Last week (it’s already old news), we had the 1st WebCurriculo conference, which took place at PUC SP and was blogged and streamed live. I submitted a paper about my 10-year school experience using social tools, networks and interaction in the classroom to complement, extend and transform the curriculum. This was a challenge I set out … Read more
On the Online Toys and Tools discussion forum, Sirin Soyoz from Istambul states As far as I experience, it is instructional design that facilitates learning and learners must take on new roles in the learning process. This is very much the discussion now taking place in Week 6 of the FOC08 course, which I am … Read more
The Power of Organizing without Organizations I have just posted my introduction to the Moodle Connectivism and Connective Knowledge Course which is about to start. The course, which has already been nicknamed MOOC (Massively Open Online Course) because of the number of participants – about 1600), will be co-facilitated by Georges Siemens and Stephen Downes … Read more
When observing and reacting, I relate first and foremost to human beings. I do not believe this springs from my need of belonging, building a role or forming a community. What I have observed: Some people trying to understand how all this happens but do not manage to follow as they expect, feel they are … Read more
Fortunately, I do have some of the technical skills the course requires and know how to find my way in a distributed environment. However, as I mentioned before, I was consuming, commenting and contributing to f2f encounters and trying to digest them in the blog as well so I did not post anything FOC08 on … Read more
Socializing and Connecting As I joined late, I had a certain difficulty in finding who the other people from the course were for there was little interaction with them in the first phase. There is an introduction thread in the discussion area of the wiki but this, from what I gather, served mostly for people … Read more
