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A big #change11 is sharing educational materials. Note to self, this could be a long and interesting study: Now I am thinking of the subject “sharing educational materials”. In this MOOC we did share, how about massive sharing educational materials by all teachers. Do schools have a property right o

We bid each other farewell beside the hill, As day meets dusk, I close the wooden gate. Next year, in spring, there will be green grass again, But will my honoured friend return? ( poem of Wang Wei )   Jupidu asked these questions on her blog. What did the Change MOOC change in your [...]

What is the difference between identity, ID, self, ego, me, personality? Do these words connect to the same  ’thing’? Does identity change when you change role? A role or a social role (also spelt rôle) as a set of connected behaviors, rights and obligations as conceptualized by actors in a social s

As I will be making music I  have to listen  to the recorded session of this week. One of my real identities prevents one of my  virtual identities from being online. What about this duality real-virtual? Is virtual not real? My virtual identity is as real as my real identity.  Should we use the wor

What is so important on identity? My identity is a network, connections. Part of my identity are connections with you. What I think and write and say is connected to you. The meaning of the words and images I use is connected to your way of understanding. What is my identity, the things you think [.

Connecting information to knowledge is one way to make sense. The Aha-Erlebnis is the moment when a new bit of information finds its place in the network of knowledge, and the moment you know that. When learning new information good students try to find connections to existing knowledge. Good teachi

Diagram from George Siemens Change MOOC: Sensemaking and Analytics as used in his 24 april 2012 session in #Change11. My interpretation of George Siemens question is if sensemaking must be included in this diagram, in the process of analyzing and using results of analytics. Is it possible to collect

Some sources on motivation. Motivation seems to be very important for an online course, and a MOOC. When Adam and Eve were curious about the effects of the special fruits of the tree of Knowledge they were chased out of Paradise. RSA Animate – Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us. On

The discussion in the comments of the last post on resistance and motivation: I know very few people who like change to for the sake of change – most don’t want change in the areas where they need stability, but embrace it in areas where they need variety. The resistance isn’t just a preference – [.

Change is everywhere. No thing is unchanged. Mountains disappear, Glacials come and go.  Change in the human world  will be resisted by: Law and rules, institutions (sometimes the rules have to be changed to make change possible). Physical things (change sometimes needs change of environment, or of