Category Archives: connectivism

Essential Skills for Online Students

Posted on June 14, 2013 by geoffcain

(Photo credit: London College of Fashion short courses) I am writing up a page for our students here at Humboldt State University on the study skills needed to be a successful online student. The same skills needed for success in … Continue reading →

Posted in connectivism, education, elearning, elearning101, studyskills | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Girl Scouts Offer New Coding Badge

Posted on April 22, 2013 by geoffcain

I hope this is the new badge! The Girl Scouts have a gaming and coding badge! I am thrilled with the Girl Scouts lately – their leadership is forward-thinking and politically and socially inclusive. As our society becomes more diverse, … Continue reading →

Posted in coding, connectivism, programming | Tagged | Leave a comment

MOOCs, Group Work, and Instructional Design

Posted on April 18, 2013 by geoffcain

Debate Chamber of the Oxford Union Society (Wikipedia) Everything Old is New AgainIn my last post I pointed out that all the arguments about MOOCs sound so much like the old arguments against online education in the 90s. One of … Continue reading →

Posted in connectivism, constructivism, elearning101, instructionaldesign, MOOC | Tagged | Leave a comment

OER: Neuro-Cloud: a new model of textbooks

Posted on February 21, 2013 by geoffcain

I am really excited about Neuro-Cloud. I heard about it in a tweet from Creative Commons this morning and went to take a look. This is a textbook that is being created by a community of neuroscientists who first began … Continue reading →

Posted in connectivism, education, OER, Open education, Open educational resources, Open textbooks, Textbook | Tagged , | Leave a comment

MOOCs and Other Four-Legged Chickens

Posted on February 8, 2013 by geoffcain

I have just moved to Humboldt State University. The college is fairly rural but we get a lot of folks from urban areas. I over heard a very interesting conversation between some students in the cafeteria.  One of them was … Continue reading →

Posted in connectivism, elearning, Instructional Design, MOOC | Tagged | Leave a comment

MOOCs: Why Do We Need Instructional Design?

Posted on January 16, 2013 by geoffcain

Note: The following is an extended abstract for a paper. I was in the process of sending this out to journals when I realized that this needs to be an open document. I have always found the publishing process in … Continue reading →

Posted in connectivism, elearning, elearning101, ID, Instructional Design, MOOC | Leave a comment

What Part of MOOC Don’t You Understand?

Posted on November 17, 2012 by geoffcain

Stephen Downes (Photo credit: WordShore) Educators who have not taken a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) and do not understand their history, are currently writing about these courses which is causing them to be inaccurately represented in the press. The … Continue reading →

Posted in connectivism | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

MOOCs and Connectivist Instructional Design

Posted on October 27, 2012 by geoffcain

I am very interested in the instructional design of MOOCs. While I was working at Tacoma Community College, I co-taught a course called “Health Information Management 101.” The purpose of the course was to introduce health information management students to … Continue reading →

Posted in connectivism, ds106, education, Instructional Design, MOOC, twitter | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Seoul Man: Viral Videos and the Shrinking World

Posted on September 16, 2012 by geoffcain

I have been thinking recently about Psy and the K-pop phenomena of his video “Gangnam Style” that broke out of the internet and onto mainstream television and media. This video was destined to become the Numa Numa of the year (Gary … Continue reading →

Posted in connectivism, twitter | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

MOOC Links from NGLC Presentation

Posted on August 1, 2012 by geoffcain

This in from Friend-of-the-Blog, Bosha Struve: If you are interested these were pulled out of the chat window from the webinar… “MOOCs: open onlinecourses as levers for change in higher education.” George Siemens Additional URL’s from Chat: ·         Edward R. … Continue reading →

Posted in connectivism, education, MOOC | Leave a comment