Today folks in the network self-organized an Elluminate session where we got together and shared thoughts and responses about connectivism.
A few things that worked really well about this:
there was organization/facilitation, and a plan. Thanks Ulop O’Taat and Frances Bell
sharing personal responses and experiences were encouraged (in fact, they were the point)
student-led presentations designed to engage [...]
Alternative Title: Net Pedagogy, Teacher Role, teacher/student centeredness & whether or not I’ve become a hard-@$$
Attended Elluminate session facilitated by Frances Bell: Transparent Teaching and Learning: what remains when the teacher disappears?
Struck by a couple things:
the skillful way Frances created interactive opportunities for participants (which she attributes to Dave Cormier in the session blurb). This [...]
George says:
In order for connections to form, openness is important.
But how open? Is there such a thing as too open?
Should all content and materials be freely available? What value does a university gain from keeping research “closed”? What about teaching? Should that be open as well?
I would argue for materials and research to be open. [...]
This week, George provides some useful context for our thinking around openness – he says:
Openness is most often related to content. Transparency, in contrast, involves making our learning explicit through forums, blogs, presentations, podcasts, and videos. Throughout this course, I’ve made the statement that “when you are transparent in your learning, you are teaching others”. [...]
In his talk on Empowering Professional Opennes Through Groups, Networks & Collectives, Terry Anderson (at about 22:30 min in) talks about why people contribute to networks, citing research that asked people this question, and whether it was about expecting others to give back/solve problems/help them out. He says no. People contribute to networks for these [...]
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