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  1. Downes

    Snowfall

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 6, 2020
    November 3, 2020. I knew it was going to be one of those days when I awoke early to find snowfall on the ground. For me, it was a Day of Four Meetings, including a conference presentation first thing, so I spent a lot of time on Zoom and Teams. Oh, and...
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  2. Downes

    Forest Red

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 6, 2020
    November 2, 2020. This is some forest as seen in the sunset from our front door. Busy day today as I prepared and ran a presentation in the morning and then spent the afternoon preparing for another presentation. These presentations are important to do...
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  5. Downes

    Pine Grove Forest

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 1, 2020
    November 1, 2020. We went for a 12.3 km walk in the rain today through Pine Grove Forest, part of Ottawa's Greenbelt. It gave me a chance to test out my new raincoat (I got it mostly for cycling but the forest walk was a good test). We had a few swampy...
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  7. Downes

    Dogs Dogs Dogs Dogs Dogs

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 1, 2020
    October 31, 2020. I used this photo of my ceiling as an example in a transcript. When I look at our ceiling I see multiple images of dogs - the knots form eyes and a snout. It's an example of how we recognize images, how they emerge out of chaos. Anyho...
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  8. Downes

    Evening Light

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 1, 2020
    October 30, 2020. The days are getting shorter and busier. The leaves are almost gone. I wrapped up a fair chunk of writing for data literacy and my colleague finished off the document with a flourish of professionalism - loved it! Also, more meetings ...
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  10. Downes

    Julia

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 1, 2020
    October 28, 2020. I don't know why cats sky away from cameras, and our Julia is the shyest of the lot. Today was another busy day in a busy week (the best sort of week) - I've been catching up on tasks that have been sitting there, for example, complet...
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  11. Downes

    Cookie

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 1, 2020
    October 27, 2020. Andrea made cookies. They were delicious. Busy day, including a presentation and meetings, more work on data literacy, https://flic.kr/p/2k2hrLt
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  12. natalie

    Sunday Reads

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    | booklovers, books, bookshelf, chicklit, ebook, ebooks, lovestory, novels, Reading, romance, short stories, Stories, sundayreads, Syndicated, woman fiction
    November 1, 2020
    Magnetic : Again, just a girl! Starting in the 40s, during World War II, a mother with her three children flees from East Berlin to West Germany in one night following a marsh by thousands of refugees when her only son dies. Her husband, the scientist Dolphy, arranges for his family a stay with business… Continue reading Sunday Reads
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  19. amiddlet50

    Learning Spaces Iceberg

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    | active learning, adjacent space, agency, becoming, being, belonging, blended learning, connecting, connectivism, Digital Placemaking, digital space, doing, experiential learning, formal learning, friendship, hubs, hybrid learning space, infographic, informal learning, Learning Space and Place, liminality, material space, Media-enhanced learning, non-formal learning, ontology, placemaking, Smart Learning & BYOD, social media for learning, social spaces, spatial literacy, Syndicated, Third Space, timetabling, twalk, zones
    October 27, 2020
    This infographic represents the complexity of learning space discourse and points to the experiential value of the ‘hidden depths’ where the space is least understood because it is least represented and least visible – who are the advocates for the … Continue reading ?
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  20. Downes

    Dead Milkweed

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    October 26, 2020
    October 26, 2020. The cold has come, the rains have started, and they even had some snow in the city today. I was indoors all day presenting at and attending the ePIC 2020 conference on open recognition. I like doing presentations because they always p...
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  21. Downes

    Mer Bleue Bog Trail

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    October 25, 2020
    October 25, 2020. Andrea and I went for a 9 km hike along the Mer Bleue Bog Trail today. It was a crisp 7 degrees but sunny and nice. The trail out was great, but on the way back, well, it was a bog. Still, it was great exercise and good for some beaut...
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  22. Downes

    Emma on the Rug

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    October 25, 2020
    October 24, 2020. The expected rains did not materialize but it was still an indoor day for me as I prepared my Open Recognition Networks talk for Monday. This is Emma waiting patiently for food. Or string games. or something. https://flic.kr/p/2jZ1Qbk
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  23. amiddlet50

    Being part of something – having a sense of presence #activelearning

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    | active learning, agency, authentic learning, being, belonging, co-operation, community, Digital Placemaking, embodiment, enactment, feedback, identity, learner engagement, learning culture, learning environments, Learning Space and Place, Presence, Reflection, Studio and Studio-based Learning, Syndicated, teacher presence
    October 24, 2020
    The idea of ‘being’ is about presence and is central to an active learning philosophy. It reflects two things: personal identity and social presence in the learning environment. Lehman and Conceicao (2010) describe this as ‘being there’ and ‘being together’. … Continue reading ?
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  25. Downes

    St. Lawrence River

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    October 23, 2020
    October 23, 2020. I could not resist getting out for a ride on what is for sure the last nice day of the year. So it was about 90 km to the St.Lawrence River and back. I also had a nice lunch at Rockin Rhonda's in Avonmore (while taking part in an onli...
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  26. Downes

    Kitties

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    October 22, 2020
    October 22, 2020. This is why you don't want to split kitten siblings up. That's (from top down) Julia, Emma and Charlemagne. We bought another cat couch today, though we evidently don't need it. Today I spent working on a talk for next week on open re...
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  28. Downes

    Lexi in the Kitchen

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    October 21, 2020
    October 21, 2020. Even with the excitement of the kittens I make sure Lexi is well tended with regular tuna and attention. She is also the catalyst for string games, which the kittens love. Today was focused on data literacy, again. https://flic.kr/p/2...
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