Tag: Educational development

Integration of Pathfinding activities into staff and educational development activities; Development of models and processes to support inter and intra institutional teams undertaking transformative course redesigns; Support for e-Learning Champions in academic Schools and e-Learning Networks in Associate College Partners and Community Learning Centres; Guidelines, Reports and Dissemination to embed e-learning into the wider communities.

Epigenetic phenomena

Thanks and a(nother) tippo to A J Cann for the link (via his soti bookmarks on delicious) to D'arcy Norman's epigenetics and the institution. This hit me as an approach to conceptualising the relationship between individuals and institutions for a paper I am puzzling over writing, about the utility of participatory media (Web2.0/the social internet) … Continue reading Epigenetic phenomena

Participatory media literacy: it does matter

This post is one small link in a chain started for me by A J Cann in a post on his Emerge blog, The P word, fed from Science of the Invisible that linked to Michael Wesch's post, Participatory Media Literacy: why it matters, referring to "... Howard Rheingold’s great little article, Participative Pedagogy for … Continue reading Participatory media literacy: it does matter

Digital literacy: a starter guide for HE?

I read Josie Fraser's, Notes towards digital literacy, and Terry Wassal's recent comment on it with interest. This post has stimulated a lot of discussion in the comments and on other blogs. When thinking about the Brookes elearning strategy, I recently took an opposite, narrow view. I do not want to argue against the broad … Continue reading Digital literacy: a starter guide for HE?

Academia.edu, eportfolio/PLE PDR and identity

Spent the morning acquainting myself with some of the features of academia.edu. My (limited) profile is here. In the publish or perish tradition there is a facility to upload citations for your papers and conference "talks" and list your research interests but there is no facility to list the courses you teach. Clearly a site … Continue reading Academia.edu, eportfolio/PLE PDR and identity

Personal learning environments (PLEs), please

The term PLE is going to come into its own in 2009, because of the prominence of the digital literacy/academic literacy and lifelong learning debates. There has been much discussion of PLEs over the past four or five years (yes, that long). I was led to this reflection by Graham Attwell's post, How my Personal … Continue reading Personal learning environments (PLEs), please

PLE Chicken Roost

A. J. Cann asked 200 first years, "...to draw a mind map of their personal learning environment (PLE)."  The PLE chickens come home to roost He says, "following what these students were reading on Google Reader and bookmarking on delicious throughout the past term has been a fascinating and for the most part rewarding experience. … Continue reading PLE Chicken Roost

A theory for our time?

Like politicians, do we get the theories we deserve? The Ur text of connectivism is George Siemens (2005) "Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age." Siemens is a good speaker and has clearly spent a long time thinking about elearning. He gave a good keynote at the Emerge April 08 conference, "Technology and Community … Continue reading A theory for our time?

Is Connectivism an Actor Network? Yes, of course

Frances Bell asks "CCK08 Is Connectivism a Learning Network?. She critiques the connectivism community/network/group of people who regularly use that term in their writing about education, in connectivist terms ("in their own terms"). The main argument is that "Protagonists have shown their ability to connect between fields of their own choosing, but less willingness to … Continue reading Is Connectivism an Actor Network? Yes, of course

Evaluating blogs and reflection

The assessment or evaluation of critical reflective writing is problematic. Some take it as too personal and subjective and therefore do not presume to judge others' reflection. On the other hand, in some disciplines reflection is formally incorporated as an assessed component. I came across two sets of criteria for the assessment of students' blog … Continue reading Evaluating blogs and reflection