I loved learning about Connectivism this week. Like Communities of Practice, this is one of my favorite learning theories discusses this semester. Perhaps it's because it's newer and applies to our very modern age of all things technology and connectedness, but regardless, it's a pretty awesome concept.
So far I have checked out a number of different sites to help me engage more with the topic. I really like Stephen Downes blogs. He has a professional blog geared towards his work: http://www.downes.ca/index.html, and a personal blog called Half an Hour: http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/ where he expounds on all sorts of topics, but many are also related to his work and education. Stephen has a strong presence on YouTube, too. His videos can be a little dry, but they are jam packed with good information. Plus he reminds me of my Uncle Jim, so I sort of enjoy watching him talking on and on.
MOOC List is a great collection of MOOCs for all! https://www.mooc-list.com/. It's a captures all the MOOCs out in the Internet ether and lists them in one place by date, which is super convenient! Of course you can search the site any way you like.
I don't know if you are an anglophile like me, but I was VERY excited to learn that Oxford is launching its first MOOC. Here's an article about it from the BBC:
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-37975359 - of course it's an Econ course they're running through edX with Harvard and MIT...boring! but it's still great they are doing it. I hope they will do more, because I would LOVE to "take" a course with Oxford. (notice I said "with" and not "at")
More on my love of all things British - I was able to find Bodleian Libraries on Twitter, which just rocked my little world! And led me to find all sorts of other British biblio-profiles. So, my PLN on Brits and books and lit, has just expanded 20-fold!
That's all I have for the moment...more later!
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