Tag archives for CCK08

New Connectivism and Connective Knowledge course starting soon

The Connectivism and Connective Knowledge 2011 online course is starting on January 12. The course is delivered completely online, and it is open. This means you can join for FREE, and participate if and when and how you are able. The course lasts 12 weeks, and explores how connectivism and connected knowledge are related to [...]

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Biggest lesson from my graduate studies: Communities ignite learning

If you follow me on Twitter or are friends with me on Facebook, you know that I graduated last weekend with a Master of Science degree from the Instructional Systems program at Florida State University. Here’s a video to prove it! FSU has an amazing program. I studied with legends in the field like John [...]

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The Summer semester has started!

I’m taking a class called Web 2.0 Learning and Performance. There are over 30 people in the class, and I’m having flashbacks to CCK08. I may blog less here for the next few weeks as I have to keep a seperate journal for class. That journal is here. We’ll see if I survive July — [...]

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Big Question: What did you learn in 2008

This month’s Big Question from ASTD’s Learning Circuits blog is What did you learn about learning in 2008? I started grad school in the Fall of 2007. So this year I took the following courses: Introduction to Instructional Systems Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (I wrote a couple of papers for this [...]

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Case Study in Control and Instructional Design

My son, who is a sophomore at Bridgewater State College, texted me Friday. He was fuming about an incident in his Intro to Communications class. The teacher has a strict attendance policy: if you miss more than two classes you have 20% deducted from your final grade. My son attends class once a week for [...]

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