Wednesday, November 23, 2011

EC&I 831 Introduction to Connected Learning

The recording of the Introduction to Connected Learning was great to watch and listen to now.  I think it is more beneficial now than it would have been at the beginning of our course.  It is cool to see how that a class halfway around the world is quite similar to ours here in San Diego.  Though methods may be slightly different, the end result is the same.  It is also reassuring to see his students have the same concerns with creating their PLN as we all did in the beginning of the course as well.  Blogs, Twitter...Yikes! Ha.  I also appreciated how he took the time to explain the openness of the course.  This has been something I have been struggling with since watching the recording of Social Media, Networked Learning and Digital Identity.  I had issues with the idea of open education in the sense of who is paying and who is not, but ultimately getting the same information and time.
I like the point he makes about Twitter.  He shares that its not always about what happens during the chat, since a lot of times there is much repetition and lack of depth, but rather the connections that are made for the future.  It gives you the basis to extend your resources and get more information in the future.  Lastly he addresses the idea of sharing. Sharing is what we do as educators.  Sharing things is not giving things away but rather paying things forward.  This is a great concept and makes me much more excited about the idea of an open education.

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