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            <title><![CDATA[CCK08 Course Tools Survey]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:48:46 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="blog_post_source"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/471355454/">http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/471355454/</a></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/image.png"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px"  height="200"  alt="image"  src="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/image_thumb.png"  width="244"  align="left"  border="0" /></a> The <a href="http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wiki/Connectivism">Connectivism and Connective Knowledge Online Course (CCK08)</a> is over. </p><br />
<p>First of all, thanks to the excellent facilitators: <a href="http://www.elearnspace.org/">George Siemens</a> and <a href="http://www.downes.ca/">Stephen Downes</a>!</p><br />
<p>Even though I wasn&#8217;t an&#8230; exemplary student <img src="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif"  alt="-)"  class="wp-smiley" />  the course has been a good opportunity for my research. </p><br />
<p>As part of my PhD work (that is focused on learning networks for Lifelong Learning) I&#8217;m now presenting a <strong>survey</strong> on the use of the wide range of technological tools proposed by the facilitators (and by some students, too) during the course.</p><br />
<p>I try to investigate uses and approaches to the web tools available for the course (taking into account users&#8217; profiles, motivation, technological background, language, etc.) and to understand whether the absence of specific constraints on the use of the web tools (e.g. rules on time and/or purposes) was an obstacle for the participants, by generating anxiety and confusion or, conversely, fostered their participation and outcomes. </p><br />
<p>So, if you are a <strong>CCK08 student</strong> (no matter if you completed or not the course!!), I ask you a favour: please spend some of your time in replying to the</p><br />
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.lte-unifi.net/phpsurveyor/index.php?sid=5"><strong>CCK08 Course Tools Survey</strong></a>.</p><br />
<p>The answers are strictly anonymous. </p><br />
<p>In addition, I&#8217;ll be glad to share the results with anyone interested.</p><br />
<p>Thank you in advance! <img src="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif"  alt="-)"  class="wp-smiley" /> </p><br />
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            <title><![CDATA[The Networked Student]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:14:44 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="blog_post_source"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/470369826/">http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/470369826/</a></span></p> <p>Un ottimo video di <a href="http://teachweb2.blogspot.com">Wendy Drexler</a>, un&#8217;insegnante della Florida, che ha seguito il recente corso <a href="http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wiki/Connectivism">CCK08</a>.</p><br />
<p>Realizzato come <em>final project</em> del corso, in puro stile <a href="http://www.commoncraft.com/">CommonCraft</a>, il video spiega i principi fondamentali del connettivismo in cinque minuti.</p><br />
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<p>Magnifico lavoro!</p><br />
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            <title><![CDATA[Intro OpenEd 2009]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:52:06 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="blog_post_source"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/467057691/">http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/467057691/</a></span></p> <p>David Wiley ci riprova: <a href="http://opencontent.org/wiki/index.php?title=Introduction_to_Open_Education_2009">l&#8217;edizione 2009 del corso Introduction to Open Education</a> &#232; pronta.</p><br />
<p>A <a href="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/openedtech2008/">Barcellona</a>, David mi aveva anticipato qualcosa sulla nuova impostazione, basata sulla metafora del gioco di ruolo fantasy (un po&#8217; alla <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_&amp;_Dragons">Dungeon &amp; Dragons</a>). </p><br />
<p>I partecipanti dovranno pertanto scegliersi un <strong>ruolo</strong> (tra Artigiano, Bardo, Mercante e Monaco) e, attraverso questa particolare &quot;lente&quot;, <em>attraverseranno il territorio del corso</em> affrontando una serie di <em>Quest</em>.</p><br />
<p>Sembra divertente.. Peccato avere gi&#224; frequentato l&#8217;edizione precedente <img src="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif"  alt="-)"  class="wp-smiley" /> </p><br />
