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Yesterday, I attended the synchronous orientation to the Educational Technology and Media Massive Open Online Course (ETMOOC). Our facilitator or " Network Sherpa ," Alec Couros ended the session with a couple of questions that I've heard before in regards to connected education that I tweeted out: 2 Questions from @ courosa "How are you making your learning visible? " How are you contributing to the learning of others?" #ETMOOC — Michael Walker (@micwalker) January 15, 2013 How am I making my learning visible? I think many of my colleagues would question why they needed to make their learning visible. They attend training, apply what resonates with them in their instruction, but the thought of sharing that learning out, is not something they are used to doing. It isn't necessarily part of their culture. There are exceptions , but many have not bought in to Dean's " Moral Obligation to Share. " For me, I jumped in to the conce...

Over the past few months, I have been working with a small group of educators in Minnesota, exploring the possibility of creating a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for teachers in Minnesota this summer. It started with Byron, Minnesota Tech Director, Jen Hegna tweeting out the idea, and I jumped on board, attending a both virtual and face to face planning meetings. @ jenlegatt @ rlcox74 @ micwalker If you get a chance - Please visit our MOOC google doc.I think we are going to try to connect at Ties — Jen Hegna (@jenhegna) November 29, 2012 We're still in the initial stages, but our hope is to combine the efforts of many people who are conducting online professional development for staff, crowd-source it a bit, combine the best ideas and create a learning experience that will provide teachers with good content and learning, as well as connect them to a broader community. Here is our planning document . I attempted a MOOC last fall, participating in a course through Sta...