I've just subscribed to the rss feed for a new course - Connectivism & Connective Knowledge. It's interesting because it is free to participate and you only pay if you would like to recieve a qualification at the end of it. Had this come around earlier it would probably have really helped me write my ECA for H806 Learning in the Connected Economy (which may I add is currently giving me quite a headache).
In a professional context this is quite an exciting, not to mention slightly risky, business model ... I suppose it echoes the general Web2.0 trend for social practice, freedom of information, stick-it-to-the-man open source etc. etc. When you think about it the Web2.0 movement is a bit like the world wide web's equivalent of peace and love in the 1960s (or is that just me?)
Anyway, I wont be fully participating in the course but I will be keeping an eye on procedings ... to be fair I have already bit off quite as much as I can chew with H810 when H806 isn't even finished. That said I do now have my tutor details (Dr C Young) , and I can edit the wiki (problems were related to not being allocated a tutor) and I feel much happier knowing that everything is in place and ready to go.
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