Prompted by discussions on GoogleBuzz, a foray into ALT's CMALT CrowdVine (http://cmalt-net.alt.ac.uk/), I've been looking at some FriendFeed profiles trying to see if I miss anything by not being there, or there. CMALT is 95% (ish) noise while FF profiles that I have seen dip down to, oh, like 90% noise (i.e. items reposted from … Continue reading Social network noise – I want a personal friend aggregator that knows how my friends follow me #tweetdeck #buzz

I had the pleasure recently to run a module workshop on "The Philosophy of Higher Education" in the Postgraduate Certificate course in Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Higher Education (PGCLTAHE) for recently appointed lecturers in Cranfield University's Defence and Security Department at the Defence Staff College at Shrivenham. Most of the participants could be described … Continue reading Philosophy of Higher Education workshop at the Defence Staff College

Check out: Whitchurch, C. (2008). Shifting Identities and Blurring Boundaries: the Emergence of Third Space Professionals in UK Higher Education. Higher Education Quarterly, 62(4), 377-396. Higher Education Quarterly, 0951–5224 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2008.00387.x Volume 62, No. 4, October 2008, pp 377–396 "... describes a further category of blended professionals, who have mixed backgrounds and portfolios, comprising elements … Continue reading “Third space professionals”? “Blended professionals”? the products of blended learning?

It may not seem like a big thing. I have generally preferred clients (apps and RIAs) to browser-based Internet tools. But, yesterday after years of Outlook, Eudora, Mozillamail, Thunderbird and MacMail I closed my mail client and am using the Gmail interface in FireFox. Partly this is a self-enforced discipline to see how well the … Continue reading I turned off my mail client

Who is using social media at Brookes? Twitter? Facebook?We are going Google nowhttp://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/cs/google/Ever wanted a blog. We have a blogging platform. Easy to set up. Just go to: http://brookesblogs.netWe are upgrading this to WordPress mu 2.8.9.1There is the wiki at:https://wiki.brookes.ac.uk/What will the impact of all this be? I will be writing about it here... and … Continue reading Social media at Brookes?

After an enthusiastic introduction it seems the frost has melted on this pumpkin. Google has not stopped rolling out the developments, with new features such as "Read only participants", and "Restore from playback" (http://googlewave.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-features-read-only-and-restore.html) and "Waving with groups" (http://googlewave.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-features-read-only-and-restore.html); though it is not clear what happens if some of your group are not Wave users. … Continue reading Is anyone Waving anymore?

I am reminded of an old (and kind of grim) Country Joe and the Fish song, Who am I, (thank you YouTube, when Spotify Fails and LastFM gives you an annoying 30 sec preview). I have been doing a lot of work on identity, community and third-spaces while working with a group of adult learners … Continue reading Been working on new one-day @ocsld online (Elluminate) course on Online Identity happening on 20 Jan #digident

If we were all the same this wouldn't be an issue. My social networking practice has diverged. I use Twitter for work and professional commentary with the occasional policy-related excursion into fields beyond learning technology. I use Facebook for personal, mostly local, Oxford-based social and political activity. Although I have a LinkedIn account I don't … Continue reading Maintaining “dignified difference” in multiple SNs