We will focus on the following questions:

1.1 What is your background?

Task: No matter what we do in our lives, we already use tools to perform our work in education.  Please reflect on what’s in your own toolkit.  Is it full of outdated tools that should be discarded? What is the latest tool you’ve added?

Facilitators note: Let's focus on Web-tools that are used for connecting entities in a 'Learning Network'.  Please find some of my recent ideas on Youtube:

Educator Prophet #1.1

Educator Prophet #1.2

1.2 What are your learning objectives?

Task: Formulate some objectives that will create value for your professional/personal development.  If possible we will try to merge different ideas and perspectives to a common goal with this course.

Facilitators note: Some of the common learning objectives are:

1. Express clear, coherent thoughts through writing
2. Collaboratively write or build documents
3. Analyze or critique existing work
4. Connect course topics with current events or personal experience
5. Debate and discuss issues in the field topic
6. Conduct research, contribute to course content repository
7. Synthesize various perspectives about the topic or concept
8. Reflect on learning, metacognition
9. Teach others about topics and course content
10. Review the work of classmates
11. Take class notes
12. Ask a question / get assistance
13. Share work / learn by social example
14. Create community
15. Learn discipline language; Develop information organization skills
16. 21st Century Skill: Develop information-filtering skills
17. 21st Century Skill: Learn how to be accountable for information
18. 21st Century Skill: Develop technical capacity

Please click on this link and let me know what role you want in this course!