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November 28, 2011

Week 12 - Clark Aldrich

This week we are delighted to be able to welcome Clark Aldrich, who will talk to us about advanced learning strategies and simulation design. #week12

There will be two live synchronous sessions in Elluminate:
- Wednesday, 12 noon Eastern - Check Time Zones
- Friday, 12 noon Eastern - Check Time Zones

In addition, we will be reading Clark Aldrich's book, Designing Sims the Clark Aldrich way.

Clark Aldrich is a global education thought leader, labeled a guru by Fortune Magazine and a maverick by CNN. He uses his real world experience in innovative educational experiences to produce insightful analysis and uncanny predictions, and the other way around.

Aldrich is the author of five books, Simulations and the Future of Learning, Learning By Doing, The Complete Guide to Simulations and Serious Games, Learning Online with Games, Simulations, and Virtual Worlds, and Unschooling Rules.

Aldrich's work has been featured in hundreds of sources, including CBS, ABC, The New York Times, Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, CNN, NPR, CNET, Business 2.0, BusinessWeek, and U.S. News and World Reports.

Previously, Aldrich was the founder and former director of research for Gartner’s e-learning coverage. He graduated from Brown University with a degree in Cognitive Science, and earlier in his career worked on special projects for Xerox's executive team.

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Designing Sims
Educational simulations and serious games have gone from the province of a few rabid believers to a requirement of educational media. Still, the methodology is often misunderstood or applied ad hoc.

I have built a lot of educational simulations and serious games (collectively referred to as sims). Here are the various phases and stages through which most successful projects have gone. Clark Aldrtich, November 28, 2011 [Link] [Comment]

Live Event Friday 12:00 noon Eastern!

Jon Dron Friday Session
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Start: 2011-11-25 12:00 EDT (Check Time Zones)
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Live event with Jon Dron scheduled for 12:00 noon Toronto time, Wednesday, November 25 (different conversions are here). We'll meet here in Collaborate.

Live Session With Jon Dron
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A live session with Jon was held 13:00 Toronto time, Wednesday, November 23. Audio Recording.

Facilitator Posts

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Designing Sims the Clark Aldrich Way
Clark Aldrich, Book, November 28, 2011.

Here are the various phases and stages through which most successful projects have gone. #week12 [Comment]

Blog Posts

This is a list of the blog posts mentioning the change11 keyword or tag harvested from the list of blogs submitted by participants.

Correlation Does Not Imply Causation & ANT
Jeffrey Keefer, Silence and Voice
If this does not support an actor-network theory approach to organizational politics (or the challenges associated with applying quantitative methods to social behaviors), then the black boxes we create to compartmentalize and explain behaviors needs a swift review! Similar Posts: Actor-Network Theory in Education Actor-Network Theory: Next Steps Who’s Taming Who? Pragmatism as an Episode of Constructivism Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2011-10- [Link] Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:21:57 +0000 [Comment]

Mature and independent #change11
jaapsoft2, connectiv
In every social relation where one person supports or helps or cures or teaches another person is a degree of dependency. The end of a supporting, curing or teaching relationship is difficult because this dependency has to change to independency, maturity, adulthood. In a MOOC are mature adult independent learners. Self-supporting learners in a social [...] [Link] Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:43:22 +0000 [Comment]

#Change11 A reflection on MOOC
suifaijohnmak, Learner Weblog
I enjoyed reading Jon’s and Jenny’s post. Matthias also provided a detailed response as to the decreased engagement in MOOC. Here are my reflections: 1. Motivation: As pointed out by Jon, “Apart from anything else, the only motivation for most … Continue reading → [Link] Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:58:13 +0000 [Comment]

OER for learning
cbran250, CAB Thoughts
Setup for the Live Presentation: Collaborate (from Blackboard) was again the conferencing software. One different element this time was that the program popped up an offer for participants to download the slides for the presentation. There were some annoying sound issues from the presenter, probably because of his location which seemed to suffer from a [...] [Link] Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:20:21 +0000 [Comment]

Engagement and Motivation
T, lúcidaTranslúcida
hi all, after reading Engagement and Motivation by Stephen Dowens,  I decided to invite some participants MOOCA # change11 to play with me on this post.The question- A image or video mobilizes a greater engagement than a post.In the picture has Thinglink , explore (with mouse) and leave your answer, please play with [Link] 2011-11-27T16:49:00.000-08:00 [Comment]

#Change11 Visualization and Global Pulse
suifaijohnmak, Learner Weblog
Here on Twitter - Global pulse. “Whether across the world or across the street, Twitter - and more broadly, technology - allows people to view the world through each other’s eyes. As a result, we are able to share information and … Continue reading → [Link] Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:29:20 +0000 [Comment]

