Monday, July 06, 2009

Personal Learning Links

  • Connectivism and Connective Knowledge 2009 gsiemens on Jul 5th 2009 Given the interest in the Connectivism and Connective Knowledge course Stephen and I delivered in 2008, we’re pleased to announce an open version of the same course for fall of this year. You can register to receive course information here .

    • “Come the revolution, I’d see virtual learning environments acting as a space for students to come together and collaborate.”
  • tags: skilss, competencies

    • information technology is no longer just a useful tool that supports university and college administration and to a lesser extent teaching and learning; rather it is now an integral and essential component of almost all core higher education activities, and as such needs to be used, managed and organised accordingly…

      Because digital technology is now so pervasive, and affects the creation, storage, access, analysis and dissemination of knowledge, all areas of human activity are increasingly being touched by it. Academic knowledge is no different. To be a scholar now means knowing how to find, analyse, organise and apply digital information. Studying without the use of technology is increasingly like learning to dive without water. This is not an argument for teaching generic computer literacy skills, such as how to keyboard or use a word-processor, but for using computers for digital imaging in medicine, for graphical information systems in geology, for using wikis to teach writing skills, for kno


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