Connecting about connectivism

One of the courses I am starting tomorrow is Connectivism and Connective Knowledge, a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). And massive is certainly a good description. Our pre-course activities include posting an introductory message, so that everyone can get an idea of who is participating. I chose to receive these via email (although you don’t have to) and my inbox is swamped with greetings from hundreds of people all over the world. Many participants are bloggers or already involved in various online learning initiatives. Some messages include links, but I haven’t attempted to follow them all yet. One that I enjoyed this morning is Tom Friedman’s July talk in Israel. Friedman is author of The World is Flat, a book I haven’t read yet (sigh, will I ever catch up?). He has an entertaining, concise way of laying out how the world came to be flat and how we should educate people to thrive in it.