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Comment on Community metaphor: Popcorn by Elizabeth Wellburn

Elizabeth Wellburn — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:39:42 +0000

hmmm…. and social media is the yummy caramel syrup that will bind all the kernels together into a community?

Comment on Blogging in Courses by Elizabeth Wellburn

Elizabeth Wellburn — Sat, 01 May 2010 06:14:43 +0000

Thanks for the nice comments about being blog “steward” — it’s a role I’m looking forward to.

Some days the “awesome” thing in my life is the way that the supportive online community provides ideas and sparks motivation. A recent example was being part of an educational conversation online (#edchat on Twitter, actually) and finding out partway through that one of the participants was there via a mobile device from the waiting room of his cancer clinic. It’s hard not to be in awe of someone whose passion runs that deep. And I also felt hopeful that his time in that waiting room was a bit more enjoyable because it was spent sharing ideas about educational issues with a collection of individuals who shared his passion. Strangers perhaps, but certainly connected.

Comment on Look for the Awesome by Blogging in Courses | tracyroberts.ca

Blogging in Courses | tracyroberts.ca — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:12:54 +0000

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Comment on cck09: Net Pedagogy, Teacher Role, teacher/student centeredness by frances bell

frances bell — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:30:55 +0000

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Comment on Hype Cycle! by Clint Lalonde

Clint Lalonde — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:14:54 +0000

We’re just firing up Elluminate at Camosun as well and I have a hopeful feeling we’ll be jumping straight onto Plateau as well.

A favorite chart that Alan often refers to (and makes me chuckle) is his Twitter Life Cycle chart. http://cogdoghouse.wikispaces.com/TwitterCycle

Comment on Hype Cycle! by Beth

Beth — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:01:59 +0000

Thanks for including Elluminate in your list of technologies. Want to invite you to join LearnCentral, our free social learning network for education at http://www.learncentral.org. There are now over 35,000 members to connect with. Plus you get a free Elluminate vRoom for up to three users.

Keep on Elluminating!

- Beth, Elluminate Goddess of Communication

Comment on And so it begins…going “m” by plaingillian

plaingillian — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:05:18 +0000

Fun! I can’t wait to read all about it. That is what my next course is about (mobile devices and learning) so share, share, share please.

Comment on Should everything be Open? by Leva Lee

Leva Lee — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:10:58 +0000

Hi Tracy & Sylvia,
I’ve reflected a lot about this topic on openness since our last few meetings and what is at the heart of it all is changing our practice and the orientation in how we’ve viewed and done things. I agree that in the past the approach of our committee work has been more of a planning FOR and communicating TO our members on events and things of interest and less of the planning WITH part. There has been a need for all of us to really shift our way of thinking…and adjust our practice accordingly.

Sometimes processes evolve that aren’t necessarily the most effective but are the most expedient and win out. (I would be the first to admit sometimes you get so busy doing the thing that you can’t stop to reflect on why and if you are doing it in the best way. In this context, I’m thinking of how to involve more members in our planning etc.) So it is exciting that we’ve recently reviewed some of our committee practices and how we can make improvements in this direction. And as you both know in the new year we will certainly be looking at more ways we can communicate better and provide more opportunities for ETUG member involvement. Of course we’ll need to look to members themselves and ask how they might want to or not and with the richness of web 2,0 tools available it is also all entirely doable.

And you see…I’ve made an effort to SHARE my thoughts with you here in this post
Cheers L

Comment on Should everything be Open? by Sylvia Currie

Sylvia Currie — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:53:30 +0000

I think for me it’s more about transparency than openness.

I like the analogy you had during our conversations the other day — that you have admin access to your Moodle site but does that mean you’ll be sorting through everybody’s messes to make sense of what they’re up to? Yeah, as if! Although that statement is about access more than openness, it hits on the absurdity of our fears.

I think of this decision in more of a community context, and it’s an important one for ETUG overall. Moving toward more transparency means always having the full membership in mind when planning, communicating, and sharing. The tools we use can really influence transparency, but much of it is also about SCETUG’s practices (and habits). We tend to plan FOR and communicate TO. We’re often missing the WITH part. Having our work open can make it easier to include all members — not necessarily all the time, and not necessarily by making absolutely everything we do open. But we should share nuggets, point member to, and get feedback on, work in progress, etc.

So in my view openness for SCETUG is only one step towards transparency.

Comment on cck09: How Open is “too open”? by idwad

idwad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:14:33 +0000

good point – i wonder, too, how instructors feel about that? (in this case, probably fine). I can imagine some instructors feeling uncomfortable with all their feedback out there for anyone to see. It could create a lot more work for them!