Boom!
Another academic year – another load of too much to do and too little time –
Soooooo... started another course – #ccourses14! (I have the feeling that *course*
is an oxymoron in this context – but that is a good thing!) and for the next
few weeks the focus of this blog will be co-learning and the co-creation of
knowledge in a connected world.
‘Dear Reader’ alert!
Dear
Reader,
If you
are completely new to online courses and blogging to learn – don’t be put off
by not knowing anyone else on the course yet. It is very easy to make friends
in these spaces. The trick is to *like*, *Comment*, *re-tweet* and *favourite*
the messages that people start to post on and about the course. This is the way
that we touch base with each other and build connections, trust and dialogue.
The knowledge emerges and develops through these very connections.
I am
lucky because many people that I’ve seen on other happy courses (you know who
you are #edcmooc and #rhizo14!!) are here – as are people that I have spotted
on the almost mythical #ds106. I am looking forward to co-learning with these
peeps.
The
course proper starts next week, Monday 15th September. If you are
still in the process of joining – here’s the link to the one-hour video on the
blogging part of this connected courses thing: http://connectedcourses.net/thecourse/pre-course/
To RSS Feed
My big
first task is to try to connect this blog to the course list – with the
appropriate RSS feed. I have never managed that before! I listened to the
instructions on adding the RSS feed – and decided immediately to do the simple
link this first time, that is, I will *only* cover #ccourses14 in this blog cos
if you cover the course in a multi-topic blog the instructions were WAY too complicated
for me!
