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Academic writing: Workshop/Conference Posts
#el30 posts 2018
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Books
Yes I Can: Learn to use the Power of Self-efficacy
EBook: California Dreaming
Fostering Self-efficacy in Students
Leadership / Development Workshops
Educational Workshops (past events)
Cello Weekeend
Cello Weekend 2020
Cello Weekend 2019
Cello Weekend 2018
Cello Weekend 2017
Cello Weekend 2016
Cello Weekend 2015
Cello Weekend 2014
International Jazz Day
Jazz Day 2020: Inside Out | Outside In
Jazz24Live 2019
Musiquality
#Musiquality beginnings
OER (music resources)
#MUS654 Creating a Curriculum
Thinking time: What is a curriculum anyway?
#MUS654 How to participate
MUS654: Session 1 The Mechanics of Sound
MUS654 Session 2: What makes a melody?
MUS654 Session 3: Scales and the relationships of notes
MUS654 Session 4: Studies and connecting material
MUS654 Session 5: Repertoire
MUS654 Session 6: Technical issues
MUS654 Session 7: Planning a Rationale
MUS654 Session 8: Phrasing and musicality
MUS654 Session 9: On Lessons and Learning
MUS654 Session 10: Interlinking Issues
MUS654 (2018 Posts)
MUS654 (2017 Posts)
#MUS654 (2015 archive)
#MUS654 2015 Intro
#MUS654 (2014 archive)
MUS654 2014 Overview
Talking Rock: Structures, Politics, People, and Music
#el30 posts 2018
Agency and perspective
For the final week of #el30 I would like to consider some of what Stephen Downes presents in his intro
Create, share, and learn #el30 with Amy Burvall
This hour was my first in depth experience with Amy Burvall, and with aspects of her backstory. It was Stephen
Creativity at both ends? My #el30 experience
Be creative. go. That's the hardest. We once had 'guests' who came and sat on the sofa (for several days)
Catching up on quick thoughts #el30
Last week Stephen held an open hangout for his class #el30 and I had very much hoped to join. In
Experience
I just blinked. Did I miss it? Actually I experienced that blink. I know I think a lot, and with words,
A Community of Consensus
I love a good think. #el30 has felt like a lovely stretch. My mind feels exercised. I am rubbish at
The Quest for Community
This week's #el30 topic is community. This is my second post on the topic and I'd like to begin with a couple
On Community
This week's topic in the connected learning course #el30 is Community. Stephen introduces this in the course newsletter. I began
Connected Learner Badge
This post is about a badge I designed called the 'Connected Learner'. In the world we are all connected, but
Recognition
Recognition is this week's topic for #el30 and the abstract asks two very different questions: How do we know a
#el30 Resources task
This is a very short post for the class #el30 about completing one of the tasks to do with resources.
Notes on Resources videos #el30
I am behind in #el30 and these notes are for the videos for the Resources topic (which is just being
Keys and encryption
This is a technical post in response to the useful provocation Stephen provided with his video for #el30 exploring Yubi
My Graph #el30
I did it! Got out the metaphoric gardening gloves, and dug around to figure this graph business out. I'll admit
Who are you?
(6 min read) "Who are you?" the small child asks, looking up with curious eyes. I am a growing fractal,
What makes us human?
This post is in response to the question asked by Frank Polster in his post about the conversation between Stephen
Notes on #el30 web chat: Ben Werdmuller & Stephen Downes
This week's hangout/web chat on the #el30 course happened to be at a time I could tune-in. It was a
Graph #el30 Week 3
Stephen has tasked us all with creating a graph of some sort for #el30 this week. Questions that came into
Containers (part 2) and Harvesting feeds in #el30 Week 2
It's coursework day for me and I did two things: Watched the video on Applications, Algorithms and Data: Open Educational Resources
Building with learning #el30: Week 2
While watching the discussion between Tony Hirst and Stephen Downes as part of the cmooc #el30 (my other posts are
Installing gRSShopper for #el30
Today I took advantage of that extra hour when the clocks went back and everyone else was asleep and got
#el30 Notes Week 1
This week in the connectivist course #el30 Stephen Downes spoke to Shelly Blake-Plock, Co-Founder, President and CEO - Yet Analytics. They
Teaching learning, teaching for learning, or teaching learning through living?
Learning and understanding learning is one of my favourite topics and I love tinkering with how people think and what