Frances Bell’s Blog

I first came across Stephen Downes characterisation of Groups and Networks in 2006
And my reaction to it then was quite similar to my current view, that the very open word group was being associated with a set of attributes in order to make it different from the desired form of association - networks.
‘When _I_ use [...]

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(my blog posts are like buses - none for ages then 2 come along at once)

Teacher in your network
Year 2~Day 207 +178/366: Learning about Geometry
Originally uploaded by Old Shoe Woman
George Siemens asked this question at at the Networked Learning Conference hot seat that I missed last week.
Can learning networks (partly) replace the teacher?
The slightly ambiguous [...]

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moar funny pictures

I have been a sporadic participant in CCK09 (which seems pretty quiet anyway) but I was up late working on a bid on Thursday and came across the Elluminate session via Twitter. I was paying partial attention while I finished off my bid and I found the last 10 minutes quite [...]

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Connectivismece09
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Here is a presentation I gave today at Salford Education in a Changing Environment Conference.

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I have just read for the second time George Siemens post on Teaching as transparent learning.  It’s an interesting post that stresses the importance of engagement by novices and experts.
The idea of ‘experts’ talking through their learning made me think about the notion of expertise in an online course.  Even where the teacher/facilitator is an [...]

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