Sarah Chesney discusses the aims, ethos, key activities and the PS portfolio developed under the Flourish project. Evaluating the use of an eportfolio for CPD for admin and academic staff. Used to ease the admin burden and provide personal learning system (PLE?), within which is an eportfolio. Academic model practice before students. Over reliance on … Continue reading Flourish: PebblePad Technology for professional development #HEAtpd
Category: Emerge
tonight we suspended the Emerge Elgg service
After a long deliberation we decided that the Emerge Elgg site should not continue to operate in its current form. From midnight 31 March/1 April 2009 we discontinued log-in to the Emerge Elgg site and suspended all feeds into the site. I would like to thank all who have been instrumental in creating a vision … Continue reading tonight we suspended the Emerge Elgg service
Is there evidence of the use of Web2.0 to do deep learning?
It is sometimes asserted that while students are using web 2 tools extensively there is no evidence that they are using them to do deep learning. I believe this assertion should be questioned. There is some evidence to suggest that contemporary undergraduates in the normal age cohort (not mature learners) are not particularly critical or … Continue reading Is there evidence of the use of Web2.0 to do deep learning?
An Ada Lovelace legacy: women in (learning) techonolgy
There are many women in technology I admire. My field: learning technology is characterised, in part, by many female leaders. I think of Diana Laurillard, Grainne Conole (jfg them); colleagues: Rhona Sharpe, Patsy Clarke, Frances Deepwell, Judy Lyons in OCSLD; there's Helen Beetham, Helen Barrett, Rose Luckin, Diana Oblinger; Robin Mason, who defined a practice … Continue reading An Ada Lovelace legacy: women in (learning) techonolgy
#NGTiP09 embedding institutional change guidelines from @Gwenvdv
Embedding needs building. Building needs scaffolding. Gwen van der Velden recognises that change agents operate in networks of influence. To make change you need: - buy-in - user engagement - institutional solutions - patronage - a user-friendly pitch - reputation-awareness. Barriers to change include: student data systems, middle managers, staff learning needs. Drivers for embracing … Continue reading #NGTiP09 embedding institutional change guidelines from @Gwenvdv
using eportfolio for HE staff CPD and Professional Review – with a Flourish
The Flourish project: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/usersandinnovation/flourish.aspx Flourish, funded by the JISC, looked at eportfolio for HE staff in annual appraisal, accredited PGCert in Teaching in HE course, and CPD/Training. They used PebblePad in a "low-risk" environment running workshops, elearning retreats, staff information sharing channels, and using it with students. The key message is if you want to … Continue reading using eportfolio for HE staff CPD and Professional Review – with a Flourish
Emerge team writing retreat
I have set up a place to post our stuff from the writing retreat (I know, I know, another b***** site). Bear with me We do not have a projector but most of us have machines, I thought this might work as a whiteboard. I have not made the site private - yet. But we … Continue reading Emerge team writing retreat
Posterous has closed the camera, phone, Flickr loop for me
I was mildly annoyed (a usual state for me) a year or three ago when Ericsson bundled Blogger in the firmware of their good camera phones. I didn't want to set up a Blogger ID, all I wanted to do was post to Flickr. For a while I tried to use Shozu (http://www.shozu.com/portal/index.do), but its … Continue reading Posterous has closed the camera, phone, Flickr loop for me
A digital identity question for parents
An interesting question is raised by a Design Pattern problem, Others First, identified by Yishay Mor in the Pattern Language Network wiki: Parents who create an online identity for themselves that includes any images of and text about their children inevitably create an online identity for those children. The children have no control over how … Continue reading A digital identity question for parents
Immersive interfaces for learning
Another very useful Berkman talk on Immersive Interfaces by Chris Dede, Timothy E Wirth professor of Learning Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dede develops a typology of immersive interfaces and illustrates their application in US middle schools. Even more usefully he presents a simple analytical framework for discussing immersive environments for learning: … Continue reading Immersive interfaces for learning
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