New at the Learning Technologies Centre. Michael Wesch

New at the Learning Technologies Centre

Dr. Michael Wesch – Live Broadcast

10:00 a.m, June 17, 2008

A Portal to the Future of Education

It took tens of thousands of years for writing to emerge after humans spoke their first words. It took thousands more before the printing press and a few hundred again before the telegraph. Today a new medium of communication emerges every time somebody creates a new web application. A Flickr here, a Twitter there, and a new way of relating to others emerges. New types of conversation, argumentation, and collaboration are realized. What does this mean for building educational portals that can foster the kinds of communication and community we hope to create in education? In this presentation, Wesch will showcase and discuss his own attempts to create the portal of the future, integrating Facebook, Netvibes, Diigo, Google Apps, Jott, Twitter, 2D barcodes, and other emerging technologies to create a rich virtual learning environment.

Link to Live Broadcast

Sponsored by Information Services and Technology, University of Manitoba.

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Fuente: [university of Manitoba]

Connectivism Online Conference. Relief y Antoine’s blog comentan

Se ha celebrado la primera conferencia del Connectivism Online Conference, las próximas están anunciadas en la web de la University of Manitoba.

La primera ha sido el 2 de Febrero, impartida a través de Elluminate Live

y la impartió George Siemens, bajo el título Connectivism: Learning Conceptualized Through the Lens of Today’s World.

En el blog, estupendo, de Relief tenéis un comentario sobre la conferencia,(en francés) en un post titulado Conférence / connectivisme : George Siemens [schéma].
Me ha encantado el esquema (casi siempre son esclarecedores)


Aunque claro, también tenemos otras opiniones algo más críticas sobre el conectivismo,por ejemplo en Antoine’s blog (blog que también aconsejo) el lunes, enero 29, 2007 tenemos una entrada bajo el título Conectivismo: conferencia online desde Manitoba que comienza así:

Lo que comenzara como un artículo chungo y pasara a convertirse en un libro igual de chungo ha calado entre los ingenieros de letras y los educadores tecnófilos… El conectivismo se ha convertido en el último gran palabro de gurú para hablar con cierto aire pseudo-erudito acerca del futuro de la educación y el aprendizaje en la Red.

Connectivism Online Conference — Schedule

Connectivism Online Conference is an open online forum exploring how learning has been impacted by ongoing changes. The conference will run from February 2 – 9, 2006.

February 5, 2007 11:00 am CST	Connective Teaching: How the Read/Write Web Challenges Traditional Practice By Will Richardson
February 6, 2007 11:00 am CST	Balancing Agility and Stability in Higher Education By Diana Oblinger
February 7, 2007 1:30 pm CST	A Challenge To Connectivism By Bill Kerr
February 8, 2007 11:00 am CST	The Recognition Factor By Stephen Downes
February 9, 2007 11:00 am CST	Research and Net Pedagogies By Terry Anderson

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Fuente: [University Manitoba, Relief y Antoine’s blog]

tags: e-learning, aprendizaje, web2.0, Connectivism, web 2.0, University of Manitoba, Relief