<p>Naturalmente, neanche a dirlo, il corso sar&#224; <strong>aperto a tutti.</strong> David ci <a href="http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/680">tiene anche a precisare</a>:</p><br />
<blockquote><p>And yes, I will print and mail completion certificates again for those who earn and want them. =)</p><br />
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            <title><![CDATA[Europeana]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:38:32 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="blog_post_source"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/461973568/">http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/461973568/</a></span></p> <p>Ecco cosa dice oggi il sito di <a href="http://www.europeana.eu/portal/">Europeana</a>, il progetto europeo per la creazione di una grande biblioteca digitale:</p><br />
<p><a href="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image5.png"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px"  height="301"  alt="image"  src="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image_thumb5.png"  width="285"  border="0" /></a> </p><br />
<p>E&#8217; un ottimo segnale: evidentemente in Europa un certo interesse per la cultura&#8230; <strong>C&#8217;E</strong>&#8216;! </p><br />
<p>Ragazzi di Europeana, mettete su un server pi&#249; performante, vi aspettiamo!</p><br />
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            <title><![CDATA[OpenEdTech2008]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:25:40 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="blog_post_source"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/451628322/">http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/451628322/</a></span></p> <p>Questa settimana ho avuto il privilegio di partecipare ad un evento di altissimo livello, a cura della <a href="http://www.uoc.edu">UOC - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya</a>.</p><br />
<p>L&#8217; <a href="http://www.uoc.edu/symposia/openedtech/">Open Ed Tech Summit 2008</a> ha riunito a <strong>Barcellona</strong> un eccezionale <a href="http://macedonia.uoc.es/wordpressmu/openedtech_en/?page_id=3">gruppo</a> di esperti e studiosi del mondo della <strong>educational technology</strong>, provenienti da diversi paesi, per discutere sulle strategie e le visioni per il futuro delle tecnologie dell&#8217;educazione e della Open Education. </p><br />
<p>Ebbene, per le arcane combinazioni astrali che governano questo strano mondo, c&#8217;eravamo anche io e Giovanni Bonaiuti <img src="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif"  alt="-)"  class="wp-smiley" /> .</p><br />
<p>L&#8217;organizzazione &#232; stata curata (nei minimi dettagli) in modo assolutamente fantastico da <a href="http://learningtechnologies.uoc.edu/?page_id=10">Eva</a> e dal suo team (ancora grazie!). In particolare, le due passeggiate serali nel <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barri_G%C3%B2tic">Barri Gotic</a>, alla scoperta dei miti e segreti della citt&#224; (grazie anche alle guide competenti e cordiali), sono state davvero piacevoli.</p><br />
<p>Il Summit si &#232; svolto in modo particolare: non il solito convegnone un po&#8217; <em>ingessato, </em>ma molto <strong>coinvolgimento attivo </strong>dei partecipanti, divisi in quattro <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/antonf62/3025285182/">gruppi di lavoro</a>.</p><br />
<p>Ismael, molto efficacemente, ha gi&#224; sapientemente <a href="http://ictlogy.net/tag/openedtech2008/">instant-bloggato sui contenuti</a>.</p><br />
<p>In sintesi, un&#8217;occasione straordinaria per arricchire la <strong>rete sociale</strong> (ho dovuto fare gli straordinari su Facebook e LinkedIn <img src="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif"  alt="-)"  class="wp-smiley" /> ) e trovare nuove ideee per lo studio e la ricerca. Il tutto, in una cornice di simpatia e convivialit&#224;.. e scusate se &#232; poco&#8230;</p><br />
<p> <a title="David and me, in Barcelona di antonf, su Flickr"  href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/antonf62/3024455393/"><img style="margin:0px 5px 0px 0px"  height="180"  alt="David and me, in Barcelona"  src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3191/3024455393_3fdf704b6b_m.jpg"  width="240"  align="left" /></a><br />
<p>Una noticina, ma non secondaria: ho incontrato finalmente di persona <strong>David Wiley</strong>. Un emozione particolare, perch&#233; il mio ingresso nel campo dell&#8217;e-learning &#232; iniziato proprio con la lettura dei suoi lavori sui Learning Object. Ho continuato a seguirlo negli anni, fino alla straordinaria esperienza del corso <a href="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/category/opened/">OpenEd</a>. </p><br />
<p>&#160;</p><br />
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/openedtech2008/">Molte altre foto</a> dell&#8217;evento.</p><br />