#change11 Decreasing Engagement in MOOCs
x28, x28's new Blog » change11
Course facilitators and critics are unsettled about the increasing drop-out rate in MOOCs. Being far from active this time myself, I want to share my speculations about the reason for this. Read more... [Link] Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:00:13 +0000 [Comment]

#change11 Considerazioni sulla natura delle tecnologie
serenaturri, serenaturri's Blog
Il tema affrontato nel corso dell’undicesima settimana di MOOC è «La natura delle tecnologie», facilitatore Jon Dron. Annoto un elemento per me significativo: nonostante l’ argomento sia stato abbondantemente studiato e dibattuto ancora non si è pervenuti a un’univoca definizione di tecnologia. Trovando l’argomento ostico, probabilmente per i problemi linguistici con i quali mi devo [...] [Link] Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:21:25 +0000 [Comment]

Sunday in the MOOC – drifting around – testing scoop.it, reading George in Croatia
jupidu, ZML Didaktik / Innovative Learning Scenarios
On this pleasant sunday (the sun has finally arrived after 15 gray days) I’m looking „around“ the MOOC. Last week I discovered juandoming’s E-learning-Inclusivo – and I wanted to test scoop.it First I expected that I can collect rss-feeds in the scoop but it seems that it is not working this way. So I have [...] [Link] Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:12:38 +0000 [Comment]

Using mLearning and MOOCs to understand chaos, emergence, and complexity in education | de Waard | The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
Group members, Best content in change11 | Diigo - Groups
Tags: mlearning, research, UkrEl11, educationby: Константин Бугайчук [Link] Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:41:37 -0000 [Comment]

How to Get the Most out of a Conference
Downes, Half an Hour
MS-Word version -- PDF Version EDUCAUSE has this habit of creating placeholders for its posts and then sending RSS feeds composed solely of those placeholders. Maybe the content will be filled later, maybe it's just a program entry and will never be fleshed out, but RSS readers like me will never know; we see nothing but the headlines (and sometimes not even that!) that leave only tantalizing glimpses.This is the case for an entry that came out today, How to Get the Most out of the .... [Link] 2011-11-26T09:20:00.001-04:00 [Comment]

Constraints and Change in ChangeMooc
jennymackness, Jenny Connected
Thanks to Jon Dron for a fascinating week in Changemooc, which started with discussions about the need to balance hard and soft technologies in learning environments and ended with discussion and reflection on whether MOOCs need to integrate more constraints to allow for greater emergent learning, engagement and creativity. Here is a link to the [...] [Link] Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:07:17 +0000 [Comment]

Jargon at JISC Innovating e-Learning 2011 Online Conference
francesbell, Francesbell's Blog
CCL Kevin Spencer at http://www.flickr.com/photos/vek/4997286231/ The issue of jargon came up at the JISC online conference more than once today. This was my first involvement at the conference, and I was asked to contribute to 2 sessions on digital literacies. Despite many other commitments and a stinking cold, I enjoyed both sessions that seemed to [...] [Link] Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:50:17 +0000 [Comment]

#Change11 What do participants of MOOC want?
suifaijohnmak, Learner Weblog
Jon posted in And so it ends: I’m not the first to observe that a big problem with connectivist-influenced MOOCs like this is that they are, well, chaotic and lacking in centre. People are contributing all over the place in … Continue reading → [Link] Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:17:38 +0000 [Comment]

#Change11 Short Notes on Designing Cyborgs by Jon Dron
suifaijohnmak, Learner Weblog
An excellent presentation by Jon Dron here. Ailsa has summarised her notes with reflection here. Jenny has posted here, and here too. Some notes that I have taken, together with my reflection. Jon explained about the 3 types of collectives: 1. … Continue reading → [Link] Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:22:00 +0000 [Comment]

#Change11 How would a Shift of Framework help? A New Model for Understanding Time in Pedagogical Contexts
suifaijohnmak, Learner Weblog
I enjoyed reading this Multidimensional Facets of Time in Online Learning by Pekka Ihanainen and John W. Moravec. Ihanainen and Moravec provide a typology of Learning: 1. Temponormative Learning 2. Pointillist Learning 3. Cyclical Learning 4. Overlapping Learning I am particularly interested in … Continue reading → [Link] Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:37:35 +0000 [Comment]

Publishing,copyright, and pay walls...
AK, Multilitteratus Incognitus
The MobiMOOC research team has been working on our third paper, further analyzing aspects of MOOCs, and MobiMOOC in specific.  Our forthcoming paper tackles the topic of emotive language usage in MOOC discussions as a predictor of continued, or future, participation in the course. We are currently in the process of going over and refining the paper, but I don't want to give away the punchline before it's done in its totality :-)In any case, I've taken the lead on this .... [Link] Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:14:00 +0000 [Comment]

