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CCK11 Daily Newsletter

March 1, 2011

Facilitator Posts

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Participants' Blog Posts

This is a list of the blog posts mentioning the CCK11 keyword or tag harvested from the list of blogs submitted by participants.
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Week05: Groups, Networks and Collectives (#CCK11)
swedinbalchik, Swedinbalchik's Blog » CCK11
This my video presentation called ‘Distributed Learning’ from week 5 in CCK11: Week05 Insights: •We create a relevant online discussion when we post our reactions to other people’s points of view. These connections link their content to our perspectives and by sharing my understanding I increase my own capacity. It’s important to let your own [...] [Link] 2011-02-28T15:43:29 [Comment]

Alexis Sanchez Connects 4 Goals: The Beautiful Game #ELTchat #CCK11 #ukedchat
profesorbaker, Profesorbaker's Blog
The beautiful game. That’s what they call football. The beautiful game. Rarely will a player play the beautiful game as beautifully as Alexis Sanchez did on Sunday. Alexis Sanchez, “El Niño Maravilla”, scored four goals. Let me repeat that: four … Continue reading → [Link] 2011-03-01T02:43:38 [Comment]

First Impression
verozentella@gmail.com (Verónica Vázquez Zentella), Con sabor educativo
#CCK11Remember as a child your first day of school?Well, as teachers, we deal with the first day of school as well, and it happens to beimportant, and nerve-racking, because it is the first impression we make; like a seal, like a sticker, it’ll say what people think of us, how they perceive us. Doesn’t matter if you teach kindergarten or college, your students will get a first and indelible impression of you.I have always thought of the first day of school as the first time you go out with .... [Link] 2011-03-01T01:31:00 [Comment]

Complex Adaptive Systems: A Message From Dr. Igor Nikolic (TU Delft) #CCK11 #ELTchat #edtech #technology #edchat #edreform #ukedchat #Teachers #elemchat #elearning #lrnchat #esl #TEFL #TESOL #IATEFL #education
profesorbaker, Profesorbaker's Blog
Igor Nikolic says: February 28, 2011 at 10:04 pm Hi there Profesorbaker ! Thank you for the wonderful writeup ! You really distilled the essence of the message I was trying to get across. As you noticed, the visuals got … Continue reading → [Link] 2011-03-01T00:14:30 [Comment]

#CCK11 la strada verso la semplicità
serenaturri, serenaturri's Blog
Da Facebook a TED. Un passaggio mattutino su Facebook mi permette di riconoscere l’input che mi conduce poi a TED e all’individuazione del video che propongo « Come la complessità porta alla semplicità» . Mi sembra una buona idea  per introdurre la settima settimana di CCK11. L’ecologista Eric Berlow non si sente confuso davanti ai sistemi [...] [Link] 2011-02-28T14:20:42 [Comment]

CCK11 Groups vs. Networks
deadvocate, Ken's World
I posted the following here:  (at the bottom of a long thread) I’m still obsessing over this groups vs. networks thing, and this seems like a nice safe place to put my thoughts, no teacher figure about to slap my hands…. Ok, at 56:00 of the Feb 18 Elluminate session Stephen Downes presents his flip [...] [Link] 2011-02-21T23:15:41 [Comment]

CCK11 The law of re-distribution
deadvocate, Ken's World
The power law operating in networks is an observation that autonomous, diverse social networks tend towards uneven distributions.  This observation can be colloquially expressed as: Shirky’s Law:   Freedom of Choice Makes Stars Inevitable The re-distribution law is an observation that the distribution in social networks is not static and is affected by the natality effect.  This observation can [...] [Link] 2011-02-20T03:15:35 [Comment]

CCK11 Introducing the law of re-distribution
deadvocate, Ken's World
From the ongoing discussion here:     http://cck11.mooc.ca/post/54793 Hi Jennie and Al.  I think these are very good subjects for debate.  Should we push learning in a direction that is not natural, force learning to take place in a way that goes against its biological, economic or socio-mechanical proclivities, IF there is a natural tendency or power law [...] [Link] 2011-02-20T00:01:02 [Comment]

CCK11 What is missing in Connectivism?
deadvocate, Ken's World
According to Downes:  There is no entity called a ‘soul’ and commonly understood as some sort of non-corporeal self described by or explained by the theory of connectivism. In this connectivism is consistent with other scientific theories and domains, such as chemistry, physics, mathematics, etc.  He has pinned connectivism to a number of philosophical positions: [...] [Link] 2011-02-16T14:25:03 [Comment]

