Category: Week 2 – Connected Learning

In his article, Tim Hitchcock discusses the importance of twitter and blogging in today’s academic research setting.  Hitchcock claims these platforms act to facilitate academic collaboration, teaching and public engagement. Furthermore, the content or “output” that is generated on these platforms can be a very powerful tool with the right audience. Hitchcock hits on an […]

Like it or not, we are living in fast-paced dynamic 21st century and we need to keep up. To successfully succeed in this fast-growing world, our educational system should continuously update the techniques, tools, and methods used in teaching and learn…

I’m not a blogger. I’m not into tweeting. I suppose you could say for this class I come with a predisposition to the dark side in a way. (I mean if blogging and tweeting are … Continue reading →

The internet and new technological advances are great tools to disseminate knowledge and make it more accessible than ever before. I remember my mom telling me how one of my grandfather’s brother went to Spain to study medicine in the early 20th century. She told me how they waited eagerly for his letters or telegraphs. … Continue reading Connected Learning: My Perspective

  As the title of this blog so explicitly forewarns, I have had to go back to the proverbial drawing board to redefine what blogging means to me. As a member of the generation that is able to remember life without the internet, I have not been focused on keeping relevant with social media as … Continue reading Self Re-definition of blogging →

As a scientist, in training, I have always struggled with making people understand the relevance of the animal research that I participate in. When I converse with the general public I feel like the final conclusion at the other end of the conservation is usually: “oh nice so you work with animals, that is so … Continue reading Blogs and Tweets in Science: the Solution to My Struggle →

I tried to find a clear definition of Connected Learning (CL), but all I found is quite ambiguous. People mainly talk about what it will involve, what’s the core values and what’s the principles but not exactly what it is. In my understanding, CL is a broad concept contrasting the traditional learning model. There is … Continue reading The Pros and Cons of Connected Learning and How Can We Prepare Ourselves in This Trend

My two major thoughts after our first class were: 1) What is connected learning? Why is technology such a large part of it? Why is connected learning needed or important for the future? I still did not have a concrete definition of connected learning. I was unclear what traits a course would have to feature … Continue reading What is Connected Learning? Why is it useful?

The Last GEDI session was focused on a new paradigm in education suitably called connected learning. From what I learned in this class, connected learning is a new model of scholarship/pedagogy and is a progressive approach to the structure of the flow of knowledge from the source(s) to the recipient(s). In connected learning, there is an … Continue reading Some thoughts on connected learning ……

This is the first blog I have ever written (I hope I am using the right term…and I must admit, I am slightly intimidated by the process, I do hope it gets easier with time). In reality I have had limited experiences with blogging. In some ways I have been making assumptions that blogging is […]