#Change11 A Pedagogy to Support Human Beings
suifaijohnmak, Learner Weblog
What is a pedagogy that could support human beings? That is the research topic that Rita, Hélène and I have been working on this year. My sincere thanks to Rita, Hélène for their great research efforts and support. Rita Kop and Hélène Fournier National Research … Continue reading → [Link] Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:48:43 +0000 [Comment]

Introspective look at MOOCs - too soft a technology?
George, EdTech - Insights
Today's #change11 MOOC live session allowed us to hear from Jon Dron and his area of expertise - technologies. After a discussion on constraints, the conversation focused on the pedagogy of MOOCs.Activity in this MOOC has cooled, even though the topic under discussion generates interest and is a meta-concept that allows us to consider assemblies of technology, so it is of interest to educators (pedagogy is a technology), or should be.It seems that the drop-off is par for the course. I do .... [Link] 2011-11-25T15:06:00.001-06:00 [Comment]

Oooooh Mr. Kotter, engage me! Engage me!
brainysmurf1234, Connecting the dots
I’ve really enjoyed week 11 in the #change11 mooc with two great live sessions faciltated by Jon Dron. In the back channel of the synchronous sessions, and in the handful of blog posts visible in The Daily this week, I am joining in the debate about engagement. Mostly, I [...] [Link] Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:38:19 +0000 [Comment]

I don't have Leica
T, lúcidaTranslúcida
But I know that teaching is art! I use the technology to post photos and short videos of my students and try a good teamwork with your parents.This's my orchestration !A machine can be programmed to play an instrument 'perfectly' or to draw a 'perfect' picture, but that's not really what we seek.(Jon Drom)Being able to use the tools is a starting point and most good teachers will learn to do that well because they care about teaching. (Jon Drom) [Link] 2011-11-25T12:05:00.000-08:00 [Comment]

IRRODL Special Issue: Emergent Learning, Connections, Design for Learning
jennymackness, Jenny Connected
A special issue of IRRODL – The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning -has just been published. Vol 12, No 7 (2011): Special Issue – Emergent Learning, Connections, Design for Learning This is a refereed open e-journal which you can access here: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/index It is great to see recognised names amongst the [...] [Link] Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:24:09 +0000 [Comment]

Dynamic Views in Blogger - giving the user the views they want?
George, EdTech - Insights
Tried the Dynamic Views template for this blog for the past few days.It certainly is attractive and the user is able to select different views - views that allow for easy browsing, looking at the media/pictures, by timeline, etc. The viewer is in control.However, I lost the ability to customise it. I could not change any of the features. I do not have the html programming ability to change or add features. Visitors could not sign up for posts nor customise it beyond the several views that the .... [Link] 2011-11-25T14:21:00.001-06:00 [Comment]

#Change11 Creativity, Constraints and Design | Learner Weblog
Group members, Best content in change11 | Diigo - Groups
Tags: UkrEl11, e-learning, #change11by: Константин Бугайчук [Link] Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:52:43 -0000 [Comment]

#Change11 Creativity, Constraints and Design
suifaijohnmak, Learner Weblog
Quite a lot of fantastic ideas popped up, relating to constraints and creativity, as shared by Jenny. I think the ChangeMOOC type of MOOC – if it wants the creation of artifacts – needs to look to MOOCs like ds106 … Continue reading → [Link] Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:18:40 +0000 [Comment]

#Change11 Learning Style
suifaijohnmak, Learner Weblog
Do we need to adapt our teaching to suit the learning style of learners? Professor Daniel Willingham in his video mentions that learning styles don’t exist. Daniel here mentions that these learning theories are wrong, and so teaching would not … Continue reading → [Link] Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:02:16 +0000 [Comment]

Everyday Life and Learning, a lecture by Jean Lave
jennymackness, Jenny Connected
Jean Lave, Professor Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley, was speaking at Lancaster University this week. She gave a very densely packed intense lecture, which was filmed, but I'm not sure whether the recording will be made publicly available. It will be a shame if it is not, because it was the type of lecture [...] [Link] Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:56:18 +0000 [Comment]

I have an elephant in my living room
T, lúcidaTranslúcida
" But there is more to education than just the technologies: the elephant in the room here is the less tangible but most important stuff - not what is done but how it is done." J. DronI have an elephant in my living roomJaap is my friend but just enjoy the pictures !!!!!Does he think my problems or not!It is hard ............. maybe. But I use Jaap as an example. Sorry Jaap!I believe that in his classroom he seeks a balance, I also seek a balance. In looking for an orchestration.I like the .... [Link] 2011-11-25T02:39:00.000-08:00 [Comment]

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A Pedagogy of Abundance or a Pedagogy to Support Human Beings? Participant Support on Massive Open Online Courses
suifaijohnmak, IRRODL, November 25, 2011.

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@bugaychuk tweeted: RT @suifaijohnmak: #Change11 A reflection on MOOC http://t.co/ 2011-11-28T07:36:29Z

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