Tag: Learning Technology

Tried using Posterous for a group writing exercise; not a top success

I thought that Posterous might be a useful, easy, collaboration tool. The barriers to entry are low and the user interface is email. However, it didn't really work. I made a crucial, but probably inevitable, mistake. And, for sharers there is the need to create an account. I hadn't counted on that. I thought that … Continue reading Tried using Posterous for a group writing exercise; not a top success

My ideal PDA wish list; is what I want a netbook?

I want a small, wifi connected PDA. The ideal machine has 1) good wifi 2) email client and off-line email writing/reading facility 3) full feature web browser preferably running Flash (and Air?) 4) calendar that syncs with Brookes Oracle & my MacBook Pro preferably through the Oracle Calendar client (iCal does not cut it - … Continue reading My ideal PDA wish list; is what I want a netbook?

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

Open and blended histories

Thanks to Stephen Downes, yet again, for pointing out Terry Anderson's excellent piece on Open, distance, e-learning and other name confusion in his always useful Virtual Canuk blog. As Terry noted there has been a lot written on the subject. I was reminded of two pieces of work. Robin Mason and Frank Rennie recently produced … Continue reading Open and blended histories

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

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