Loosely Tied

Posted on 2 September 2014 by Jim
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loosely tied water knot

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another loose tie

The Connected Courses facilitators list reads like a Who’s Who of my favourite rabid connectivists.  How could I not dip in? Ever since PLENK2010 I’ve been hooked by this interaction with clever educators.  It changed the way I approach my job as an adult literacy and basic education instructor.  Fortunately for me, my superiors like the change. Adapting connected learning to the needs and capacity of ABE students is a challenge. I keep hoping to add others with an Adult Literacy focus to my PLN.

Essential Skills is on my plate as well this fall. I’ve enrolled in a for-credit course, so #ccourses will be a mix of lurking and more obvious contribution.  Guess which gets first priority when time is at a premium. At least I’ll keep in touch with some of the content but especially with the people and ideas at the forefront of this flavour of edu-innovation.

I registered weeks ago, but when I checked the action this first afternoon of the Pre-Course – aw Drat! Did I already miss the first live sessions? Now I’ll have to find time to watch the re-run on YouTube, or better yet on the embedded YouTube player on the pre-course page where I can catch up on reading at the same time.

That’s it for a first post.  Let’s see if I can connect my blog now using RSS and Tags.

 

images:
water knot author David J Fred, licenced CC-BY-SA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Water-knot-webbing-loose-ABOK-296.jpg
water molecule from Wikimedia Commons, public domain  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hydrogen-bonding-in-water-2D.png
 

 

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Faculty Developer at Aurora College's Centre for Teaching and Learning
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2 Responses to Loosely Tied

  1. Lisa M Lane says:
    10 September 2014 at 4:45 PM

    I missed the first live session, and will miss the second, because I’m…ugh…working! Hello to you Jim and to Cris too. I’ll be hanging out too…

  2. Cris (Cris2B) says:
    2 September 2014 at 5:02 PM

    Drat is right! I was registered but somehow missed the start of the Connected Course, too. Good thing I read the blog of a connected educator I met in PLENK2010. I’ve enjoyed and learned from your efforts to bring an open, connectivist approach to your work.

    Thanks so much for the heads-up! Good luck this semester with your for-credit course and the Connected Course!

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