Category: Week 2 – Connected Learning

Connected Learning…. To be honest, I’m a little skeptical. When I think about the classes I’ve had so far that included a connected learning model, they haven’t been great experiences. I’ve had required blogs for three courses and I would … Continue reading →

It has been over 20 years now since internet came to our lives. Or should we say since it intruded our lives? The digital era is certainly a major ridge in human history, and building oneself’s digital image (or, for some, avoiding it at all cost) is comparable today to what it meant (especially in the USA) […]

I hadn’t heard of this phrase before last Wednesday, but a quick google search tells me that everyone is talking about it. It’s a brand new concept that’s still being explored so I will not reference anyone else, leaving it up to the reader to do his own google search. Nothing could be more in … Continue reading Connected Learning

Working in a bubble – your current situation is not representative of reality. Why we need to leave the bubble – we need to leave the bubble to work in a multidisciplinary environment, to work in an environment that is representative of the real world. Interaction with people who have different opinions and different views will … Continue reading Working in a bubble – not as awesome as it sounds

As a child, I loved writing stories. I used to take notepads with me on car trips (even five minute drives to the store) and jot down narratives and day dreams. Although these scribbles paved the way for embarrassing discoveries in recent years, such as forgotten stories of my childhood spiciness recorded by yours truly, they serve…

The concept of “connected learning” that I learned from today’s class really impressed me a lot. Connected learning incorporates social connections and digital media into the modern education system, which serves as a new way of learning and teaching. Different … Continue reading →

In the first lesson, Dr. Nelson has introduced the concept “connected learning’. We will discuss connected learning in the second lesson in details. After watching the video clip about connected learning, I searched on the internet and found something about connected learning before our formal discussion in class. In Wikipedia, it is defined as “a … Continue reading Is Connected Learning a Better Approach?

I am very pleased to become a member of the GEDI learning community at my second year in graduate school. All the information we shared and the discussions in the classroom open my eyes to the current trend of higher education. The closely connected environment and accessibility of resources shock me as a young researcher. … Continue reading How education is connected amazed me

Hello everyone, my name is Najla Mouchrek and I am a first-year PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Centered Design at Virginia Tech. Now, I am especially interested in how Connected Learning, collaborative thinking and creative searching for solutions can impact the way young students learn, empower themselves and engage in social change […]

This week’s theme was “Connected Learning,” although most of the articles (and one video) focused on blogging. So here’s my thought on that topic: I hate most blogs. Scott Rosenberg of Salon noted in 2009 that blogs changed everything, and he’s right. With free blogs available to anyone with a smart phone and access to […]