Stephen Downes

Five Themes for the Web 2.0 Learner

May 29, 2008

In my previous posting I mentioned that Mission to Learn turned one on May 15. As chance would have it, I spoke on a Web 2.0 panel that morning at the annual meeting of Medbiquitous, the organization that was the subject of my very first posting here on Mission to Learn. My topic for the [...]

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Top Eight E-learning Blogs

November 26, 2007

A participant in a chat at the recent American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) e-learning conference asked me about how to find good e-learning blogs. As she put it: "How do you find relevant blogs!  The blogs I seem to find never have any entries!" Well, there are certainly plenty of them our there, and [...]

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Connectivism Considered

August 30, 2007

We derive our competence from forming connections…the learner’s challenge is to recognize the patterns which appear to be hidden. Meaning-making and forming connections between specialized communities are important activities. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age CONSIDER THIS: FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GULF opened by the Web, virtually all of the structures [...]

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