There is a tradition of keeping "work blogs". Scott Wilson's workblog is a touchstone for this kind of online identity and presence. Scott writes a lot on identity and presence and education (and here and here). This is written in my workblog. I feed stuff into here from my Posterous account. I use Posterous to … Continue reading New lecturer’s work blog
55 out of 193 countries (28%) account for 97% global GDP and 99% IT expenditure
...according to: Franda, Marcus (2001), Governing the Internet: the emergence of an international regime. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, CO, USA p 206 Posted via email from George's posterous
I was asked to comment on difference between education, training, learning
I used to be concerned in this direction when making a transition from working in industrial training and development education to working in educational development roles in higher education. All categorisations of this sort serve to channel people and institutions into differently funded and privileged regimes. There are no essentials of this sort. Conceptual categories … Continue reading I was asked to comment on difference between education, training, learning
how HESA normalises black, mixed and other ethnic group graduates to reduce their impact by a quarter! http://bit.ly/gsVwv
Or, at least that is one possible reading of this following example from HESA's Guidelines for the use of the DLHE Longitudinal Survey Dataset. To illustrate how this is done:Black, mixed and other ethnic group graduates accounted for 21.9% of the selected Sample A. From the initial census it is known that these graduates represent … Continue reading how HESA normalises black, mixed and other ethnic group graduates to reduce their impact by a quarter! http://bit.ly/gsVwv
A response to Leigh Blackall: The New Colonialism in OER
In many respects, OER and the Creative Commons licenses help propel US centered ideas of copyright and intellectual property, indirectly inserting such ideas on the back of moral concepts such as sharing, freedom and openness, as though sharing, freedom and openness didn't exist before, and that the only way to protect such notions is with … Continue reading A response to Leigh Blackall: The New Colonialism in OER
Defining “Creepy Treehouse” #pcthe
In the field of educational technology a creepy treehouse is an institutionally controlled technology/tool that emulates or mimics pre-existing technologies or tools that may already be in use by the learners, or by learners’ peer groups. Though such systems may be seen as innovative or problem-solving to the institution, they may repulse some users who … Continue reading Defining “Creepy Treehouse” #pcthe
Josie Fraser (@josiefraser) on 3 ways to characterise online identity
There are three main ways we can characterise most peoples online internet and mobile activity and presence. Let me state up front that these distinctions are purposely blunt, but do act as effective and critical distinctions, especially when talking to people about how and why they can manage their online identities. via fraser.typepad.com Josie Fraser … Continue reading Josie Fraser (@josiefraser) on 3 ways to characterise online identity
Preliminary Thoughts on Visualising #opened09 #jiscssbr
via ouseful.wordpress.com This was written about visualising the opened09 Open Education conference. But it is more widely useful as an exploration of the affordances of visualisation generally as an aid to understanding. In the Institutional innovation programme I am trying to understand the basic questions underlying visualisation of the programme: people, projects, technologies, themes and … Continue reading Preliminary Thoughts on Visualising #opened09 #jiscssbr
Drapeau: The rise of the goverati — Federal Computer Week
Who are the goverati, you might ask -- and are you among them? Goverati is a term I coined a few weeks ago while participating in a Social Media Club DC discussion panel. In essence, the goverati are people familiar with government and how it works and who understand new social technologies. They want to network … Continue reading Drapeau: The rise of the goverati — Federal Computer Week
Ensemble OER feeds: War-6; Peace-1 @scottbw
What is Ensemble? Ensemble is a service that enbles you to locate RSS feeds that link to Open Educational Resources. You can search for feeds on particular topics, or browse by institutions or by categories, and then download the results in OPML format for use in a feed reader or other application. You can also … Continue reading Ensemble OER feeds: War-6; Peace-1 @scottbw
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