CCK11 Einstein Speaks on Theory!
deadvocate, Ken's World
Having some fun on John Mak’s blog channelling Einstein: “You see, at the time I was thinking this theory, I did not host any other theory. Other people hosted their various theories, and I did not feel welcome in them. Sometimes their hosting rules prohibited my inclusion, sometimes their hosting rules seemed silly, and I [...] [Link] 2011-02-14T13:55:01 [Comment]

CCK11 The unique idea in Connectivism
deadvocate, Ken's World
I enjoyed the elluminate session today; I measure my ‘success’ in these sessions on whether I learned anything or not.  Today’s success included learning through the chat box that Neil Selwyn has some papers available for reading.  I’m going to have a look at his work a little more closely; I found his take on [...] [Link] 2011-02-11T20:42:26 [Comment]

CCK11 Dialogue issues
deadvocate, Ken's World
Interesting dialogue on the CCK11 page about dialogue: http://cck11.mooc.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=54793 I posted this to the dialogue: Hmmm. So the emphasis on ‘distributed’ has the paradoxical effect of reducing the ‘openness’ of the course. In essence, this course requires a learner to participate in a specified manner, and does not address the learner’s stated needs/wants. How is [...] [Link] 2011-02-09T12:34:23 [Comment]

CCK11 – Recipe for success?
deadvocate, Ken's World
So, let me get this straight…. a)  Dump the Moodle forums, on the premise that they tend to ‘power law’ instantiations, in the sense that 20% of the participants write 80% of the forum posts  (this is deemed to be ‘bad) b) Replace Moodle with Grasshopper forums, on the premise that the tendency will be towards [...] [Link] 2011-02-03T21:10:55 [Comment]

Power Laws and CCK11
deadvocate, Ken's World
I have participated in several of the connectivist course offerings over the last couple of years and have been and remain critical of some of the ideas and theories espoused therein. I am trying to understand my antipathy for this thinking, after all, how important can it really be?  There are many theories of learning and [...] [Link] 2011-01-29T21:47:59 [Comment]

Collaboration – Staying Connected #cck11
barbaramworks, barbaramworks
Many of us are fortunate to attend great PD sessions and conferences where the conversations and enthusiasm reign high.  What isn’t always heard in these conversations is how to maintain and ignite the fires when we return to our busy … Continue reading → [Link] 2011-02-27T15:00:03 [Comment]

Learning Theories
alan, alQpr
In all of my efforts to participate in Connectivist MOOCS (#CritLit2010, #PLENK2010, #CCK11) I have run into a roadblock when discussion turned to “Learning Theories”. Perhaps conceitedly, I find it hard to believe that this is because I lack a theoretical bent or (god forbid!) a capacity for analysis, but I have found myself unable [...] [Link] 2011-02-17T17:41:52 [Comment]

Joining the #CCK11 half-way through
glenyan, A Point of Connect
This post’s original title was “Joining the #CCK11 late”.  After a quick reflection, I changed it because, from what I know, the spirit of the class (despite the set course dates) is that there no early, or late, or very much of an external structure to depend on.  We create our own time-frames, learning and [...] [Link] 2011-02-27T14:35:44 [Comment]

Understanding self-similarity: An example
damoclarky, Damo's World
Self-similarity.  What a mind-bender. A concept related to Complex adaptive systems, and a distinguishing property from that of multi-agent systems. This very brief blog post relates to my study of CCK11 and my attempt to understand self-similarity through my own example. So, here is my example of self-similarity based on the examples provided in the [...] [Link] 2011-02-28T10:58:48 [Comment]

Thinking of learning theory # cck11 Einstein or Toolkit.
jaapsoft2, connectiv
Jenny Mackness writes a little masterpiece about the  discussion on connectivism being a learning theory. Education and learning and teaching is a very complex subject of study. Mostly because humans and their children are part of the subject. Sociology of education is studying this complexity. One view of a learning theory is: A learning theory [...] [Link] 2011-02-28T10:06:06 [Comment]

New Discussion Threads

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Facebook: A Virtual Coffeehouse???
LeahGrrl, 1117 - CCK11 - Abdullah's Open Window, February 28, 2011.

