This is the year of the hashtag! Hashtags (Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtag) are being used in emails, forum posts, blog posts, other online services like Instagram or Facebook and even in informal school or college coursework. Children in particular are using hashtags a lot more these days, as evidenced by Hashtag being
I’ve signed up for the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on Change: Education, Learning, and Technology change.mooc.ca. I’ve tried these courses before and (inevitably?) dropped out due to pressure of time. I plan this time to participate at a level which matches my schedule, so that I dip in and
I find myself somewhat sceptical about the value of user profiles and of so-called communities based around individuals: a social network in fact. Joining a social network and setting up your user profile often gets you nowhere – you know nobody and you cannot communicate with anyone because you have
I’m co-presenting a workshop at the ALT-C 2010 conference in a couple of weeks. Call in if you like – or grab me at any other session you see me in! It’s great to meet new people as well as old friends. Our workshop is at 10.50 am on Wednesday
I have been running webinars for both business and e-learning purposes for some years. Of course the word “webinar” is a fairly new one. Here’s how I define a webinar: A webinar is a seminar that is held online live at a set time with a speaker/leader (or speakers) and
Once a month I like to look back on what I was blogging about this time last year and in previous years. It often prompts reflection on how things have – or have not – changed and where I have moved on to. In July 2009 I was looking at
Those of us who use Twitter as a Personal Learning Network tool (PLN) don’t need convincing that Twitter is useful for learning. There are innumerable resources discussing this, and even more describing and explaining how to use Twitter for personal learning and for social learning. Jane Hart covers the basics
Twitter really can take up your whole day! It’s a whole continuing professional education all by itself, if you follow the right people and follow up on links to blogs and websites that people point out. So if you want to have a life as well as reading Twitter (let
Moodle is well-known as a virtual learning environment in schools, colleges and universities. What is perhaps less well-known is that Moodle can also be used as an online learning space within a corporate environment, yet even those who use it may not recognise it, as it’s often hidden as part
It’s amazing how much continuing professional development you can do for free. The web has always been a great place for sharing knowledge and expertise, and there are new ways to do this appearing all the time. It’s almost always the case that someone will have written a blog post