Category Archives: connectivism

Social Networks and The Good Way to Do History

Posted on January 2, 2014 by geoffcain

Biblioteque Nationale There is a fascinating article by Harvard librarian Robert Darnton in this month’s New York Review of Books called “The Good Way to Do History.” It is a review of Arlette Farge’s book The Allure of the Archives. This … Continue reading →

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eLearning 101: Presentation from DET/CHE

Posted on January 2, 2014 by geoffcain

I went to the DET/CHE conference in November and I had a presentation that I was going to give. What happened at the conference was interesting. After listening to other presentations and listening to the concerns, fears, and needs of … Continue reading →

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DET/CHE: The Art & Science of Education

Posted on December 3, 2013 by geoffcain

Town plan of Imola (Wikipedia) I am at the Directors of Education Technology and California Higher Education conference in San Jose this week (DET/CHE). This is my first time here and I am presenting on MOOCs, eLearning, and Instructional Design. … Continue reading →

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eLearning 101: An Open Class for New Online Learners

Posted on November 26, 2013 by geoffcain

Humboldt State University (Wikipedia) Our new class is slowly taking shape. The course will be based on our old DE 101 (Distance Ed 101) which in turn was based on HIM 100 (a Health Information Management class where we introduced … Continue reading →

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Some Notes on Connectivism and Peer Review

Posted on November 24, 2013 by geoffcain

A social network diagram (Wikipedia) I have been looking at social constructivism and the social generation of knowledge over the last week. I am interested in this line of thought because I feel that for us to really get a … Continue reading →

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Open Ed 13: George Siemens

Posted on November 6, 2013 by geoffcain

“George Siemens is a Professor at the Center for Distance Education and a researcher and strategist with the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute (TEKRI) at Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada. He is the author of the Connectivism theory of learning … Continue reading →

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MOOCs and Student Support

Posted on September 13, 2013 by geoffcain

Internet Penetration (% Population). Red indicates no statistics available. (Wikipedia) I read an article this week that I found via Stephen Downe’s blog that is from the eLearning Africa News Portal called “The Underlying Inequality of MOOCs” by Alicia Mitchell. … Continue reading →

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Are You Ready for Online Learning?

Posted on August 8, 2013 by geoffcain

Educators will often discuss the barriers to online education without considering what a student would need to do to overcome those barriers. The typical answer to “are you ready for online education?” is “online education isn’t for everyone.” As someone … Continue reading →

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Four Steps to Getting MOOCs Right

Posted on July 23, 2013 by geoffcain

“Lehrer-Student” von Reinhard Schmidt in Rostock (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I love alarming education headlines – five MOOC classes are put on hold and the San Francisco Chronicle says “San Jose suspends online courses.” Which it didn’t – it suspended five MOOC … Continue reading →

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MOOCs: Disruption is the Mother of Invention

Posted on June 14, 2013 by geoffcain

Stephen Downes There is an article in the Boston Review by Thomas Leddy called “Are MOOCs Good for Students?” In this article Leddy claims that “MOOCs pose a great threat to the most important value of higher education: ‘literacy.’ By … Continue reading →

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