really like this post.. I was wondering about this for a while now. This cleared a lot up for me!
Watching #CCK08 class project videos on my TV. Wild.

Watching #CCK08 class project videos on my TV. Wild.
I said this to @gsiemens & @downes until I got an A for #CCK08 RT...

I said this to @gsiemens & @downes until I got an A for #CCK08 RT @tamaslorincz #edchat grading one's learning is very outdated and unfair...
Introducing myself

Last December I finished for credit the Connectivism and Connective Knowledge Online Course (CCK08) given by the University of Manitoba,Canada.
Alternate Reality Games (ARGs)

If you think of it, some aspects of the CCK08 course run by Stephen ... Posted in elearning 2.0, Innovations Tagged: arg, cck08, the beast

	Connectivism and Connective Knowledge is a twelve week course that will explore the concepts of connectivism and connective knowledge and explore their application as a framework for theories of teaching and learning. It will outline a connectivist understanding of educational systems of the future. Introductions Forum Google Map of participants file General Forum Connectivas Spanish pageflakes site file Connectivism English Pageflakes site file Week 1: What is connectivism Forum Week 2: Rethinking Knowledge Forum Week 3: Networks Forum Week 4: History of Learning Networks Forum Week 5: Groups and Networks Forum Week 6: Complexity and Chaos Forum Week 7: Instructional Design Forum Week 8: Power, Authority, Control Forum Week 9: Changing Roles Forum Week 10: Openness Forum Week 11: Systemic Change Forum Week 12: Next Steps and Research Forum

1	What is Connectivism?

2	Rethinking epistemology: Connective knowledge

3	Properties of Networks

4	History of networked learning

5	Connectives and Collectives: Distinctions between networks and groups

6	Complexity, Chaos and Research

7	Instructional design and connectivism

8	Power, control, validity, and authority in distributed environments

9	What becomes of the teacher? New roles for educators

10	Openness: social change and future directions

11	Systemic change: How do institutions respond?

12	The Future of Connectivism

Networks, Power and Ethics

This is a few weeks ahead of when we will be looking at this in the course, but I wrote is as a response to a discussion post today and so I’ll post it here now.
> Could we separate out some issues?
OK, this post raises a number of great points. Let me work [...]
Reflections half way through the course

I posted a 12 minute video today which includes some reflections on where we are at in the course…and where we go next. The video is here: mid-course reflections
Alec Couros Recording

The recording from Alec Couros’ first session is now available in various formats:
Elluminate file
Blip recording
mp3 file
We’re continuing to experiment with ways to improve access to presentations. Terry’s presentation is available via mp3…and on blip here. (having some issues getting podpress to work…)
Guest presenters…

Since you likely tire of hearing the viewpoints that Stephen and I present, we have arranged some excellent presenters to provide different perspectives. The list to date:
Oct 8: Terry Anderson
Oct 15: Alec Couros
Oct 22: Grainne Conole
Oct 29: David Wiley (tentative)
Nov 5: Nancy White
Nov 12: Howard Rheingold
Nov 19: Women of Web 2.0
All of the session can [...]

Connectivism and Connective Knowledge