Blackboard Collaborate Link and Help

Blackboard Collaborate is a virtual classroom. We will be using Blackboard Collaborate for our webinar sessions. If you already know how to use Blackboard, click here to connect. If you've never used Blackboard Collaborate before, or you need a reminder of how to connect, here is what you need to do: Make sure that you have…

"Why You Should Join #OCLMooc" - A Haiku Deck by Susan Spellman Cann

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Connected Courses MOOC and #oclmooc: The “Why” of Connections, Collaboration, and Learning  

Various learners often walk away from learning opportunities with tremendously different results and rewards. And that’s certainly going to be the case in two new connectivist MOOCs (massive open online courses)—the Connected Courses MOOC (#ccourses) offered by a “collaborative network of faculty in higher education developing online, open courses that embody the principles of connected…

Co-Conspirators

 #oclmooc Co-Conspirators Rhonda Jessen @rljessen Rhonda Jessen is a media and computer teacher, currently seconded to Alberta Education where she works as the Curriculum Manager for Career and Technology Foundations (CTF) as they work to refine and validate the draft CTF curriculum for students in grades 5-9. Rhonda is passionate about open and connected learning…

Getting Started

During the first week of #oclmooc (September 24 - 30, 2014) , we'll do our best to help participants prepare for the distributed nature of this experience. A learning management system (LMS) will not be used. Rather, an array of ‘small tools, loosely joined’ will be adopted to provide participants with an authentic, networked-learning experience.…

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The Connectivist MOOC for Alberta Educators

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Introduction to Twitter for Educators

Do you ever need to find resources for your classroom? By connecting to other educators through Social Networks such as Twitter, you have the power to tap into…

Twitter

Danielle Schultz Author: Danielle Schultz is a doctoral student and a middle school counselor. You can find her at School Counselor Blog and on...

A Beginner's Guide to Twitter Chat Participation

By Melissa A. Venable [Note: ETCJ's Twitter/Facebook editor, Jessica Knott, has been working with Melissa to develop this article. Also see Melissa's four-part series on  Twitter for Professional Use. -Editor] A Twitter chat is a live, real-time discussion that takes place via Twitter messages, also known as tweets. Connected by use of a specific hashtag,…

More on Collaboration

I experienced an overwhelming response to my posts (here and here and here) about collaboration in schools. From my thinking and from the comments of others, I have come up with the following list of essential ingredients for collaboration in schools. When I say this, I am referring to collaboration of all learners (staff and…