What you get when Research and Community come together
I just submitted three abstracts for the OER15 Conference 14 – 15th April 2015 . It started as one but I realized that there are really three distinct pieces of work that could be of benefit. I don't expect all three to be accepted but here are the abstracts for anyone who's interested. Open licensing…
Read more →Note: This is an expanded version of a comment on this post on EdSurge . Other people have also commented here , here and here . [toc] Note 2: When I first started thinking about this post, I had this title in my head but decided it wasn't quite appropriate "You'd have to be an…
Read more →[caption id="" align="alignright" width="214"] Title page to Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Warning: This post ended up being a lot more "negative" and critical than it started out as. I am still quite enjoying the EdStartUp course. Entrepreneurship and #EdStartup 101 A new MOOC is going on at the moment aimed at…
Read more →This post is part of the MOOC MOOC course of work. It outlines my journey (now lasting over a year) towards adopting elements of a MOOC in the Inclusive Technologies for Reading (#ITR12) course pilot starting this September. This not a description of the process, more a reflection towards the end of it. [toc] Update…
Read more →I wonder if it's the increased popularity of Vampires and their undead natures that has contributed to the spread of the un- prefix in education. If so, then it's yet another feather in the cap of the cultural genius that is Joss Whedon. What do the different versions of un- mean? Traditionally the 'uneducated' were…
Read more →This is a post about knowledge, community, online repositories, OERs, and the ethnography of the teacher staffroom inspired by a recent experience with JORUM . What was the last time you learned something interesting or helpful ? I'm willing to bet that it was one of these: 1. Somebody you know or trust told you…
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