Comments for Online Sapiens

Comment on Use Del.icio.us to Create Your Eportfolio by sabridv

sabridv — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:58:26 +0000

Thanks Eduardo for including me in your post, but mainly for teaching me how to use delicious. A big THANK YOU!

Comment on Connectivism, Corporate and Workplace Learning, CCK09 by Luz

Luz — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:06:05 +0000

Muchas fuentes! gracias! Lectura para el veranito.

Comment on My Nominations for the 2009 Edublog Awards by suifaijohnmak

suifaijohnmak — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:02:49 +0000

Eduardo,
Many thanks for your nomination. I feel greatly honoured to have the opportunity to learn together with, and from you and other great people like George, Stephen, Jay, Tony and Lisa, and many others …. in CCK08 and 09.

I am humbled to be enlisted in this nomination, along with other wonderful educators and learners, who endeavour in sharing their wisdom and learning altruistically in the blogosphere and networks.

I enjoyed blogging and am looking forward to further conversations and sharing with other bloggers and networkers.

Cheers.
John

Comment on My Nominations for the 2009 Edublog Awards by Lisa M Lane

Lisa M Lane — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:13:00 +0000

Wow! Thanks so much, Eduardo!

Comment on My Nominations for the 2009 Edublog Awards by David Truss

David Truss — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:56:49 +0000

Eduardo,
Thank you for adding me to such an esteemed list. With respect to the post that you chose, it is indeed an honour to have someone working in higher education acknowledge the value of blogging… I was more-or-less having fun creating my own PhB, but the point of the post is that many of us are putting so much time, effort and quality of thought into our blogs that there should be some academic recognition of our efforts.
I look forward to exploring your other suggestions… the best part of the Edublog Awards is exposure to great blogs and blog posts.
Thanks again for the mention,
Dave.

Comment on Teachers Should Continue Blogging. Twitter is not Enough by David Truss

David Truss — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:39:01 +0000

Eduardo,
First you feature this post on your blog, then you throw it into the nominations for the Edublog Awards. I am deeply honoured! I enjoyed writing this post as to me it was light-hearted and yet conveyed the value of blogging in a way it is not seldom measured.
Thanks again!
Dave

Comment on My Nominations for the 2009 Edublog Awards by sabridv

sabridv — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:32:02 +0000

Thanks a lot Eduardo. It is such a great honour to be nominated by you. I’m not that proud of that blog, I could have donde better things if I had had more time. Next year maybe…

Comment on My Nominations for the 2009 Edublog Awards by Claudia Ceraso

Claudia Ceraso — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:07:18 +0000

Thank you for the mention of my Blogworthy Tweets. Quite an experimental post. An attempt to find the interstices between the blog and Twitter.

Interesting list of posts coming from a web archeologist like you Eduardo. A must read.

Comment on My Nominations for the 2009 Edublog Awards by Leila

Leila — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:47:57 +0000

Nice list, Eduardo. They´re all great blogs for sure, I know most of them but it´s great to have them all together on one post, ¡thanks for the recommendations!

Comment on Science Labs for Online Science Courses by harrykeller

harrykeller — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:24:07 +0000

Michael Learner has stated the situation quite accurately. For many people, the nature of science is elusive. The real world allows people to begin to understand it. The simulated world does not.

By the way, virtual and simulated are NOT synonymous. See http://thejournal.com/articles/2008/05/05/science-labs-virtual-versus-simulated.aspx.

Virtual can be real as in the Mars Rover program.

The bottom line is about goals. For learning content, simulations may be a better option than a textbook or a video in some cases. Labs are not very good at delivering content learning efficiently, although any content you do learn through discovery is more likely to be retained.

For learning about the nature of science and developing scientific reasoning skills, investigating the real world beats all other approaches by a huge margin. Science courses should provide this experience, which generally is not tested for in exams.

It’s all about balance. Part of your science course must teach content. At the same time, you should be learning about science: the nature of science, scientific reasoning, the complexity and ambiguity of the work scientists do. Textbooks, demonstration, videos, and simuilations approach the former. True science labs (scientific investigations of the real world) introduce you to the latter.