http://notanotheredupunk.edublogs.org Just another Edublogs.org weblog Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:03:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As a psychologist in online education I like to look at how various opposites or polarity functions operate and how we might adapt to and maximise awareness of a continuum to our advantage.  As individuals we can reflect on a polarity such as introversion and extroversion and how we might ... http://notanotheredupunk.edublogs.org/2008/10/29/openness-freedom-restriction-and-control-in-online-education/ Further to my recent post about various twitter thoughts – in particular that historically whoever has the fastest method of transferring information has the potential to control a lot of wealth and power. As such I’m enthusiastic about twitter’s business potential despite some commentators doubting a business model exists. ... http://notanotheredupunk.edublogs.org/2008/10/28/twitter-news/ Twitter as an Indian Train I’m not so sure that Connectivism requires technology and perhaps it can work in other contexts.  That we have a certain amount of interrelatedness (being part of a network) may be enough on its own.  It may be that we can learn through any  f2f or ... http://notanotheredupunk.edublogs.org/2008/10/02/twittering-at-the-speed-of-light/ While it may seem like semantics I feel it would be useful to draw out what might be meant by each term, partly to help develop my own understanding of connectivism, but also to explain why I think the term relatedness is equally useful when describing our online experience. I like ... http://notanotheredupunk.edublogs.org/2008/09/14/relatedness-and-connectivism/ Having enrolled in the online Connectivism Course with George Siemens and Steven Downes I was wondering if there is anything about these guys being Canadians; and it occurred to me that there might be something of the vision quest related to their intentions (though not necessarily something of which ... http://notanotheredupunk.edublogs.org/2008/09/07/two-canadians-sending-us-on-a-vision-quest/ At present I am attempting to collect thoughts on innovation, technology and e-learning and some of the hidden psychological dimensions of our thoughts and efforts in these areas. Emphasis on resource collection at the expense of collaboration and social dimensions of e-learning may occur in contexts where ... http://notanotheredupunk.edublogs.org/2008/08/10/gathering-ideas-on-psychology-and-e-learning/ I have as a friend someone who is a leading Australian online educator. I have been trying to interest him in blogging without success. A typical scenario occurred recently where I was explaining how through commenting on blogs, a sense of community online can be created amongst a group of ... http://notanotheredupunk.edublogs.org/2008/07/07/of-edupunks-and-creepy-treehouse/ Listening recently to radio 3RRR’s computer show with lots of helpful ideas about free software and a healthy open source attitude. They mentioned an article (Not knowing which one, I did a google search and came up with this one as an example of many) stating that the German Government ... http://notanotheredupunk.edublogs.org/2008/07/06/online-counselling-via-skype/ I was in a session about e-portfolios and standards the other day run by Allison Miller & Owen O’Neill. While listening I kept wondering how much e-portfolios will materialise in education and was experiencing considerable difficulties understanding what they are. I’d heard they were a solution in search of a ... http://notanotheredupunk.edublogs.org/2008/06/16/e-portfolios-for-real/