After two days of monitoring the backchannel tweets at DevLearn 2011, here are my top 20 insights. The full collection of curated tweets can be found here; you can also scan the QR code in the footer for a mobile version of this content. Read more →
With the increased adoption of smartphones, organisations are focusing on Mobile as a means to provide bite sized chunks of learning, anywhere, anytime and at the learners’ moment of need. Increasingly QR codes are being used as simple way to connect real world objects with digital content. The learning industry is waking up the possibilities of ‘just-in-time’ learning and QR codes are providing an effective solution.
I set out to discover the purpose of ‘education’ after hearing about the purposed campaign. After reviewing some quotes from influential scholars and some definitions on the web, a four-sided picture of education’s purpose came to mind. I began with the Wikipedia definition of education. Read more →
This post has been inspired by a week full of educational emotions. On Monday I tweeted out about my pain seeing my young daughter struggling to cope with the overwhelming amount of homework. I must add that the small school she attends has a fantastic reputation and they really do care and work hard with the children, but they of course have their targets and performance criteria and grade sheets etc., etc… Read more →
Why do I need a new word for learning? Well, according to the experts in the learning consultancy branch, every time the word learning is used their clients dive under their desks and refuse to come out until they’ve gone… thanks LMS & the Snake Oil salesmen. So, the hunt is now on for a new word that is less scary. Read more →
After a pleasant six hour journey north to Berlin I was quite tired on arrival, and the last thing I needed was to be reminded that without a valid passport I’d be sleeping on the streets – ahh! Yes, I’d forgotten to bring my UK Passport. Hoping that a credit card, a driving license and insurance card would suffice as identity, was, unfortunately a waste of time, it wouldn’t. Read more →
The bundles feature in Curated.by is very similar to Storify. They have not yet implemented the other media feature such as Flickr, YouTube etc., but they are coming. Also heard, via this video, that Curated.by are working with DataSift technology. Read more →
Today’s posting follows on from yesterday’s thoughts on shallow thinking and the effect technology is having on our minds and brains. The first part of this post is clipped from Our Cluttered Minds (via NY Times – http://nyti.ms/dnGo1t), By Jonah Lehrer, Published: May 27, 2010: it is, in essence, a review of Nicholas Carr’s book: The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. Read more →
