Classes Start February 20th!
I did it again. Last year I signed up for my first MOOC, CCK11. My instructors were Stephen Downes and George Siemens. What I learned about connectivism and connected knowledge had a profound impact on my practice this past year.
I think they would both be proud to know that I am a Co-Founder and Co-Organizer of Edcamp Santiago 2012. It was the first Edcamp in Chile and the first in South America. Wow, did it really happen? Yes, it did.
Without CCK11, I never would have thought you could do something like an Edcamp. We had nothing, just an idea, and enough confidence that we could each contribute to a successful edcamp. As it turned out, that was all we needed. Faith in the transformative efforts of global collaboration.
CCK11 taught me that my knowledge is stored in my friends. What I don’t know, they know. What they don’t know, I know. When you put all of that connected knowledge together, wonderful things happen.
And now along comes CS101. Computer Science 101. In seven weeks time I’ll be able to build my own search engine. Before CCK11 I would never have bothered with such a challenge. Now, however, I absolutely believe I will be able to build my own search engine – after only seven weeks – and starting out with not a lot of knowledge.
To be honest, I have no programming knowledge. Does that sound familiar? It should.
At the start of Edcamp Santiago, we had – nothing. Four months later the impossible had been achieved. We did it.
Computer Science 101, bring it on. I’ve got my knowledge stored in my friends.
Hmmm, wonder what I’m going to call my search engine…
OK, what makes me so sure I can do this?
Here’s why:
University 2.0 – Sebastian Thrun
“I spent the last few days under incoming mortar and rocket attacks … I had about an hour of internet connectivity to get the assignments done, and still managed a respectable score.” a letter from a student in Afghanistan
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