Venue

: Bb Collaborate / Elluminate, with thanks to http://learningtimes.org 

• http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/
• Elluminate has been chosen over Hangout because there is a TILL Sunday Hangout event on ePortfolios at 15:00 that some MultiMOOC participants will be attending, and it will be easier to transition there from Elluminate rather than stopping one Hangout and joining another.

Recording:

• https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2013-01-20.0649.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr&sid=75
• http://tinyurl.com/2013jan20cormier  

Reaction:

• From Laine Marshal: http://laine-multimooc.blogspot.com/2013/01/synchronous-activities-begin.html  

Dave talks here about his ideas on learning and differentiates the nature of what needs to be learned into David Snowden’s simple, complicated, complex, and chaotic.  cMOOCs he said were expecially good at promoting learning at the complex and chaotic levels.  Listen here and find out why.

From the Wikipedia article on Cynefin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin

We expected to ask Dave about 

• The MOOC model for digital practice: http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/MOOC_Final.pdf
• How he came up with the term MOOC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course
• The True History of MOOCs http://www.downes.ca/presentation/300
  and the Truer History as well (Leigh Blackall’s response, and Dave’s comment there) http://www.leighblackall.com/2012/10/a-trueer-history-of-moocs.html
• His viral videos on MOOCs whose premises underpin the weekly development of MultiMOOC 
• His views on openness in learning (somehow without asking him to define that :-
  ) 

http://davecormier.com/edblog/2010/08/08/response-to-critiques-of-open-course-educause-article-and-the-free-economy-generally/

• Rhizomatic learning: http://davecormier.com/edblog/2011/11/05/rhizomatic-learning-why-learn/
• And more at Dave’s blog: http://davecormier.com/edblog/

And if conversation flags (not likely 🙂  …

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324339204578173421673664106.html

Announcements

• http://taedtech.ning.com/events/dave-cormier-discusses-cmooc-connectivism-and-open
• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evonline2002_webheads/message/30042
• http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/multilit/message/1783

Sun, Jan 20, 2013 – 15:00 GMT – Benjamin Stewart hosts TILL Sunday discussion of ePortfolios in Language Learning

The recording of the TILL Sunday event on ePortfolios in Language Learning, hosted by Benjamin Steward in a Hangout, is here
https://plus.google.com/102575233626552174136/posts/j8bQLxnNGxJ 

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On the agenda, 2 readings:

• The first on using Google Drive and Evernote to develop ePortfolios across a range of mobile and other devices:
  http://edudemic.com/2013/01/create-digital-portfolios/  
• An Introduction to Electronic Portfolios in the Language Classroom by Sadia Yasser Ali, Zayed University (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
  http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Ali-Portfolios.html  

To this, Vance might add, for MultiMOOC participants: http://goodbyegutenberg.pbworks.com/w/page/61341848/Me-Portfolios_2013  

Hangouts are created on the fly, so their URLs are not generated until just before the event.  Normally they are shared within circles.

If Benjamin Stewart and/or Vance Stevens are sharing circles with you, there are two things you can try

1. you can Skype vancestev for more information
2.  Also Vance will likely still be in Elluminate http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/ for the first 15 min of this event, with the recording off, and you can possibly find me there for text chat directions to the Hangout

 

If all else fails, try this next event
(looks like a GR8 DB8 but the Hangout will be interactive, whereas the following, though highly recommended, will be equally as entertaining as a recording) 

Sun, Jan 20, 2013 – 1500 GMT – IATEFL Webinar: ICT debate about IWBs

http://ltsig.org.uk/events/13-future-events/263-20113-webinar-the-great-ict-debate.html

The great ICT Debate

IWBs: a fantastic teaching tool or non-interactive white elephant?
with Pete Sharma and Gavin Dudeney

Interactive whiteboards (IWBs) have been around for a long time now. Few technologies have attracted such controversy. For some, they are a powerful teaching aid, while for others they are nothing more than an expensive waste of space, hopefully soon to RIP. Join us for this fascinating debate on the merits and future of the interactive whiteboard!

Pete Sharma will be defending IWBs, and Gavin Dudeney will be opposing.

Regarding the recording, at the above link, there is the following notice

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