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Twitter & learners: love or hate?

Posted by Smetty | Posted in CCK09, Presentation | Posted on 21-12-2009

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I decided to give 2 presentations on connectivism, to finish up my CCK09 course. The first opportunity took place last weekend @Barcamp 3 Ghent. The presentation can be found on Slideshare.

My presentation starts with some observations out of my own classroom. I ask my own students every year (pre service teachers, professional bachelors, 3-years of study) if they think they can learn from and with others via Twitter, weblogs, podcasts, Facebook etc. And every year, I get the same type of answers for all the applications I mention, except for Facebook. I took Twitter as an example here, but it could be replaced with blogs or podcasts or…