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July 05, 2008

Does the e-framework work?

July 05, 2008

I have just been re-reading parts of the e-framework (well, it was a 'slow news day') so that I could offer colleagues on the Streamline project advice on creating Service Usage Models (SUMS). Everytime I look at the framework documentation, I find it 'worthy but dull' ... and I suspect the framework itself is worthy but doomed. When I ...

From: John Heap - Read more

July 04, 2008

Emerging Mondays - LIVE - 7th July

July 04, 2008

Full details are here with information on how to participate:'See' you there. ...

From: Steven Warburton - Read more

Emerging Mondays - Edupunk - Sounds of Bazaar LIVE

July 04, 2008

What is Edupunk? Stephen Downes offers a definition: "edupunk is student-centered, resourceful, teacher- or community-created rather than corporate-sourced, and underwritten by a progressive political stance." And an anonymous commentator on his post says: "I can't think of anything more punk than education. For the student, learning gives power to the individual. A society full of mindless ...

From: Graham Attwell - Read more

Waiting for myself

July 04, 2008

An interesting moment in transgressing my own boundaries between self and avatar. Rarely have we appeared together and here only in the name of science. This video came about from a little research that was carried out in advance of an upcoming, 7th July, symposium that we will be presenting to a remote audience in Kuala Lumpar. We ...

From: Steven Warburton - Read more

Waiting for myself

July 04, 2008

An interesting moment in transgressing my own boundaries between self and avatar. Rarely have we appeared together and here only in the name of science. read ...

From: Open Habitat - Read more

July 03, 2008

Philosophers Philosophise in Second Life

July 03, 2008

What happens when you take 6 online philosophy students with and average age of about 50* and attempt to run a discussion session on ‘identity’ in Second Life after only two short orientation sessions that not everyone could attend? read ...

From: Open Habitat - Read more

How and why are people using Twitter: A small group study

July 03, 2008

I've finally written up some observations from the survey I undertook of Twitter uses a few months ago. The article abstract is ..."This paper reports the findings from a survey of people who are using Twitter. Twitter feels like the new ...

From: Andy Ramsden - Read more

June 30, 2008

Time flies ...

June 30, 2008

Waaah! Time goes by so quickly. The last thing I posted here was in January, since the book has been published (Feb 2008), I have got a new job (in Marseille, starting in October) and the book is featuring in a book club (starting next month). What book? - "Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for ...

From: Chris Kimble - Read more

MSc Dissertation: questionnaire

June 30, 2008

As part of her MSc Information Studies course, Leeds Met student Beth Hall is undertaking a dissertation investigating disciplinary differences in opinion of and use of open access repositories by research-active academic staff and postgraduate students. Beth’s work will also provide useful information for the development of the Leeds Met repository and we would be very grateful if ...

From: Nick Sheppard - Read more