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            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:20:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:07:38 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="blog_post_source"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/442928660/">http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/442928660/</a></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image.png"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px"  height="244"  alt="image"  src="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image_thumb.png"  width="196" /></a> </p><br />
<p>Fantastico risultato delle elezioni USA!</p><br />
<p>Auguroni al nuovo presidente <strong>Barack Obama</strong> e al popolo degli Stati Uniti che, ancora una volta, ha dimostrato <strong>qualcosa di importante </strong>al mondo.</p><br />
<p><em>Yes, <strike>we</strike> they can</em>. <strong>Loro </strong>possono farcela, e ce l&#8217;hanno fatta.</p><br />
<p>Noi, purtroppo, <strong>NON possiamo</strong>:</p><br />
<p><a href="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image1.png"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px"  height="93"  alt="image"  src="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image_thumb1.png"  width="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image2.png"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px"  height="93"  alt="image"  src="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image_thumb2.png"  width="120" /></a> <a href="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image3.png"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px"  height="94"  alt="image"  src="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/image_thumb3.png"  width="88" /></a></p><br />
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            <title><![CDATA[CCK08 - Week 8 - What estate? A digression…]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:17:57 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="blog_post_source"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/441169593/">http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/441169593/</a></span></p> <p>I was reading the <a href="http://teacker.blogspot.com/2008/11/cck08-week-6-power-control-validity-and.html">Pierfranco&#8217;s post</a> related to terminology issues about the term &#8220;<em>estate</em>&#8220;, as used in the paper by W.H.Dutton.</p><br />
<p>Well, we (in Italy) have another problem.</p><br />
<p>Actually, while reading the paper I was reflecting on the fact that the Italian title of a well-known <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_(film)">film by Sidney Lumet</a> (released in 1976) was <strong>&#8220;Quinto Potere&#8221; (Fifth Estate)</strong>! </p><br />
<p>But when I was reading the paper I was on a plane, without any Internet connection (this is also a point&#8230;.), so I wasn&#8217;t able to realize that the original title of the film was &#8220;<strong>Network</strong>&#8221; (what a coincidence!!!), nothing to do with &#8220;Fifth Estate&#8221;!</p><br />
<p>In fact, &#8220;Network&#8221; dealt with TV and mass-media power and won several awards.</p><br />
<p>Here the most famous scene from &#8220;Network&#8221; (still valid today&#8230;):</p><br />
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<p>Here the <a href="http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=zrSUtSZqkfU">Italian version</a> (&#8221;sono incazzato nero e tutto questo non lo accetterò più&#8221;).</p><br />
<p>In conclusion, the expression &#8220;Fifth Estate&#8221; is really new in English, but not in Italian&#8230;.</p><br />
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            <title><![CDATA[CCK08 - Connectivism at work]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:51:49 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="blog_post_source"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/432488412/">http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/432488412/</a></span></p> <p>To me, it&#8217;s hard to make sense of connectivism as a learning theory. So, since the course started, I often have been searching examples of <em>connectivistic situations </em>in my daily work. </p><br />
<p>Here another little story of daily life connectivism:</p><br />
<p><em>Background</em>:</p><br />
<p>Since weeks, I&#8217;m struggling with the writing of a research paper.&nbsp; The work is proceeding quite slow.. Unfortunately I&#8217;m not so well inspired..</p><br />
<p><em>The story</em>:</p><br />
<p>Yesterday afternoon, I was NOT working at the chapter nor had desire to do it&#8230; <img src="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif"  alt=";-)"  class="wp-smiley" /> </p><br />
<p>Instead, I was lazily browsing my <strong>Google Reader,</strong> with no specific objective.</p><br />
