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History of the Internet, PICOL and CC video
January 06, 2009
Just a couple of videos which I came across by accident. Both demonstrate how well information can be communicated through animated graphics and images. The first, History of the Internet, “is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet.” I read Where Wizards Stay Up Late this year, which is a compelling ...
National Workshop 23-10-08 outputs
January 06, 2009
Our Benefits Realisation bid, funded by JISC, is anchored within PREVIEW, PLaNET, Open Habitat and the Emerge community, and is designed to maximise knowledge sharing across the higher education sector. Evidence from presentations and keynotes undertaken worldwide across the projects indicate the need for a face to face dissemination and knowledge sharing event which includes road maps of activities ...
From: Cathy Tombs - Read more
Citation advantage as Holy Grail
January 06, 2009
Over Christmas, betwixt comedy reviews of the year, I have continued to mull over (no pun intended) the debate surrounding Open Access and the citation advantage as evinced in my pre-festive post and Phil Davis’ response to it. Somewhat whimsical to be a proper academic and determined to stay off-line I have mulled (OK pun ...
From: Nick Sheppard - Read more
Epigenetic phenomena
January 06, 2009
Thanks and a(nother) tippo to A J Cann for the link (via his soti bookmarks on delicious) to D’arcy Norman’s epigenetics and the institution. This hit me as an approach to conceptualising the relationship between individuals and institutions for a paper I am puzzling over writing, about the utility of participatory media (Web2.0/the social internet) to the support, ...
From: George Roberts - Read more
Adding Value
January 06, 2009
In the backtoworkmondayjanuarymorningtwitterfest, there was some discussion of new year resolutions. When I was younger, I was sceptical of the value of new year resolutions, but for reasons I don't understand, that changed a few years ago and for the past decade I've made (and kept) a resolution each year.One of the reasons I've been able to do ...
Links for 2009-01-05 [del.icio.us]
January 06, 2009
Conversations.net - Conversations tool for deep searching web2 SCoPE SCoPE brings together individuals who share an interest in education research and practice, and offers opportunities for dialogue across disciplines, geographical borders, professions, levels of expertise, and education sectors. We organize seminars, events, and ways for practitioners to connect. Membership is free and open to everyone. Please join us! School ...
From: Joe Wilson - Read more
New Year Message and New Job
January 05, 2009
I had one of those familar conversations over Christmas with an HE Edtech who is giving up and going back to medical research. He reports that 10 years on and there is still too much research and papers based on 10 learners ...
From: Joe Wilson - Read more
Participatory media literacy: it does matter
January 05, 2009
This post is one small link in a chain started for me by A J Cann in a post on his Emerge blog, The P word, fed from Science of the Invisible that linked to Michael Wesch’s post, Participatory Media Literacy: why it matters, referring to “… Howard Rheingold’s great little article, Participative Pedagogy for a Literacy of ...
From: George Roberts - Read more
Feeding the Elgg
January 05, 2009
Since my exchange with A J Cann, about feeding selected posts to the Emerge site, I have started this blog. In it, I have created a number of categories for my posts, such as “Community IT Centre”, and “R&D Projects” and “Emerge”. I wanted to be able to select only those posts that were tagged “Emerge” and feed ...
From: George Roberts - Read more
Seven Things and Happy New Year
January 05, 2009
Laurie O'Donnell has tagged me asking me to list seven things about myself others might not know ( not to mention may not be very interested in ) Looks like a useful way to enter the blogosphere in the new year. I have also been asked to tag some others.Here are seven things I can acceptably share ...
From: Joe Wilson - Read more
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