The CEN e-mediating presence

The CEN e-mediating presence

Jun 23, 2011 | Activity Theory, General, PhD

Collaborative knowledge-building (CKB) in online social networking sites is an area of concern among educators and researchers alike. The focus however, seems to be on how social networking sites mediate the process of CKB in informal settings, while neglecting the...

Open for Learning Analytics

Jan 6, 2011 | Connectivism, General, PhD

Open education initiatives are becoming popular offerings on the web. Found about this from my Twitter steam and thought it must be worth the look. And a good look it ended to be. From January 10th to February 20th George Siemens, Jon Dron, Dave Cormier, Tanya Elias,...

Network Learning: Social and Technological implications

Sep 3, 2010 | PhD, Social Media

Still here in Anguilla, doing something strange-blogging and thinking about teleporting myself to ALTC2010. I guess I will have to wait till I get my head out of the virtual and into real world. Nonetheless, here goes another one of my ramblings that seeks to address...

Collaborative Learning in Social Networks

Aug 19, 2010 | PhD, Social Media

Introduction I am here in Anguilla reflecting on a number of ‘Social Media and Academic practice’ sessions that I co-presented with Andy Coverdale from the University of Nottingham. As PhD researchers at the School of Education, we felt comfortable enough to extend...

Writing-in-action: Thinking-in-action

Aug 9, 2010 | PhD

My approach to writing is much about an approach to thinking on my feet. It may seem a strange but, this is one way I am able to make sense of the PhD research process. Writing therefore became a filtering reflective process – a process to contextualise my thoughts,...