<p>Suddenly, I stumbled on a post by <a href="http://hennistalk.blogspot.com/2008/10/wordle-what-is-happening-at-tu-delft.html">Thieme Hennis</a> about <a href="http://wordle.net">Wordle</a>, an online tool to make tag clouds from a text. Note: I (virtually)&nbsp; knew Thieme last year, on the occasion of the OpenEd 2007 course, and simply <strong>kept</strong> the RSS feed from his blog in my reader. In brief, he&#8217;s a very little part of my network&#8230;</p><br />
<p>Wow! What a coincidence! I needed to make a tag cloud from a piece of text for my paper but I didnt&#8217; <strong>know </strong>that such a tool existed, even though I am sure I tried to search it googling with no success (I found how to generate tag clouds from sites and RSS feeds but not from text files..)</p><br />
<p>So, I was able to re-start to work at my paper and had my nice tag cloud!!</p><br />
<p>Yes, I&#8217;m aware this is a little, very ordinary case of <em>serendipity</em>, but I argue it&#8217;s also a good example of connectivistic knowledge: the <strong>useful information (knowledge)</strong>&nbsp;<em>emerged</em> from my network, that was also supported by the technology of RSS and Google Reader. Furthermore, the serendipity had a positive effect on <strong>motivation</strong>, since it leaded me to resume my work.. </p><br />
<p>All this only due to a simple, mostly silent, little <strong>connection&#8230;</strong></p><br />
 a tag cloud from a piece of text for my paper but I didnt&#8217; know that such a tool existed, even though I am sure I tried to search it googling with no success (I found how to generate tag clouds from sites and RSS feeds but not from text files..)<br />
So, I was able to re-start to work at my paper and had my nice tag cloud!!<br />
Yes, I&#8217;m aware this is a little, very ordinary case of serendipity, but I argue it&#8217;s also a good example of connectivistic knowledge: the useful information (knowledge)&nbsp;emerged from my network, that was also supported by the technology of RSS and Google Reader. Furthermore, the serendipity had a positive effect on motivation, since it leaded me to resume my work.. <br />
All this only due to a simple, mostly silent, little connection&#8230;<br />
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:37:14 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="blog_post_source"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/428720687/">http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fininformatica/VQIO/~3/428720687/</a></span></p> <p>Lo sospettavo.</p><br />
<p>Io uso RSS con grande soddisfazione: <a href="http://www.google.it/reader/shared/10872318892198216821">Google Reader</a> è di fatto il mio centro informativo principale, sia per la professione che per il tempo libero e l&#8217;informazione in generale.&nbsp; Tuttavia, parlando con amici e colleghi, spesso ho avuto difficoltà anche solo a spiegare bene di cosa si tratta, perché è utile, come si usa ecc. Ho avuto sempre però la netta sensazione che in fondo<strong> non </strong><a href="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/image4.png"><strong><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px"  height="92"  alt="image"  src="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/image_thumb4.png"  width="94"  align="left" /></strong></a><strong> importasse niente a nessuno di &#8217;sto coso arancione</strong>&#8230;</p><br />
<p>Poi, recentemente, i <a href="http://www.lte-unifi.net/elgg/anto/files/84/166/Esito+secondo+sondaggio+LTEver.pdf">risultati del sondaggio</a> tra gli amici di <a href="http://www.lte-unifi.net/elgg">LTEver</a> mi hanno lasciato interdetto: pur facendo parte di un &#8220;servizio web 2.0&#8243;, che fa di RSS una specie di base assoluta, soltanto il 12% dichiara di usare i feed!</p><br />
<p>Infine oggi, la <strong>conferma</strong>. </p><br />
<p>Via <a href="http://www.dariosalvelli.com/2008/10/solo-l11-usa-gli-rss-gli-rss-sono-morti-viva-gli-rss">Dario</a>, scopro che questi numeri sono assolutamente allineati alla media degli utenti americani in generale (solo l&#8217;11% li utilizza abitualmente, secondo una ricerca).</p><br />
<p>Ora, facendo un po&#8217; di grossolana estrapolazione statistica, nel senso che il campione degli LTEveriani non è certo rappresentativo, si può ipotizzare che in Italia questa tecnologia sia praticamente <strong>sconosciuta</strong>!!!</p><br />
<p>Allora, faccio un po&#8217; di promozione e informazione riproponendo i due video di Common Craft dedicati proprio a RSS e a Google Reader:</p><br />
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<p>In conclusione: iniziate a <strong>usare i feed RSS</strong>, sono comodi e possono farvi risparmiare molto tempo (a patto di non abusarne <img src="http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif"  alt="-)"  class="wp-smiley" />  ma <a href="http://www.commoncraft.com/why-i-stopped-reading-blogs-while">questo è un altro discorso</a>&#8230;)</p><br />
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