Tag Archives: eci831
The PLN thing has gotten out of hand
As I understand it, the idea of a Personal Learning Network is actually pretty simple: you find the tools you want to use to keep up on the things you’re interested in, and think about them in an integrated way. … Continue reading
So Karl Marx posted on my blog…
I posted on Michael Wesch, and within a couple of days he replied on my blog. The same with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach. It’s exciting, and is supposed to show the power of open education. The implication is that this kind of … Continue reading
Notes on Nussbaum-Beach: Traits for Connected Learners
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach presented for our class last Tuesday, and among the many informative slides was one that spoke to me especially: A number of people in the room picked up on “Persevance toward deep thought”, and that idea is striking. … Continue reading
Keeping track of blogs: a rant
I have been annoyed by this before, but more so now because I’m either missing something or someone should have done something about it by now (presumably those geeks whom, if they all went to a Star Trek convention, would … Continue reading
Ideas on Community
I just this morning discovered Esko Kilpi, who made this comment [say! did you know the URL for an individual comment is right there in the date/time stamp? news to me!] on Jeff Jarvis’s BuzzMachine blog post: The publicness that … Continue reading
Semantic Web and Info Flow
In watching the Semantic Web video by katy ray, I had a flash of meta-cognition. The video was playing, and I was talking notes. The clips were organized a certain way, but I also wanted to learn about the people … Continue reading
Reactions to Michael Wesch videos
In The Machine is Changing Us, anthropologist Michael Wesch tried to show that new media could counter our society’s narcissistic trends and promote new ways for people to find their authentic selves. He claimed since we know ourselves through our … Continue reading
Do we need a forum? or something else?
I was taken by Dianna’s Posting a Comment is like closing a loop, not so much in the idea of connection she was emphasizing but in the idea of closure. The call-and-response patterns of blogs causes the loop to close … Continue reading
A possible response to Wiley/Hilton
I here present the following scenario as a partial counterpoint to Wiley and Hilton’s article Openness, Dynamic Specialization, and the Disaggregated Future of Higher Education (2009). After applying for admission to community college (which is open to all with a … Continue reading
My Intro Video
Lisa’s Intro for EC&I 831 from Lisa M Lane on Vimeo.
