Learning is chaotic e-learning 2.0 for doctoral students developing a personal learning environment...

learning is chaotice-learning 2.0 for doctoral students

developing a personal learning environment

carol thomasfielding graduate universitynortheast cluster meetingfebruary 17, 2007

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. –Plato

approach

Teach only when cornered, otherwise let the people learn. --Keith King

concepts

Web 2.0

ELearning 2.0

Personal Learning Environment

Jeremy HiebertPLE Diagram

Scott Proposes a VLE That Looks Like This

Scott WilsonVirtual Learning Environment

my experience

I am an N of OneI am an N of One

The spark – in ScotlandThe spark – in Massachusetts

I am an N of One

The spark – in ScotlandThe spark – in Massachusetts

themes

Understand, question, contribute to the theory

E-learning 2.0 and more (Stephen Downes)Connectivism (George Siemens)Informal Learning (Jay Cross)Learning Evolves (Bill Kerr)

Dialog exampleHow did I know?

Conference exampleWhat were they saying?

Experience the toolsBlogVideoConferencingSkypeWiki

Connect to the chaosfind the work that matters – to you

Organize the chaoswhere do I put everything

Trust the shoulders there to stand on

acknowledge them (blogroll)help your readers connect with them

Experience, contribute, learnbloggingthe Zoho experience the Carmun experiencecommunity of practice

Be a scholar practitionerdefine the PLE for yourselfnew academic tools (Zotero)new ways of connecting (OCC)

Be RevolutionaryBe Boundaryless

validation

Learning is a process of connecting specialized nodes or information sources. A learner can exponentially improve their own learning by plugging into an existing network.

-- George Siemenshttp://www.connectivism.ca/about.htmlaccessed 10/20/06

next

You 2.0…

you control the knowledge age

you control your learning environment

http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20061225,00.html

Courage is knowing what not to fear. – Plato

SourcesFor quotes:

http://www.wilderdom.com/quotes/QuotesEducation.html (accessed 2/12/07)http://www.thefreelibrary.com/literature.aspx (accessed 2/11/07)http://www.escotet.org/web/quotes.html (accessed 2/11/07)

Credit for the graphic: clarence fisher, http://remoteaccess.typepad.com/remote_access/

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