Frances Bell’s Blog

I am Here for the Learning Revolution
Originally uploaded by Wesley Fryer
There is a 2 week extension to the Special Issue of the ALT Journal on The Transformational Impact of Learning Technology, so it’s not too late to make a submission.  There is a range of topics - see Call for Papers (link now corrected), and [...]

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Madonna - Voices
Originally uploaded by alphadesigner
I have been reading the discussion on openness with great interest, and I wanted to capture a few of the thoughts the discussion has triggered for me.
Meanings
There seems to be some reluctance to pin down the meaning of the word open, George Siemens seeing it a word whose meaning has [...]

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Seated Statue
Originally uploaded by dougwoods
A writing project for Christmas and the New Year
Professors John Bourne, Martin Hall (@VCSalford on Twitter) and Mike Keppell are guest editing a Special Issue of ALT-J, entitled The Transformational Impact of Learning Technology more details of Call for Papers here.
This is such an important topic, and we are hoping for [...]

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I am posting my embarrassingly long comment on Dave Cormier’s excellent post so that I can easily find it in future - blog as filing cabinet!
In a recent post http://francesbell.com/2009/11/23/what-is-that-groups-and-networks-argument-all-about/ I looked at openness (and other attributes) as something to which we might aspire but not necessarily an absolute.  The example I used was privacy [...]

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Session went well - Recording here
One of the wonders of the CCK09 course is that bottom up organisation is encouraged and supported.  Arising from a thread in the Moodle forum, we are organising an Elluminate session with short participative slots.
Check the time here.
Title: Responses to connectivism
Place Elluminate room
Date/time Wed 25 Nov, 2000 GMT
Each presenter picks [...]

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