Connectivism: Learning as Network-Creation

Connectivism: Learning as Network-Creation: "The domain of learning is significantly hampered by progressive revisions of what it means to learn, to know, and to understand. A subset of connectivism, network forming, is presented as an accurate model for addressing how people learn. The test of any theory is the degree to which it solves problems and incongruities within a domain. The shortcomings of behaviorist, cognitivist, and constructivist ideologies of learning are answered in light of learning as a connection-forming (network-creation) process."

Telegraph | News | Paradise is Lost as Milton enters the mobile phone age

Telegraph | News | Paradise is Lost as Milton enters the mobile phone age: "'The educational opportunities text messaging offers are immense. 'In the hands (or, more precisely, the thumbs) of a proficient user, texting cannot merely archive vast stores of material, it can boil that material down to its most manageable base elements.' "

oudaily.com - Online classes stir up debate

oudaily.com - Online classes stir up debate: "Nearly 40 percent of respondents in the poll in Tuesday�s edition of The Daily classified online courses as either not credible or too easy. Despite this criticism, utilizing the Internet as an educational tool is a growing trend at OU and other universities."

WiAOC 2005: Bridges across Cyberspace

WiAOC 2005: Bridges across Cyberspace: "This is a free conference. You may participate by following links here and you can enter the Moodle as a guest."

The Chronicle: Daily news: 11/15/2005 -- 01

The Chronicle: Daily news: 11/15/2005 -- 01: "college students want faculty members to use information technology, but students nevertheless hunger for the human touch in courses as well, according to a new survey of 18,039 freshmen and seniors at 63 institutions. "

U.S. Higher Education in Transition

U.S. Higher Education in Transition: "American higher education is undergoing substantial change in terms of the way colleges and universities are organized and function. This change is being driven by the combined forces of demographics, globalization, economic restructuring, and information technology (IT)�forces that will, over the coming decade, lead us to adopt new conceptions of educational markets, organizational structures, how we teach, and what we teach. The purpose of this article is to describe these forces and speculate on their effects on higher education in the US and other mature industrial societies. "

Bloggers: Some Formal Definitions | Civilities

Bloggers: Some Formal Definitions | Civilities: "There word �blogger� gets thrown around quite a bit these days, with shape-shifting definitions. Having studied this over the past year, I thought it best to cleave out four senses of a definition. (Note: The definitions have been updated with clearer names from the original post twelve days ago"

Copyright on the Internet

Copyright on the InternetCopyright is the right to exclude, not to publish.
Copyright does not give its owners the right to sell or distribute, for example, libelous email messages. Also, of course, works that are obscene or invade another's rights of privacy or publicity are not publishable just because they happen to be covered by copyright

NCAT Homepage

NCAT Homepage: "NCAT is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to the effective use of information technology to improve student learning outcomes and reduce the cost of higher education. NCAT provides expertise and support to institutions and organizations seeking proven methods for providing more students with the education they need to prosper in today�s economy"