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CCK08 Participants (Technorati search)

• Learning Paradigms as Philosophies of Practice

  Posted: October 4th, 2008, 11:30am GMT

  In the online class I am teaching, Principles and Practices of Online Course Creation and Instructional Design, I introduced the class to various learning paradigms, which we (and our text) referred to as Philosophies of Practice. These include progressive, behaviorist, radical (critical theorist), constructivist, connectivist, and such. While Creswell speaks about four different “worldviews”–postpositivism, constructivism, advocacy / participatory, and pragmatism–and Guba speaks about–positivi

  
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• Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Oct 4 08

  Posted: October 4th, 2008, 8:33am GMT

  How do you know whether the information you are searching for online has been verified and comes from reliable sources? Are you getting into the mass-media habit of taking for granted whatever you read online? Is your critical evaluation attitude miserably fading? Photo credit: Stephen Downes George Siemens, MasterNewMedia official guide to education technologies and media literacy, scouts and reports from his ongoing research key future scenarios where the increased adoption of collaborative a

  
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• CCK08: When connectivism doesn't work

  Posted: October 4th, 2008, 7:18am GMT

  I have been thinking all week about connectivisim, and acknowledge that my online network plays a huge part in my learning these days. However, I am also conscious that there are a lot of people who do not want to engage with the concept for whatever reason.Pre-conditions required for networked learningShelly Q has done a great job of summarizing some of the pre-conditions that need to exist before networked learning can flourish including a willingness to trust the other nodes of the network, w

  
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• CCK08: Learning networks for health professionals

  Posted: October 4th, 2008, 6:19am GMT

  I have been asked to give a presentation at the 2008 Community Care Conference in Surfers Paradise, Queensland in November. The conference theme is 'Beyond Today-Shaping the Future'. I have been asked to talk about how Web 2.0 and networking can be used for professional development and life-long learning. The premise being that if health professionals feel supported and feel they are learning and growing in their jobs, they will feel greater job satisfaction which will turn will improve recruitm

  
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