Frances Bell’s Blog

bored
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[Blog post based on my response to LDHEN list server]
I was fascinated to read about student boredom in David Hardman’s blog post .  He said “New research by Sandi Mann and Andrew Robinson has found that boredom during classes may be a regular experience for most university students, and one which is [...]

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Canoe in Devil’s Kitchen
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CCK09 is getting going now and I feel that it won’t be long before my boat ride with the  strong flow of the river showing up interesting events and resources turns into me clinging to the side of the barrel as I negotiate the rapids too overwhelmed to do [...]

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I am pondering if and how I can connect to CCK09, this year’s run of the Connectivism and Connective Knowledge online course.  My reflections are based on my participation in CCK08, reading George Siemens’ post, and listening to the recording of a session with Downes and Siemens here.
I am still asking myself the question I [...]

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Here is a presentation I gave today at Salford Education in a Changing Environment Conference.

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It was a strange ALT-C 2009 for me, with my participation in sessions being constrained by my lack of mobility and the fact that I couldn’t get the netbook to connect to the Wireless network.  The outcome was that my online stuff at the Conference was through my iphone, and I had lots of face [...]

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