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Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age

Posted December 13, 2004 by Jon Dron

George Siemens’s theory of connectivism – an interesting mish-mash of complexity theory and learning theory.
Created:Tue, 14 Dec 2004 01:33:23 GMT


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Posted: December 13, 2004, 6:33 pm

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eLearn Magazine: Main Page

Posted December 12, 2004 by Jon Dron

ACM elearning journal – interesting and well refereed
Created:Sun, 12 Dec 2004 23:06:33 GMT


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Posted: December 12, 2004, 4:06 pm

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Blog of Collective Intelligence

Posted December 7, 2004 by Jon Dron

All about concepts of collective intelligence – rich info source
Created:Tue, 07 Dec 2004 21:23:09 GMT


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Posted: December 7, 2004, 2:23 pm

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Wikiversity

Posted November 27, 2004 by Jon Dron

a free, open learning environment and research community. Online courses are being created as a form of co-operative and interactive exchange of knowledge.
Created:Sat, 27 Nov 2004 11:55:36 GMT


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Posted: November 27, 2004, 4:55 am

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Electronic Culture – EmergenceWiki

Posted November 27, 2004 by Jon Dron

Interesting Wiki on the topic of emergence, with a broadly educational slant
Created:Sat, 27 Nov 2004 11:18:09 GMT


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Posted: November 27, 2004, 4:18 am

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Edubox

Posted November 26, 2004 by Jon Dron

Good command of Dutch needed for this, but very interesting implementation for the Dutch OU based around EML
Created:Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:38:30 GMT


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Posted: November 26, 2004, 7:38 am

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elearnspace. Learning Management Systems: The wrong place to start elearning

Posted November 22, 2004 by Jon Dron

A fine critique of current LMSs by George SiemensGood article by George Siemens on why and LMS is the wrong place to start learning
Created:Mon, 22 Nov 2004 23:30:04 GMT


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Posted: November 22, 2004, 4:30 pm

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Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects

Posted November 21, 2004 by Jon Dron

New journal, interesting topic
Created:Sun, 21 Nov 2004 21:37:00 GMT


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Posted: November 21, 2004, 2:37 pm

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Journal of Applied Educational Technology

Posted November 21, 2004 by Jon Dron

Free online (cheap in paper form)
Created:Sun, 21 Nov 2004 18:04:36 GMT


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Posted: November 21, 2004, 11:04 am

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International Journal of Web Based Communities (IJWBC) – 1 – 1

Posted November 21, 2004 by Jon Dron

Definitive journal on web-based communities
Created:Sun, 21 Nov 2004 12:38:18 GMT


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Photo of hard copies of How Education Works
A decade of unwriting: the life history of "How Education Works"
▶ How Education Works, the audio book: now with beats
Published in JODDE – Learning: A technological perspective
Slides from my ICEEL ’24 Keynote: “No Teacher Left Behind: Surviving Transformation”
How AI works for education: an interview with me for AACE Review
Video and slides from my webinar, How to Be an Educational Technology: An Entangled Perspective on Teaching
Slides from my SITE keynote, 2024: The Intertwingled Teacher
Educational ends and means: McNamara’s Fallacy and the coming robot apocalypse (presentation for TAMK)
A conversation about generative AI with David Webster
▶ I got air: interview with Terry Greene
evolving into a robot
Recording and slides from my ESET 2023 keynote: Artificial humanity and human artificiality
10 minute chats on Generative AI – a great series, now including an interview with me
Published in Digital – The Human Nature of Generative AIs and the Technological Nature of Humanity: Implications for Education
Technology, Teaching, and the Many Distances of Distance Learning | Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning
On the Misappropriation of Spatial Metaphors in Online Learning | OTESSA Journal
Learning, Technology, and Technique | Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology
Educational technology: what it is and how it works | AI & Society
Informal Learning in Digital Contexts | Handbook of Open, Distance, and Digital Education
Pedagogical Paradigms in Open and Distance Education | Handbook of Open, Distance, and Digital Education

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