Tag: Social Creatures
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Technocon 2010 Wrap Up
This was the first conference I have ever attended without looking at it through the lens of instructional technology and I must say that I was quite surprised to discover what I did. Thinking back on it, there wasn’t very much there for an IDer to be that interested in. Sure there were a couple…
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My 2010 Predictions
Well 2009 was certainly a transitional year for the type of tech that I follow. We seem to have moved from a world with clear definitions of media type to one where those types are starting to blur. This blurring seems to be due to one factor, the shift toward ubiquitous, real time data. This…
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More thoughts on the Info Pyramid
Stephen Downes noticed my post among others yesterday with regards to the info pyramid. He commented that there was “still no learning” even though I offered an alternative. In my defense, I am of the mind that one can learn from just about anything, but more to the point, the consumption of information at home…
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Info pyramid
There are pyramids for everything that suggest ways and means to be the best at whatever they are describing, but this one from Wired caught my attention for “optimal consumption of media”. It might just be me, but I would think that it would be far more valuable to have at the base of the…
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Relationships important for success
While this article by Bergin & Bergin (Attachment in the Classroom – DOI: 10.1007/s10648-009-9104-0) talks about students in k-12 and their attachment to parents and teachers as an important part of what it takes to succeed, it might be logical to extend what they say into higher ed as well and perhaps using social networking…