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
passaggiato continuo: work life balance
I was talking with our Head of Elearning at Brookes about why I find Twitter a-good-thing. He worked for many years in Italy. I described Twitter as the passaggiato of the Internet. I have also heard it described as the virtual office corridor or the space around the water cooler. But, this led me to … Continue reading passaggiato continuo: work life balance
Macintosh OS X on a netbook for £400
[this is a reposting of a piece I wrote for Seb Schmoller's Fortnightly Mailing.] OK, I don't think you can call it a "Mac netbook" but this is how I got Mac OS X 10.5.6 to run on a Dell mini 9. It was easier than I thought. I wanted a small machine for email, … Continue reading Macintosh OS X on a netbook for £400
Digital natives? Analogue colonists
Graham Attwell makes an important point here, which resonates with work done on university students' use of the Internet for learning by colleagues at Brookes. The locus of work or study: the context in which the person engages in online activity is far more important than other more accidental attributes of the individual such as … Continue reading Digital natives? Analogue colonists
Why blog? Hello crowdsource, friends & lazy web: answers on a Tweet
I am writing a series of pages about blogging for http://brookesblogs.net. The audience is Teachers of undergraduates, Undergraduates at Oxford Brookes Other students and staff who might use the service, Other stakeholders and policy makers The first wave of university blogging services has long since flowed. The BBC covered it in 2005 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4194669.stm) The list … Continue reading Why blog? Hello crowdsource, friends & lazy web: answers on a Tweet
32GB Mac OSX Netbook for £418
I spent much of today reading how to Mac-ify a Dell Mini 9. It seems to be a popular hobby. In a later post I'll go through the technical how-to with a lot of links. I have ordered a Mini 9 in its Vostro A90 livery, on special offer from Dell at £199 (£221 with … Continue reading 32GB Mac OSX Netbook for £418
The institution is a powerful influence in shaping student behaviours with technologies
Greg Benfield argues that JISC Learner Experience synthesis work shows that the institution is an extremely powerful influence in shaping student behaviours with technologies. Students expect this guidance. Students do not necessarily have sophisticated or critical information handling skills, even with the technologies that they are so proficient at using. They come to university expecting … Continue reading The institution is a powerful influence in shaping student behaviours with technologies
Introduced brookesblogs.net at eL@B today
brookesblogs.net was set up by Phil Whitehead and Jim Hyndman about three years ago at Westminster Institute using the Edublogs WordPress platform. Meanwhile, Brookes has been running several JISC funded support and synthesis projects. One of these, Emerge, is using social networking to provide community-based support for a large national R&D programme (the JISC Users … Continue reading Introduced brookesblogs.net at eL@B today
One eportfolio for every hippopotalopardile in the human zoo?
Ray Tolley (http://efoliointheuk.blogspot.com/) got me thinking. If you are going to use the term eportfolio in a particular, restricted way, then you need to define the term precisely. Many people have several eportfolios: LinkedIn, Facebook, Flickr, blogs, PebblePad, various forums and repositories, their own web site, a Monster.com CV, etc. Many more people have none. … Continue reading One eportfolio for every hippopotalopardile in the human zoo?
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