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I've had a bad experience with Facebook, which is why I closed my account last year and probably will not open a new one, even with your encouraging and optimistic ideas here. I do wish sometimes I could participate in the CCK group on Facebook, it seems active and engaged and I would like that. Yet it's quite unlikely I'll ever go back, even if it would be good in some ways. The difference between Facebook and a coffeehouse is that a coffeehouse doesn't constantly bombard you with silly surveys or offensive polls, steal and then sell your information, and then lock the door with you inside. It's extremely hard to actually leave the FB "cafe": last year it took me a week and I'm still not convinced I've done every one of the dozens of steps it takes to eliminate "me" there. I agree that FB can be an opportunity to connect, but when I weigh the true costs of the free service to me, it's not worth it. I think it's way more dangerous than a moodle-.... [Comment]

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Comments

These are individual comments posted today to the discussion threads (for new discussion threads, see the list above).

zaidlearn, Re: Use Twitter #Hashtags to Amplify Your Learning!, Thanks for the input :) Besides this post, you ....
Scott Johnson, Re: Facebook: A Virtual Coffeehouse???, Leah, Facebook is there because forums like ....

Twitter Posts

If you use the CCK11 tag on Twitter, your Twitter posts will be collected and listed here (note that harvesting only started Friday morning).

@shintaaags (shinta gustriani) tweeted: engga ko, akukan sayang ceceeee:)RT @wulaannnn: Dusta alibi bngt RT @shintaaags: oshitman-_- itu jawaban sulit… (cont) http://deck.ly/~CCk11 2011-03-01T13:46:35

@CCK11Feeds (CCK11 Feeds) tweeted: #uelconnect #softskills #cck11 50 ways to use #Twitter in the classroom http://bit.ly/h9sP9L: #uelconnect #s... http://bit.ly/gJxfzf 2011-03-01T12:47:40

@CCK11Feeds (CCK11 Feeds) tweeted: #cck11 modus vivendi http://migre.me/3Y4yw: #cck11 modus vivendi http://migre.me/3Y4yw http://bit.ly/fBZNoq 2011-03-01T12:47:40

@CCK11Feeds (CCK11 Feeds) tweeted: RT @JaapSoft: RT @JaapSoft: #uelconnect #softskills #cck11 hotseat for direct #feedback with #Twitter . http://... http://bit.ly/hlsXTj 2011-03-01T12:47:39

@EDUAmbassadors (Deena Kelly) tweeted: RT @web20education: Finally recommand @GlogsterEdu and @SymbalooEdu in top 10 Tools for Learning 2011 #edtech20 #edchat #cck11 ##ACUConnected http://eego.es/a0 2011-03-01T12:35:10

@JaapSoft (Jaap Bosman) tweeted: #uelconnect #softskills #cck11 50 ways to use #Twitter in the classroom http://bit.ly/h9sP9L 2011-03-01T12:07:01

@thbeth (thbeth) tweeted: #cck11 modus vivendi http://migre.me/3Y4yw 2011-03-01T12:06:12

@web20education (Lucian teach Web 20 ) tweeted: #Penio - Simple Online Publishing #edtech20 #edtools | @scoopit http://www.luciandumateachweb20.eu/page7.php #edchat #lrnchat #cck11 #ice11 2011-03-01T11:31:08

@icusbeck_w (Icus Beck) tweeted: RT @JaapSoft: RT @JaapSoft: #uelconnect #softskills #cck11 hotseat for direct #feedback with #Twitter . http://bit.ly/hN458Y 2011-03-01T11:28:31

@patriciab (Patrícia S. Bassani) tweeted: RT @raquelrecuero: The future of community - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/futureofcommunity/ do @chrisbrogan #eadsunday #cck11 2011-03-01T11:21:02

@web20education (Lucian teach Web 20 ) tweeted: Training on Adobe Captivate- Application Capture- Part 2 http://adobe.ly/hja4NY #edtech20 #elearning #edchat #ntchat #ice11 #cck11 2011-03-01T11:09:08

@dajbelshaw (Doug Belshaw) tweeted: Interesting exchange between @Downes & @francesbell r.e. Connectivism and the meaning of 'openness' here: http://www.downes.ca/post/54918 2011-03-01T09:24:35

@pipcleaves (Phillippa Cleaves) tweeted: #cck11 Mooc is out! http://bit.ly/gw7adE ▸ Top stories today via @ctscho 2011-03-01T09:04:39

@JaapSoft (Jaap Bosman) tweeted: RT @JaapSoft: #uelconnect #softskills #cck11 hotseat for direct #feedback with #Twitter . http://bit.ly/hN458Y 2011-03-01T08:59:33

