the plenk, the ple and we
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In this presentation I outline the work done presenting connectivist style courses over the last two years, demonstrate the course screen, demonstrate the use of the gRSShopper backend to create a newsletter, and talk about the theory of distributed learning underlying the design. SNB's Stephen Dixon introduces the session and also, after the talk, described how such a system could be used to support communication and learning in government applications. The audio also include a Skype conversation with Jay Nath - http://www.jaynath.com/ - Director of Innovation from the City of San Francisco.TRANSCRIPT
The PLENK, The PLE and We
Stephen DownesDecember 1, 2010
Instructional Design
http://www.desire2learn.com/news/newsdetails_161.asp
Research Agenda
The Personal Learning Environment
Using networks to learn…
Image: http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/ple/resources/edf.ppt
http://ple.elg.ca/
Course Structure
http://ple.elg.ca/course/moodle/mod/wiki/view.php?id=2
#PLENK2010
An instantiation of these constraintsA distributed learning environmentThe MOOC
http://connect.downes.ca/
gRSShopper
A tool for learning networksIt functions as a nodeNot as part of a mass
http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/admin.cgihttp://grsshopper.downes.ca/
We are still in a world of mass, of masses of people, votes, ideasThese are the properties of the individual, applied to the whole
But the knowledge of a whole doesn’t lie in the parts – it lies in how these parts are organized.
http://www.downes.ca/post/43456
Organization
We’re trying to understand society by collecting individualsBut a sand castle isn’t just a pile of sand
http://www.downes.ca/presentation/257
Image: http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=25529
Connectivism
Knowledge is distributed across a network of connectionsLearning is the ability to traverse and grow those networks
http://www.downes.ca/post/38653
A connectivist course does not consist of a single identifiable group of people stepping through the same activity.
Engagement and Empowerment
There is no curriculum, no body of knowledge - McGuffinThe product of learning is the learner
http://www.downes.ca/post/51122
Image: http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2008/06/01/making_sense_of_new_technologies.htm
Fernando FloresEmotional Fortitude
21st century skills
Connectivist Duckworkshttp://enperfektlektion.blogspot.com/2010/10/would-i-pay-for-mooc-like-plenk2010_23.html
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34318133@N03/5110104036/#/
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