I came across the above article somewhat by accident. It reminded me of the replicator used in the Star Trek shows that dispensed food and drink to crew members. This article details how, using electronic signals and sensors, … Read the rest
Intro to Posthumanism
For the next little while, I am going to be looking into the concepts and theories of “Posthumanism”. Basically, what I am looking into is the mergence of humans and machines. This goes beyond using apps or other tools to … Read the rest
Cape Town with #go_gn + OEGlobal. Fantastic!
I am part of a wonderful network, the @GOER_GN, a global network of PhD students that are researching in open education in general. Everyone has a slightly different focus, but all of us are interested in using OPEN as … Read the rest
The power of narrative research in #OER17
Last week the yearly OER conference took place in London. The title, the Politics of Open, and the themes can give a sense of the depth and breadth of the event. A great experience where different scholars from around the … Read the rest
ScholarStudio Sessions: Necessary Repetition in the Dissertation
Many people worry that their dissertations feel repetitive. If they don’t, there’s a problem.
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ScholarStudio Sessions: Necessary Repetition in the Dissertation
In preparation for writing my dissertation!
Many people worry that their dissertations feel repetitive. If they don’t, there’s a problem.
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Describing Qualitative Methods in Educational Research: The Annotated Infographic
An excellent article that helps and guides my thinking about key points to consider when writing the methodology of my research. … Read the rest
#mscidel retrospective
I would like to close my IDEL course blog with a review of the past 12 weeks.
Building a community
We have started our journey with tasks that helped familiarising ourselves with the various learning environments, such as Moodle, the … Read the rest
Multimodal vs. multimedia
During the last week’s discussions and readings, I have encountered the term multimodality quite a few times. Fitzpatrick (2011) refers specifically to multimodality as:
… Read the rest“Something more than simply multimedia; it’s not just a new relationship between text and image, or
The information (r)evolution
While I was reading Kathleen Fitzpatrick’s essay (2011) about the digital future of authorship, I remembered Michael Wesch’s videos about:
The Machine is using us
Information R/evolution
I agree with Fitzpatrick (2011) that the shift from typewriter to word processor … Read the rest