Brainstorm in Progress

This blog has moved to http://geoffcain.com   Numerous metaphors seem apt here. I have been toying with the idea that Tim Owens and Jim G...

Domains of major fields of physics (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) David Wiley recently made a comment on his blog, in respons...

I would like to highly recommend a book I am currently reading to educators interested in Connectivism . It is called Writing on t...

Presentation notes for: "Using a Blog-Based Environment to Support a Community of Learners" Institute for Student Success, Humbol...

This is my introductory post. I am participating in a MOOC facilitated by Dave Cormier called " Rhizomatic Learning - The Community...

Biblioteque Nationale There is a fascinating article by Harvard librarian  Robert Darnton in this month's New York Review of ...

I went to the DET/CHE conference in November and I had a presentation that I was going to give. What happened at the conference was interest...

Town plan of Imola ( Wikipedia ) I am at the Directors of Education Technology and California Higher Education conference in San Jose...

Humboldt State University ( Wikipedia ) Our new class is slowly taking shape. The course will be based on our old DE 101 (Distance Ed 10...

A social network diagram ( Wikipedia ) I have been looking at social constructivism and the social generation of knowledge over the...

" George Siemens is a Professor at the Center for Distance Education and a researcher and strategist with the Technology Enhanced K...

Internet Penetration (% Population). Red indicates no statistics available. ( Wikipedia ) I read an article this week that I found v...

Educators will often discuss the barriers to online education without considering what a student would need to do to overcome those barr...

"Lehrer-Student" von Reinhard Schmidt in Rostock (Photo credit:  Wikipedia ) I love alarming education headlines - five ...

Stephen Downes There is an article in the Boston Review by Thomas Leddy called " Are MOOCs Good for Students? " In this arti...

(Photo credit: London College of Fashion short courses ) I am writing up a page for our students here at Humboldt State University o...