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Permalink Reply by Carolyn Campbell on July 1, 2009 at 8:03pm

Hi, I'm an instructional designer at the Nova Scotia Community College, the best l'il learning-centred college on Canada's east coast. I'm interested in sharing ideas & best practices for networked learning. Looking forward to the conversation!

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Permalink Reply by Isabelle Eaton on July 7, 2009 at 1:08pm

Carolyn,

A quick special hi from the other side of the country. I've been hearing quite a bit lately about NSCC, in part through my work at the Canadian Council on Learning. Would love to hear more about experiences in ID.

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Permalink Reply by Ian MacLeod on July 1, 2009 at 8:36pm

Hi, I'm Ian MacLeod, Academic Chair of the Schools of Applied Arts and New Media, Business, and Health and Human Services at the Institute of Technology campus of the Nova Scotia Community College, I have an interest in problem-based learning, competency-based assessment, and alternative educational methodologies and delivery methods. I am actively exploring Web 2.0 tools and technologies and supporting faculty in the implementation of these tools and technologies into their professional practices. I believe that social networking is the future of learning-centred education. I have been researching and exploring the use of social media in the development and use of PLEs- Personal learning Environments - learner created and learner-controlled - this is where I see adult education going - out of the traditional classroom and into the hands of learners wherever they may be.

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Permalink Reply by Isabelle Eaton on July 7, 2009 at 1:09pm

Ian,

A quick special hi from the other side of the country. As I've just finished telling Carolyn, 've been hearing quite a bit lately about NSCC, in part through my work at the Canadian Council on Learning. Would love to hear more about your work there and to see if we can bat about ideas to put together pieces on social media learning that could be featured through CCL's website and channels.

Cheers,

Isabelle Eaton

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Castillo Valenzuela on July 5, 2009 at 12:09pm

Hello. I'm from Chillán, a city about 400 kms south of Santiago, Chile. I work at Universidad del Bío-Bío; I´m also editor of the magazine Horizontes Educacionales. I´m interested in teaching with social media tools as I teach both pre-service and in-service teachers. I'd like to learn more about the benefits of using social media tools for educational purposes.

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Permalink Reply by Isabelle Eaton on July 7, 2009 at 1:06pm

Hello from rainy North Vancouver, BC, Canada!

Summer seems to have--hopefully temporarily--departed for the day, so participation in an online seminar seems perfect. My name is Isabelle Eaton and I work as a research analyst with the Canadian Council on Learning. I'm originally from Quebec (yup, am French Canadian) but also speak Spanish and Portuguese and muddle some Italian so am quite keen to see the international range of participants here. My interests in social media stem from my graduate work (on children's understanding of narratives in computer-based games), my own experience with social media (online courses, Facebook, FirstClass, Ted.com, the Public Knowledge Project, etc.), my role as parent of two young children and a keen interest in what their education will look like, and my work as a researcher and knowledge "mobilizer" and "broker". I'm a strong believer in the democratizing possibilities of technology and believe that, while tech is not the answer to everything, what is going on right now with social media is not simply an addition to the pile of what already exists repackaged under the guise of fancier, more up-to-date bells & whistles. Rather, it strikes me as a fundamental shift in what is going on.

On that note, there was an interesting article in a recent edition of Salon.com, entitled How blogs changed everything. Here's the link.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Capelo on July 9, 2009 at 8:38pm

Hello Isabelle, vai ser legal conversar em português contigo !

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Permalink Reply by Lisa M Lane on July 7, 2009 at 4:35pm

I teach history (on-site and online) and head up the Program for Online Teaching at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, California. I am here because I "follow" both George and Dave Cormier to get as many of their great ideas as I can! I was a student in George's CCK08 Connectivism course, and recently attended ED-MEDIA, which is what led me here.

My perspective at this point is that we need to strike a balance between the obvious social usefulness of web-based media and the content (or at least approaches to content) that we need students to learn to do our disciplines justice.

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Permalink Reply by Dianne Allen on July 8, 2009 at 7:07pm

I am involved in mentoring and in utilising reflective practice for professional development. I am based in Kiama, NSW, Australia. I have had in mind 'doing it (mentoring and utilising RP for PD)' via the internet, to be available to, and engaged with, a small group spread widely (mediator), since 1998. This seminar is keeping me open to ongoing hope.

I consider my approach, of "reflective research of practice", or self-study (of teacher education practitioners) to be 'generic'. I have some presence at ALARA and at CRIAN; and a personal learning blog (aka working with connectivity); and 'advertise' my background via a KEEP template.

Attending this AACE seminar is part of my own professional development. Cheers for 'free'! Cheers for web-based = no travel! Cheers for international access to others with a similar interest (maybe a community of practice?)!

From my presence at ELDIS, I am now mentoring a young Ghanaian man, via email, who downloads the email and attached files, and with my prompting and design inputs (known as 'questions') is sharing the approach I am taking with him with his peers, and we are in the process of tapping experience to learn about negotiation. (Some of the Ghanaians may be involved in business, I don't know for sure, and if my design IS generic, then it doesn't matter if they are not.)

I want to underline George's comment about media and social, and noting that it is the social beings that use any medium fro social purposes. The last time I examined this issue from my frame I was reminded that love letters and theatre (drama) have long used respected devices for social engagement .... see here if interested.

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Permalink Reply by Saša Sirk on July 9, 2009 at 7:52am

I'm an English teacher from Slovenia. I teach technically oriented students at a small local college (Višja strokovna šola at Tehniški šolski center in Nova Gorica, Slovenia) and I'd like to learn more about social media in education.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Capelo on July 9, 2009 at 7:54pm

Hello, I'm from Brazil. PhD student in CS-Networking, working on P2P + Collaboration + E-learning + VLE + DTV :)

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Permalink Reply by Mike Nantais on July 11, 2009 at 4:10pm

I am an Assistant Professor at Brandon University, Faculty of Education. Before starting at BU in 2008, I was a teacher, ICT Leader and Principal at a K-12 Manitoba Public School for 30 years. My area of interest is Educaional Technology and I teach ICT courses in the Faculty of Ed. I am also starting a PhD program at the University of Manitoba.

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