@JaapSoft (Jaap Bosman) tweeted: #uelconnect #softskills #cck11 hotseat for direct #feedback with #Twitter . 2011-03-01T08:58:57

@romieh (Rose Heaney) tweeted: Thanks for responses to request for Twitter ideas to a group of colleagues who remain fairly sceptical. More welcome on #uelconnect #cck11 2011-03-01T08:51:17

@ryantracey (Ryan Tracey) tweeted: The connectivism argy bargy never ceases to amaze me http://t.co/L5y6Y4B #CCK11 2011-03-01T06:28:55

@rogre (Roberto Greco) tweeted: @cervus Connectivism vs constructivism. Summary, but link is dead: http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=34869 2011-03-01T05:37:09

@CCK11Feeds (CCK11 Feeds) tweeted: Use Twitter #Hashtags to Amplify Your Learning! (Updated with Twitoaster) http://bit.ly/fQwNeO #CCK11: Use Twitt... http://bit.ly/eMlxou 2011-03-01T05:04:23

@CCK11Feeds (CCK11 Feeds) tweeted: #CCK11 via @Veronica Vasquez - First Impressions http://bit.ly/eF6ikA: #CCK11 via @Veronica Vasquez - First Impr... http://bit.ly/h2lkRh 2011-03-01T05:04:23

@CCK11Feeds (CCK11 Feeds) tweeted: #CCK11 Trialogical Learning http://bit.ly/gVxD7E: #CCK11 Trialogical Learning http://bit.ly/gVxD7E http://bit.ly/gp2yKg 2011-03-01T05:04:22

@zaidlearn (Zaid Ali Alsagoff) tweeted: Use Twitter #Hashtags to Amplify Your Learning! (Updated with Twitoaster) http://bit.ly/fQwNeO #CCK11 2011-03-01T03:44:28

@sbgcnacional (SBGC) tweeted: #inovaday RT @NexPeople: Inovação: relação empresa-governo-universidade hoje aovivo 9h http://tinyurl.com/4av6gpo - l #Inovareduca #cck11 2011-03-01T03:37:27

@ffukunacci (FERNANDO ) tweeted: #inovaday RT @NexPeople: Inovação: relação empresa-governo-universidade hoje aovivo 9h http://tinyurl.com/4av6gpo - l #Inovareduca #cck11 2011-03-01T03:37:27

@profesortbaker (Thomas Baker) tweeted: #CCK11 via @Veronica Vasquez - First Impressions http://bit.ly/eF6ikA 2011-03-01T03:29:16

@gardenfelder (Jack Park) tweeted: #CCK11 Trialogical Learning http://bit.ly/gVxD7E 2011-03-01T03:10:46

@profesortbaker (Thomas Baker) tweeted: Read the #CCK11 Daily ▸ posts by @ctscho ▸ http://t.co/GosMlKx @thbeth @profesortbaker @ctscho @LeahGrrl @JaapSoft 2011-03-01T03:04:26

@thbeth (thbeth) tweeted: #cck11 -- FRACTAIS PRÉ-HISTÓRICOS - OS CRISTAIS http://t.co/VrsnCke via @youtube 2011-03-01T02:56:50

@profesortbaker (Thomas Baker) tweeted: Alexis Sanchez Connects 4 Goals: The Beautiful Game #ELTchat #CCK11 http://nblo.gs/eSgnE 2011-03-01T02:43:57

@ShellTerrell (Shelly S Terrell) tweeted: via @profesortbaker Alexis Sanchez Connects 4 Goals: The Beautiful Game #ELTchat #CCK11 http://bit.ly/i9VPzs #edchat 2011-03-01T02:43:48

@Blog4Edu (Greta Shelly) tweeted: via @profesortbaker Alexis Sanchez Connects 4 Goals: The Beautiful Game #ELTchat #CCK11 http://bit.ly/i9VPzs #edchat 2011-03-01T02:43:48

@profesortbaker (Thomas Baker) tweeted: Alexis Sanchez Connects 4 Goals: The Beautiful Game #ELTchat #CCK11 http://wp.me/pdHW0-rq 2011-03-01T02:43:47

@profesorbaker (Thomas Baker) tweeted: Alexis Sanchez Connects 4 Goals: The Beautiful Game #ELTchat #CCK11 http://nblo.gs/eSgnE 2011-03-01T02:43:46

