EdTechWeekly+186

EdTechWeekly #186
//March 6, 2011//

// **Regular hosts:** Dave Cormier, Jennifer Maddrell and John Schinker // // **Guest hosts:** none //

Dave's Links: #lak11 http://www.slideshare.net/coarsesalt/use-case-for-using-gephi-for-social-network-analysis-of-facebook

Jennifer's Links: Thoughts surrounding the recent OER University planning sessions in NZ ... the who / what / where / when / why of open ed learner assessment and credit and these links for inspiration:
 * OER University: Planning wiki ... http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students
 * February 23rd Seminar ... Recorded videos http://www.ustream.tv/user/OER-University/videos ... attendee list http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students/Meetings
 * Resources as fodder (chew, slurp, chew) ... http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students/Resources
 * More Canadians for Jen to follow ... http://www.col.org/ ... http://www.col.org/about/staff/Pages/jdaniel.aspx
 * A possible solution? ... http://www.learningcounts.org/students/Pages/How-Does-It-Work.aspx

John's Links:
 * Smart Folks Talking about Important Things: []
 * Purpos/ed: []
 * The Purpose of Education: Power, Shaping, and Control (Cormier): []
 * A Futuristic Vision for 21st Century Education (Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach): http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol6/611-nussbaum-beach.aspx
 * What does it mean to be a teacher in the middle of all of this, especially given the attacks on teachers, teachers' unions, and teacher professionalism taking place right now in the US?
 * Some guy talking about tablets: http://staff.bbhcsd.org/schinkerj/archives/2011/02/13/practical-tablets/
 * How to grow a "textbook" (Joyce Valenza): http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch/2011/01/12/how-to-grow-a-textbook/
 * More thoughts on Paper.li
 * http://paper.li/schinker
 * http://paper.li/edtechtalk