So straight up and straight out there, this trip was paid for by me, and it was taken during my leave. So if you think Lawrie is talking nonsense about his impressions of US HE, or I have not provided enough detail, or I need to do more analysis I am more than happy to…
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Do I need a new license? Creative Commons, Cambridge Analytica and Ethics
With thanks to Dan Lynds for for suggestions and edits Earlier this year Robin de Rosa and Rajiv Jhangiani launched the Open Pedagogy Notebook, a resource for any educators to both use open resources and learn more about the underpinning idea of open. I first met Robin in August 2016 at DigPedPEI, we had lots…
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Will Digital Colonialism kill pedagogic innovation?
A couple of weeks ago I was quoted in the Times Higher decrying Virtual Learning Environments. There is a wider context to this. For one thing I referred to most “Learning Technologies” and didn’t intend to single out the VLE. VLE’s were essential to confronting the serious challenges facing the online educator in 1997., They…
Read moreReframing the debate? Learning Technologies part 2
Last week Donna Lanclos and I had our session accepted to ALT-C. It builds on a debate around whether Learning Technologies are fit for purpose? We know this is not a new debate: Previous debates around this subject have been focused on the ‘purpose’ of the Virtual Learning Environment. As argued by Stiles 2007: I…
Read moreReflecting on conversations with students, VLEs and the elephant in the classroom
Having had conversations across lots of universities and colleges this is a reflection on some of the things that students have been saying about their Technology Enhanced Learning Experiences.
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