Frances Bell’s Blog

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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Marshall McLuhan’s statement “the medium is the message” is interpreted as encouraging us to notice changes that accompany a new medium, in order to shape the development of the innovation and use it effectively (Federman, 2004). Such an approach is suited to our challenge: to develop and deliver an undergraduate module called Emerging Technologies to 450 students across eight different degree subjects in a United Kingdom Business School.

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I have been very excited to see the publication of the electronic and print version of the ALT-J Special Issue - Learning and Teaching in Immersive Virtual Worlds.  I think that it is a great resource for anyone working in this area, but I may be biased by the fact that it’s the first issue [...]

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Stephen Downes posted a reply to my blog post http://francesbell.com/2008/11/09/cck08-is-connectivism-a-learning-network/ at http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44375.  I tried to reply there but my comment was not accepted so I am posting it here, hoping it gets picked up automatically.
I was very grateful for Stephen’s comments, as there is plenty still be ironed out (from my persective at least).  I [...]

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Have you got something to say about the Digital Divide? Now is your chance.
We would like to invite participation in a Digital Divide Slam in association with a workshop at ALT-C 2008.
If you aren’t attending the conference, you are welcome to participate as an individual or small group.  Can you produce [...]

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