Week 4 of #edcmooc is drawing to a close and I find myself in a similar position to last week re articulation. We are again grappling with what it means to be human but the readings and resources have pointed us in the direction of post humanism. I think I may have made a small [...]
Pedagogy
Learning Opportunities (XCRI)
Is the one of the underlying questions of the week long MOOC being run this week by Hybrid Pedagogy. Like many others working education I am interested in MOOCs, and there has been a flurry of activity over recent months with a number of big guns joining, or perhaps taking over, the party.
The [...]
Pedagogy
Open Educational Resources
Learning Opportunities (XCRI)
Unthinkable a couple of years ago, and it still feels a bit April 1st: Blackboard has taken over the Moodlerooms and NetSpot Moodle support companies in the US and Australia. Arguably as important is that they have also taken on Sakai and IMS luminary Charles Severance to head up Sakai development within Blackboard's new Open Source Services department. The life of the Angel VLE Blackboard acquired a while ago has also been extended.
Pedagogy
Architecture and Modelling
Learning Platforms
Standards
For? Against? Not bovvered? Don't understand the question?
The term learning analytics is certainly trending in all the right ways on all the horizons scans. As with many "new" terms there are still some mis-conceptions about what it actually is or perhaps more accurately what it actually encompasses. For example, whilst talking with colleagues [...]
Pedagogy
Learning Opportunities (XCRI)
Learning Analytics
Analytics
I've been dipping in and out of the JISC online conference this week. As usual, there has been a great mix of live presentations and asynchronous discussion. Two themes have risen to the top of my mind, (open) educational practice and (digital) literacy. I also recently attended the Mainstreaming Open Educational Practices Forum co-hosted [...]
Pedagogy
Open Educational Resources