Thinking out loud about Connectivism

I’ve been reading George’s writing on the unique ideas in connectivism. Two assertions leap out at me in his list of how connectivism is different from other approaches. First is the statement that “the same structure of learning that creates neural connections can be found in how we link ideas and in how we connect … Read more

H. R. 5037

As reported by the OA Librarian, Open Education News, and others, the Federal Research Public Access Act has been introduced in the US House. taxpayeraccess.org has more detail and information about how you can get involved. The awesome Govtracker is currently showing H. R. 5037 has having been referred to the House Subcommittee on Oversight … Read more

My TEDxNYED Video Is Now Online

The nicely edited video of my TEDxNYED talk is now online. I previously posted the notes I created before I produced the slides. The TEDxNYED folks asked us to produce new material for this talk and not just give an existing talk again. I apparently took this advice more literally than some of the other … Read more