Well this is extraordinary. Nearly two thousand people involved in a massive online course on Connectivism; a course that will go from now until November-ish, and takes place on thousands of different sites around the world. Have to join in, don’t i!
Stephen and George are among my favourite writers, and yes, i’ve missed a couple of courses i wanted to attend this year (eg Leigh on facilitating).. so it’s time to dive in and experience.
Got no idea what connectivism is really .. well it’s somewhere in there with Social Constructivism and Post-Structuralist, De-Constructionism .. Let me see if i can say:
Connectivism is all about the networks. Internal neural networks, and external social networks.
Apparently, we make sense of the world through our frameworks and structures, and knowledge is negotiated through socialising in our distributed networks. Connection creates meaning, the mind is a patterning agent, and all this takes place within increasingly complex spaces involving more and more technology.
(Mind map above links to full version.)
i may have heard someone say that knowledge resides in the network. Provided your network is working properly that is .. how many organisations suffer when key personnel depart?
It’s only day one, and already the goog has over 6000 links to CCK08+Connectivism.
Some of the many course links:
- wiki (week one),
- blog for regular updates,
- pageflakes (collecting all resources),
- getting started presentation,
- twitter for micro updates,
- Stephen’s Daily,
- people introduce themselves in moodle,
- Stephen’s intro on the Ustream TV site.
i wonder how long before i’m completely overwhelmed
As Stephen said in his Daily, the material is optional. You can’t read everything. If you’re overwhelmed, slow down and breath. That’s kinda the idea.
Thanks Eyal
i’ve had data overload before ..
think i’ll be okay ;-]
The important thing is the quality and depth of the connections we make, isn’t it.
Now where did i put that reading list?
kind regards, michael