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November 22, 2008
What is needed for a community to function
November 22, 2008
ELESIG is a community of researchers that started with a small group of universities, which grew out of eLearning Pathfinding. Elesig has identified a number of functions that distributed (online) group/community members need to fulfill. I adapted these from Rhona Sharpe's presentation to Brookes eL@B on 20/11/2008. The slides may be forthcoming. Online Community ...
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November 21, 2008
QR codes go mainstream: QR Codes in CSI !
November 21, 2008
Well, a clear indicator that QR Codes have made it ... they appear as a key clue in a recent CSI programme :-)See the video (2 minutes on youtube) - Thanks to Nitin for the heads-up with this one, and the ...
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November 20, 2008
Sounds of the Bazaar Radio show - Into the Dragons Den
November 20, 2008
Next Monday we break new ground with our Sounds of the Bazaar radio show. We are producing a special issue of Emerging Sound of the Bazaar entitled 'Into the Dragons Den'. The programme is a fly on the wall special following the progress of a Dragons Den session organised by Emerge. The show goes out at 19.00 UK ...
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November 16, 2008
Full Fat Feeds
November 16, 2008
It's great to see so many projects syndicating their web and blog content over to the site - it means that the community can share and connect in one handy place. Some of the feeds coming over are restricted however, meaning that people have to click through to the original site to view the entire post. I'd like to ...
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November 15, 2008
Altered State online blended conference 27, 28 November
November 15, 2008
We are moving into the final phases of the U&I programme. This is our last online conference. Don't miss it! "Altered States" 27, 28 November 2008. What has changed: in your practice; in your project; in your institution; in your community?And a blended bonus: In conjunction with the outputs surgery being run by Lawrie and Alice Gugan, we are ...
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November 14, 2008
PDA screen magnifiers and QR codes
November 14, 2008
A work package that spun out of a JISC Scoping Study into the Potential of QR Codes in Education was the question, how does a QR code reader on a mobile device work with a screen magnifier on the mobile device. When asked this in the meeting, I ...
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Emerging Debate: Actor Networks and Connectivism
November 14, 2008
Frances Bell posted to Emerge noting the similarity between Actor Network Theory and Connectivism. I replied, "snap" because I, too (and many others: I claim no primacy), had noticed this. Frances' full post, "Is Connectivism a Learning Network" is here. I have replied to her and posted a discussion on Actor Network Theory. I fear we may be doing ...
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November 09, 2008
MOOCs, Connectivism, Humpty Dumpty and more
November 09, 2008
Last weeks Emerging Mondays seminar was on the topic of MOOCs and Open Course Models. The speaker was Dave Cormier from the University of Prince Edward Island. Dave spoke about his experiences, so far, of the CCK MOOC on Connectivism and Connected Knowledge, the technological platforms being used to support participants, the tensions that exist within the course ...
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November 08, 2008
JISC Emerge terms and conditions and privacy policies amended
November 08, 2008
We have made minor amendments to the JISC Emerge terms and conditions and privacy policies. These are minor changes to take account of the recent benefits realisation activity and to make the Creative Commons License to and by JISC Emerge ...
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November 06, 2008
eFramework Workshop
November 06, 2008
Lawrie organised a workshop for U&I projects on the eFramework, in London at the Hatton (etc Venues) on 29 October. Most U&I projects were represented. The workshop aimed to do three things: enable U&I Projects to produce outputs for the eFrameworkto help the eFramework team to validate its own elicitation processesto introduce participants to "Project X", the ...
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