Happy New Year everyone. Let me start off 2009 with a few loosely connected ideas.

1. What does a connected, always-on student look like? Connectivism repeated – http://vodpod.com/watch/1193251-connectivism-in-plain-english.
2. If students have access to content everywhere, all the time, what is the role of a physical classroom? Is the ‘value-proposition’ of this physical space in need of a new (better) definition?
3. The WSJ had an interesting clip on Second Life and the Middle East conflict. “The virtual world of Second Life has become a virtual battleground for hearts and minds.” It is easy to speak on the internet–free speech in the sense that it unfiltered, freely available. It is perhaps more challenging to create ’slow’ speech– meaningful, thoughtful content.
4. Can social networking foster a positive sense of learning peer-pressure?

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