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Swansea University lecturer. Web enthusiast; dabbler in software engineering and control systems; PLENK2010 ds106 and cck11 participant; EG-353 coordinator. Squirrel and meerkat.
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To Lurk or Not to Lurk, That is the Question
There’s an interesting debate forming around this post from George Siemens (My Personal Learning Network is the most awesomest thing ever!!) and a response from Jenny Mackness (In defence of lurking).George’s stance is that you can’t really learn in a community … Continue reading
SOCRAIT: If they build it I will come
Those of you who are regular readers will know that I spent 10 weeks from September to November immersed (almost literally) in the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Personal Learning Environments, Networks and Knowledge (PLENK2010). As already reported, one … Continue reading
What I learned in PLENK2010
Short answer … not much. At least that’s how it appears to me at the moment.I do know that I’m all PLENKED out, somewhat depressed and not looking forward to immersing myself in #jiscel10.Perhaps it’s a symptom of SAD, or … Continue reading
Socratic questioning – Week 7 in #PLENK2010
Socrates Week 7 in PLENK2010 was concerned with PLE/N tools (What Exists, What is Being Built?): Many of the tools that fit under the PLE/N umbrella have been appropriated by educators from other fields. This isn’t necessarily a problem, but … Continue reading
I, The Thinker
At PLENK2010 participant Heli Nurmi’s request (see Test Your Blog Please), I submitted the URL of this blog to http://www.typealyzer.com/ to have it subjected to a Myers-Briggs personality test. It turns out that these scribblings reveal me to be an … Continue reading
The Unconceivability of Digital Literacy
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. – Inigo Montoya, the (film of) The Princess Bride. Novel and screenplay by William Goldman. This week, I was in Gegynog at the final … Continue reading
Digital literacy, passion and changing educational paradigms
On Sunday, I finally found the time to listen to the recording of guest Will Richardson, author of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms, from Wednesday’s #PLENK2010 live Elluminate session. In this session, Will gave a … Continue reading
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Life under the microscope
Today’s live #PLENK2010 session was ostensibly about assessment in a Personal Learning Environment but it seemed to be more about how PLENK2010 (the research project) could assess whether the participants (us) could assess their own learning or indeed whether or … Continue reading
Friendfeed groups – a social network for PLENK2010?
In response to George Siemens’ Week 4 discussion topic “Is it the topic or the period in the course?“, Vahid Masrour said “I have a suggestion… posted in my blog [Where is MOOC's social network?"], but in a nutshell, i … Continue reading
PLENK2010 – It’s a Marathon not a Sprint!
Losing Contact! The faciltators said we couldn’t possibly read everything, but I feel like I’ve not read anything from Weeks 4 and 5. As you can see there’s a huge amount of discussion going on in the Week 4 forum … Continue reading
