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  • Connecting with Other Cyberism

    Posted: September 8th, 2008, 9:56am GMT by Hala
    Our context, cultures or views may differ, but the spirit we share of digging for more knowledge is what leads us to join/create more connections. For me, with the development of the technology, the birth of the Internet, and the connections I started to make, global windows were opened to new opportunists for learning and gaining knowledge in all fields. The changes in attitudes, views, behavior, career and eventually, changes in the value of us as human beings, to both our real and virtual societies are what connections should achieve. Certainly, all have changed since the minute our first cyberspace trip began.

    Towards more learning, sharing and better societies.
  • Connectivism & Connective Knowledge

    Posted: September 8th, 2008, 9:53am GMT by Hala
    On joining the first massive online course, facilitated by Stephen Dowens and George Siemens, Connectivism and Connective Knowledge Online Course, I felt overwhelmed before even the course starts. A fully 12 weeks!!! How on earth can I follow? 1900 sign up for the course, a pageflakes , a wiki, a Moodle, various groups, a Second Life cadre, readings, blogs, a daily newsletter, and more. As they know that it is easy for one to loose his way around, they recommend us to start with "The Daily" every day.So let's start! Here was where I first started