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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Here is an update on my session that was on Wednesday, called Transparent Teaching and Learning - what remains when the teacher disappears?
It was the first Elluminate recording that I have presented (although I have attended quite a few) and I really enjoyed it.  It was all quite relaxed and lowbrow rather than highbrow but [...]

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Below is the abstract that I have been unable to send to George Siemens for the Net Pedagogy conference session on Wed 11 Nov 2000 GMT.
This session’s deliberately ambiguous title (is it a statement or a question?) encourages us to think about teachers disappearing and appearing. Rather than eliminating teaching and teachers, I recommend [...]

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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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