Author: George Roberts

The death of universities via Terry Eagleton in The Guardian

What we have witnessed in our own time is the death of universities as centres of critique. Since Margaret Thatcher, the role of academia has been to service the status quo, not challenge it in the name of justice, tradition, imagination, human welfare, the free play of the mind or alternative visions of the future.via … Continue reading The death of universities via Terry Eagleton in The Guardian

I have moved my bookmarks into BibSonomy

"A blue social bookmark and publication sharing system"bibsonomy.org I am not sure what "blue" means in the site title, but I have imported my Delicious bookmarks into BibSonomy. The UI is more homegrown looking than Delicious - but then the Delicious UI wasn't always easy. That said, it appears to do at least all of … Continue reading I have moved my bookmarks into BibSonomy

Must learn to do more with Dropbox. 5 ideas via Mashable

Sent to you via Google Reader5 Unusual Ways to Use Dropbox You Might Not Have Thought OfDropbox has just been upgraded to version 1.0, so we thought we’d take a look at some great ways to use it that might not have occurred to you.A free Dropbox account allows users to store up to 2GB … Continue reading Must learn to do more with Dropbox. 5 ideas via Mashable

An-an-an-archic questions and another 1000 mile journey

I have been having an ongoing conversation with Jock Coats (@jockox3 on Twitter) that veers from face-to-face to Twitter to the blogs. For me it has been an education in the literature of anarchism, particularly that of the libertarian, individualist, mutualist, market sort, to which Jock adheres.in a recent post (http://jockcoats.me/mutualist_monopolies_introduction) jock concludes, "...how difficult … Continue reading An-an-an-archic questions and another 1000 mile journey

A journey of a thousand miles problem @jockox3 the limits of my anarchism #ukuncut

I accept a loose notion of the social contract and accept that there are limits on my behaviour imposed on me for the benefits of all - including the payment of levies (taxes) for the provision of services to us all, even if I might prefer those services to be delivered in a different way. … Continue reading A journey of a thousand miles problem @jockox3 the limits of my anarchism #ukuncut

JISC Scholarly Communications Action Handbook #pcthe #digilit #literacies

via misc.jisc.ac.uk This JISC Scholarly Communications Action Handbook provides guidance and suggested actions, in an effort to address researchers' scholarly communication concerns and improve current practices. The series of actions were created in consultation with the community and should help to establish change. Posted via email from George's posterous

Comment on @Hallymk1 write-up of #opened10 talk: http://is.gd/gIhE1 blogged here

Thoughts with a sleeping babyThank you for this precis 🙂 http://www.learnex.dmu.ac.uk/2010/11/04/the-relationships-between-technology-and-open-education-in-the-development-of-a-resilient-higher-education-2/ I am struggling with much of the same. Ten years ago learning technology was a symptomatic moment in educational transformation/transformational education. Still is, though the onslaught seems so much fiercer, now. A challenge is how to effect transformational education in places where the power … Continue reading Comment on @Hallymk1 write-up of #opened10 talk: http://is.gd/gIhE1 blogged here