The first JISC Netskills online seminar, ‘The Rhetoric of Openness’ by David White was delivered on Tuesday 21st June; if you couldn’t join the session – you can still watch & listen to a recording of the session here: http://t.co/8LlU95O – you can also comment on the recording, or if you’re tweeting use #nstalks. Dave [...]
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JISC Netskills – The Rhetoric of Openness
Posted in Critical Literacies, Networked Learning, tagged JISC, opencourses, openness on June 24, 2011 | 5 Comments »
JISC Netskills – free online seminars
Posted in Uncategorized on June 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
JISC Netskills is running a free online seminar series, with David White, University of Oxford and Alan Cann, University of Leicester as the first confirmed speakers. Delivered entirely online, these seminars offer a convenient way to hear exceptional speakers exploring interesting and relevant topics concerning technology and education today. In the first seminar on 21 [...]
The Ethics of Autonomy
Posted in Research, tagged autonomy, Ayn Rand, ethics, Terry Pratchett on June 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Terry Pratchett’s programme last night about assisted suicide – Choosing to die – on BBC1 – raises many ethical issues, which were vigorously debated in the follow up BBC Newsnight programme Terry Pratchett – a gifted and prolific writer has Alzheimer’s disease. For him not being able to write (in the sense of communicate his [...]
Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt, 1947-2011
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Goldratt, learning, thinking on June 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Eli Goldratt died yesterday June 11th 2011 at the age of sixty-four at his home in Israel. “I smile and start to count on my fingers: One, people are good. Two, every conflict can be removed. Three, every situation, no matter how complex it initially looks, is exceedingly simple. Four, every situation can be substantially [...]
Recording of Etienne Wenger’s talk
Posted in Communities of practice, tagged community, CoPs, education, identity, learning, Wenger on June 11, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Here is the link to the talk given by Etienne Wenger to Lancaster University, UK last month – Learning in and across landscapes of practice. This is a long talk and there is a lot in it to digest. Etienne talks about social learning theory, identity, communities of practice, power, knowledge and learning in the [...]
The internet and the ‘older’ generation
Posted in Networked Learning, tagged autonomy, connected, networks, technology on June 5, 2011 | 6 Comments »
This morning (9.00 am ish) I just happened to pick up 5 minutes of a programme on BBC Radio 4, which made my ears prick up. Evidently 8.7 million people in the UK (many of whom are in the over 65 age bracket) have never used a computer. This was being discussed by two people [...]
Hype and Rose Gardens
Posted in Networked Learning, tagged education, eLearning, networked learning, networks on June 3, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I wasn’t sure what title to give this post but I realise that occasionally I feel irritated by the hype and attitude that ‘everything in the garden is rosy’ – just be ‘connected’ and the world’s problems will be solved – we will all be autonomous, connected and open learners in diverse environments and everything [...]
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