Category Archives: connectivism

Teaching in a Pandemic: We Have Solved This Problem Before

Posted on June 30, 2020 by geoffcain

The situation here is familiar: circumstances demand that we change how we deliver teaching and learning. We need to employ different teaching modalities, and we need to quickly prepare students for that. Notice I didn’t say “new” modalities. We are … Continue reading →

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Connectivism and Open Education

Posted on November 3, 2017 by geoffcain

Vahid Masrour sent out a link to our Open Education MOOC this morning to Mark Weller’s “Openness and Education: a beginner’s guide” and it got me to thinking a lot about Connectivism. Connectivism is the learning theory founded and championed … Continue reading →

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George Siemens and the Evolution of Ed Tech

Posted on September 11, 2015 by geoffcain

George Siemens wrote a very thoughtful post on his current thinking about education technology called “Adios Ed Tech. Hola something else.”  Siemens has been very important in shaping my own thought on education technology and online learning. His work has … Continue reading →

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Information Management in 1912

Posted on August 2, 2015 by geoffcain

One of the reasons I just hate the internet is that while searching for something that no longer interests me now, I accidentally clicked on something that I found so mesmerising and intriguing, and yet I really didn’t know why. … Continue reading →

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Towards a Connectivist ePortfolio

Posted on May 8, 2015 by geoffcain

I am reviewing eportfolio systems and processes for faculty at Humboldt State University, and I am concerned with how little has changed in this field over the last ten years. There are some good ideas out there around assessment and … Continue reading →

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Mushrooms, Neuroscience, and Education

Posted on November 3, 2014 by geoffcain

There is an interesting story about magic mushrooms in Wired Magazine this month. It includes a nice graphic that demonstrates the connections in the brain when on psilocybin. I find this interesting because there are a number of researchers attempting to … Continue reading →

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Why Connectivism is a Learning Theory

Posted on April 28, 2014 by geoffcain

Domains of major fields of physics (Photo credit: Wikipedia) David Wiley recently made a comment on his blog, in response to a very succinct posting by Stephen Downes, that the learning theory Connectivism, though he is sympathetic to it, was … Continue reading →

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Connectivism – The First 2000 Years

Posted on April 23, 2014 by geoffcain

I would like to highly recommend a book I am currently reading to educators interested in Connectivism. It is called Writing on the Wall: Social Media – The First 2000 Thousand Years by Tom Standage, the digital editor at the … Continue reading →

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Using a Blog-Based Environment to Support a Community of Learners

Posted on January 16, 2014 by geoffcain

Presentation notes for: “Using a Blog-Based Environment to Support a Community of Learners”Institute for Student Success, Humboldt State UniversityPresenters: Daniel Fiore, Riley Quarles, Claire Knox, and Child Development Faculty Riley introduced everyone by saying that the network of blogs (WordPress) … Continue reading →

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#Rhizome14: Community as Curriculum

Posted on January 15, 2014 by geoffcain

This is my introductory post. I am participating in a MOOC facilitated by Dave Cormier called “Rhizomatic Learning – The Community is the Curriculum.” Dave’s 2008 article “Rhizomatic Education: Community as Curriculum” has informed many of my education projects since … Continue reading →

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