{"id":1052,"date":"2007-01-27T14:30:14","date_gmt":"2007-01-27T14:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.designedtoinspire.com\/blog\/online-connectivism-conference-february-2-9-2007\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T22:04:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T03:04:57","slug":"online-connectivism-conference-february-2-9-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designedtoinspire.com\/blog\/online-connectivism-conference-february-2-9-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Connectivism Conference February 2-9, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George Seimens at the Learning Technologies Center at the University of Manitoba is coordinating a free Online Connectivism Conference that runs from February 2 &#8211; 9, 2007. Per the announcement, the conference &quot;is an open online forum exploring how learning has been impacted by ongoing changes.&quot; Confirmed presenters include:<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 40px; margin-top: 0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umanitoba.ca\/learning_technologies\/connectivisim\/bio_stephen.php\" title=\"Read Stephen Downes' Bio\">Stephen Downes<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downes.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.downes.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umanitoba.ca\/learning_technologies\/connectivisim\/bio_will.php\" title=\"Read Will Richardson's Bio\">Will Richardson<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weblogg-ed.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.weblogg-ed.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umanitoba.ca\/learning_technologies\/connectivisim\/bio_terry.php\" title=\"Read Terry Anderson's Bio\">Terry Anderson<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/me2u.athabascau.ca\/terrya\/weblog\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/me2u.athabascau.ca\/terrya\/weblog\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umanitoba.ca\/learning_technologies\/connectivisim\/bio_george.php\" title=\"Read George Siemens' Bio\">George Siemens<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elearnspace.org\/blog\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.elearnspace.org\/blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umanitoba.ca\/learning_technologies\/connectivisim\/bio_bill.php\" title=\"Read Bill Kerr's Bio\">Bill Kerr<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/learningevolves.wikispaces.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/learningevolves.wikispaces.com\/ <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umanitoba.ca\/learning_technologies\/connectivisim\/bio_diana.php\" title=\"Read Diana Oblinger's Bio\">Diana G. Oblinger, Ph.D.<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/ <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here are additional details from the conference web site and other announcements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Key themes: Trends in k-12 and higher education; research and net pedagogy; technological and societal trends; connective knowledge and connectivism.\n\t<\/li>\n<li>All activities will be held online.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elluminate.com\/\">Elluminate<\/a> will be used to facilitate the synchronous portions of the conference &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elluminate.com\/mtg.jnlp?password=configuration\">check computer configuration here<\/a> \n\t<\/li>\n<li>Moodle will be used facilitate the asynchronous portions of the conference &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/ltc.umanitoba.ca\/moodle\/\">click here to create an account for the conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Format: Presenters will deliver a 50 minute presentation<br \/>\n\tfollowed by 10 minutes of questions. After each presenter, conversation<br \/>\n\twill occur online in Moodle, allowing participants to challenge,<br \/>\n\tcritique, explore, and extend ideas presented.<\/li>\n<li>Schedule: View the <a href=\"http:\/\/umanitoba.ca\/learning_technologies\/connectivisim\/schedule.php\">Schedule of Presentations<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Registration: The event is free. To keep participants informed of event changes and in order to<br \/>\n\tgauge participation, organizers request that you supply your email address in the <a href=\"http:\/\/umanitoba.ca\/learning_technologies\/connectivisim\/\">&quot;Register E-mail Address&quot; field here.<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>Tag blog posts regarding the conference as &quot;OCC2007&quot;\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See you at the conference!<\/p>\n<p>\nTechnorati Tags: <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/OCC2007\" class=\"performancingtags\">OCC2007<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Seimens at the Learning Technologies Center at the University of Manitoba is coordinating a free Online Connectivism Conference that runs from February 2 &#8211; 9, 2007. 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