I sometimes wonder: am I seen as a geek, working as I do with technology? If so, it seems an odd thing for someone whose primary interest is in people, learning and words. So how did I get into this learning technology thing? When I was young I read a
Every time a new technology comes along, it take s time to really utilise its potential because we view it through the lens of previous technologies. This was the “digital artifact” I submitted for the assessment of EDCMOOC, the Coursera MOOC I did recently. It was well received, although obviously
Prototyping Moving on with Moodle (an advanced Moodle course for staff) I don’t tend to create course materials that require a lot of programming – the aim of our whole team at my institution has been to create tools to make the production of materials as easy as a prototype
Zumba is an exercise style that has swept the world of female fitness of late. Based on Latin American dance, its rhythms and routines use steps from salsa, merengue, samba, mambo, bachata, and more. Women like Zumba because it is good exercise, it is social and it is fun –
There’s a theory that by experiencing and reading widely, particularly outside one’s own field, one can be inspired by ideas from wildly different domains and encourage innovation and problem-solving. So I like to remain open to new ideas and concepts and sometimes actively seek them. Or at least, that’s the
I’m the main blogger at the University of Nottingham’s Learning Technology Section blog so you’ll find more of my blog posts there than at Learning Communities at the moment. Some of my April posts have been: Why I like Moodle Spirituality, syrup & sacred calendars Creating passwords and security questions
Epic failures in vision happen to the most sage people sometimes… Thomas Watson, “The world will never need any more than about 5 computers.” Western Union, “The telephone has too many shortcomings to make it a useful tool for communications.” Marshall Foche “Airplanes are interesting, but of no real military
So the Pantone Colour of the Year 2011 is Honeysuckle Pink. Can’t say I’m a big fan of pink. I was much happier last year when it was turquoise (just look at the colours on this blog!) . Now there’s a colour with infinite possibilities. But looking at the colour
I love this idea. “Baby duck syndrome” is when a shiny new piece of technology, software or gadget comes out and all the early adopters jump on the bandwagon and tweet, blog and generally share that it’s the best thing since sliced bread. Those suffering from baby duck syndrome immediately
New Library Technologies Dispense With Librarians An article caught my eye from the Wall Street Journal (this article currently free to access but may disappear behind subscription firewall). A library in St PAul, Minnesota, USA, has been replaced with a “Library Express” – you order the book you want and