Nov

30

Participatory and hierarchic governance

November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

We all subordinate ourselves to, and participate in, groups. These may be states or other institutions at various scales: families, workplaces, corporations, education. In the context of a world in which “Absolutely everything is changing all the time,” at a recent Harvard Berkman centre seminar, Irving Wladawsky-Berger, (read his blog) President Emeritus of the IBM [...]

Nov

14

A theory for our time?

November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Like politicians, do we get the theories we deserve?
The Ur text of connectivism is George Siemens (2005) “Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age.” Siemens is a good speaker and has clearly spent a long time thinking about elearning. He gave a good keynote at the Emerge April 08 conference, “Technology and Community [...]

Nov

13

Is Connectivism an Actor Network? Yes, of course

November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Frances Bell asks “CCK08 Is Connectivism a Learning Network?. She critiques the connectivism community/network/group of people who regularly use that term in their writing about education, in connectivist terms (”in their own terms”). The main argument is that “Protagonists have shown their ability to connect between fields of their own choosing, but [...]

Nov

11

Evaluating blogs and reflection

November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The assessment or evaluation of critical reflective writing is problematic. Some take it as too personal and subjective and therefore do not presume to judge others’ reflection. On the other hand, in some disciplines reflection is formally incorporated as an assessed component.
I came across two sets of criteria for the assessment of students’ blog writing [...]

Nov

9

The first post

November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Just a quick one to get going. More soon as this becomes my main professional blogging site.