@CCK11Feeds (CCK11 Feeds) tweeted: The #CCK11 Daily is out! http://bit.ly/e4FAOy ▸ Top stories today via @leahgrrl @thbeth @claude_whitmyer @profes... http://bit.ly/hqgw54 2011-02-28T22:53:07

@CCK11Feeds (CCK11 Feeds) tweeted: #cck11 A nossa complexidade http://migre.me/3XRwT: #cck11 A nossa complexidade http://migre.me/3XRwT http://bit.ly/fIgk5T 2011-02-28T22:53:07

@web20education (Lucian teach Web 20 ) tweeted: Strawberry #edtech20 cake 4 teachers around worldwide from Lucian@web20education #pln #edchat #cck11 #liveclass20 #edu http://ning.it/dSNyty 2011-02-28T22:51:12

@web20education (Lucian teach Web 20 ) tweeted: Finally recommand @GlogsterEdu and @SymbalooEdu in top 10 Tools for Learning 2011 #edtech20 #edchat #cck11 ##ACUConnected http://eego.es/a0 2011-02-28T22:49:01

@web20education (Lucian teach Web 20 ) tweeted: #Google #Cloud Connect for #Microsoft Office #edtech20 http://www.luciandumateachweb20.eu/page7.php #edchat #elearning #cck11 #socialmedia 2011-02-28T22:19:29

@profesortbaker (Thomas Baker) tweeted: Complex Adaptive Systems: A Message From Dr. Igor Nikolic (TU Delft) #CCK11 #ELTchat #edtech #technology #edchat #ed... http://nblo.gs/eS3pI 2011-03-01T00:15:21

@profesorbaker (Thomas Baker) tweeted: Complex Adaptive Systems: A Message From Dr. Igor Nikolic (TU Delft) #CCK11 #ELTchat #edtech #technology #edchat #ed... http://nblo.gs/eS3pI 2011-03-01T00:15:13

@ShellTerrell (Shelly S Terrell) tweeted: via @profesortbaker Complex Adaptive Systems: A Message From Dr. Igor Nikolic (TU Delft) #CCK11 #ELTchat... http://bit.ly/hynAeb #edchat 2011-03-01T00:15:09

@Blog4Edu (Greta Shelly) tweeted: via @profesortbaker Complex Adaptive Systems: A Message From Dr. Igor Nikolic (TU Delft) #CCK11 #ELTchat... http://bit.ly/hynAeb #edchat 2011-03-01T00:15:09

@profesortbaker (Thomas Baker) tweeted: Complex Adaptive Systems: A Message From Dr. Igor Nikolic (TU Delft) #CCK11 #ELTchat #edtech #technology #edchat #edr… http://wp.me/pdHW0-rk 2011-03-01T00:14:35

@profesortbaker (Thomas Baker) tweeted: #CCK11 MindMeister mind map: TEDxRdam talk - Igor Nikolic Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) http://www.mindmeister.com/52488651 2011-02-28T23:21:09

@larisa1113 (Larisa Pechinskaya) tweeted: RT @web20education: Finally recommand @GlogsterEdu and @SymbalooEdu in top 10 Tools for Learning 2011 #edtech20 #edchat #cck11 ##ACUConnected http://eego.es/a0 2011-02-28T22:58:30

@larisa1113 (Larisa Pechinskaya) tweeted: RT @web20education: Strawberry #edtech20 cake 4 teachers around worldwide from Lucian@web20education #pln #edchat #cck11 #liveclass20 #edu http://ning.it/dSNyty 2011-02-28T22:58:20

@ViplavBaxi (Viplav Baxi) tweeted: Attacks on connectivism « Jenny Connected http://me.lt/3A29R 2011-02-28T21:48:45

@VanessaVaile (VanessaVaile) tweeted: The #CCK11 Daily is out! http://bit.ly/e4FAOy ▸ Top stories today via @leahgrrl @thbeth @claude_whitmyer @profesortbaker @nexpeople 2011-02-28T21:24:45

@thbeth (thbeth) tweeted: #cck11 A nossa complexidade http://migre.me/3XRwT 2011-02-28T21:14:47

@DaisyGrisolia (Daisy Grisolia) tweeted: Inovação: relação empresa-governo-universidade amanhã ao vivo 9h http://tinyurl.com/4av6gpo - #eadsunday #Inovareduca #cck11 Doutorado MS 2011-02-28T20:50:59