Thursday, 14 April, 2011

Connectivism: Watching it happen and grow at Learning Solutions 2011 - #ls2011 #cck11

After recently attending the Learning Solutions Conference I was amazed at not only the connections between attendees, presenters and hosts, but how they continued to develop and grow throughout the conference.  What is more thrilling to not only witness, but to be an integral part of is the network of peers and likeminded colleagues that are all working towards one common goal.  Better eLearning for All!

I hope you enjoy this small taste of what begun at this conference between 1300+ attendees and countless number of followers tapping in to the thousands of feeds of information pouring out during this week.  The learning, sharing, creating, and growing will continue on and on and on.....

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Sunday, 3 April, 2011

Concept Map at End of #CCK11 - Getting Difficult to Navigate

When I started this map at the end of Week 1 of this journey I could tell that it was bound to be filled with great ideas and links that I had gathered throughout my time participating in the course.

What I didn't quite expect is how difficult it is to navigate through when it is completed expanded to it's outer limits.  I've used it so much I know where to find information within it.  However, any one else many look at it and think what is any of this suppose to mean.  Someone participating within the course currently or previously will surely see some terms they recognize or even many of their individual postings from blogs and twitter that I collected.  Much of the chaos that seems to be present here (which in fact is not) comes from the hundreds if not  thousands of bits of great information that were shared and created by the facilitators and more over the participants of the course.

There were readings from the facilitators, weekly and even daily blog postings from participants, a facebook group was created, a diigo tagging page, several twitter groups, several daily papers, and more of which I'm sure I lost track.

The entire course was an incredible experience to be a part of and to watch how it would unfold as the weeks went on.  I now come to appreciate why many people will participate in the course year after year or at a minimum stop in to check out how the current year is progressing.  No two years will ever be exactly the same.  New minds, new ideas, new inspiration will always make this course and learning experience completely dynamic and ever changing.

Isn't that the way learning should be.


Concept Map Week 1


Concept Map - Week 12
This is dynamic - click for link to webbrain to explore this map