Multilitteratus Incognitus

Happy Friday, to all! This past week  - well, even a few weeks before that, if we're really counting - I've been contemplating my academic work.  Part of it is because I am working on one collaboration with some really awesome folks, and reading proofs for another collab from last summer (that should be published later this year).  However, it's worth noting that all of these academic pursuits are hobbies for me, so it takes time off other hobbies.  They are not things that I can do as part of my regular work (I am not a faculty member). Part of this introspection is because I was updating my Academic CV for a teaching gig I might apply to (another part of the hobby, but this one pays at least), and  I realized that I've done quite a few things in the past couple of years that fit into this particular hobby category, and also fit pretty much in the "life of an academic" category. So, what's changed? To cut to the chase, Trump, and Musk,... and their demen...

This is it! The last topic in #ioe12 - Open Policy ! To be honest, there is almost nothing new to see here, if you've been following along with #ioe12 week-by-week.  All of the previous 11 topics do connect with one another, and policy issues  have  come up in the past, we just didn't cover them specifically. The crux of this topic is that anything that is publicly funded should be open.  For instance, for all federal grants, the research produced by these grants should  be under some sort of open license so the individuals who paid for it (the people of a give country, and heck  the people of the world) should be able to use it for free. In my own experience, having lived and gone to school in Greece K-8, I know that there is a national textbook publisher in Greece. These textbooks are free  to children who go to school.  These books aren't free as in "I am loaning this book to you for free", but rather " here is a free copy, do with it as you ...

We are nearing the end of CCK11, (and we're starting mobiMOOC at the same time!) and I came across this post by Jaap , asking a few question on how connectivism fits in with with established teaching methods. I've got a few thoughts on the issue... What does a teacher see of connectivism? What will change in education as a result of connectivism? What does a connectivist lesson look like? Connectivist principles, I think, do exist in schools, it just depends on what type of schools you look at. I think Jean Anyon 's commentary, albeit 30 years old at this point, show that there isn't just one type of pedagogy in our schools.  What does a connectivist lesson look like?  I'd say probably something like what is done in Montessori schools . Would this work in public schools? Of course! If we want to throw resources at our schools to pursue this type of teaching and learning. What are the implications of connectivism for the school? If New Brunswick wants to chan...