Designing for learning – a case for understanding collaboration
On Tuesday 9th Aug I visited Open University to listen to the inaugural lecture of Prof Agnes Kukulska-Hulme - The Mobile Mind: learning differently with mobile devices. More and more I am getting a better picture of what it means to learning in the digital age. The...
The CEN e-mediating presence
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
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,...
Cognitive aspect of Network Learning: a developing understanding of Connectivism
I previous blog posts I gave some attention to the social and technological aspects of network learning. This was in no way negating the cognitive aspects of network learning. In fact, perhaps my attention is supportive to the excessive attention given to technology...
Network Learning: Social and Technological implications
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
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
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,...
University of Greenwich Future Landscapes e-learning Conference: Some reflections
The 8th annual e-learning conference at University of Greenwich was a very interesting event. I am here on the train back to Nottingham and what I do here is just provide some very short reflection on how I saw things. Professor Gráinne Conole started it off the...
Using Social Media in Academic Practice: A student-led Initiative
On July 7th 2010, I will be co-presenting with Andy Coverdale on the topic: Using Social Media in Academic Practice at the University of Greenwich Future Landscapes conference. The presentation is an overview of a student-led Initiative which is a presentation on our...
Social Media: A student-led programme at the University of Nottingham
This blog gives a reflection of my work with Andy Coverdale in the social media sessions that we co-present at the University of Nottingham. There is growing indication that universities are recognizing the use of social media among academics. However, how is this...