weeknotes [20102014]
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been further working through my research involving discourse analysis along with network and other sociomaterial methods for my PhD. I think I’m developing a stronger...
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Facebook network
I am currently trying to catch up on the Coursera MOOC on social network analysis . My main aim in taking the course is to force myself to learn about using Gephi for network analysis. The course so...
View ArticleMaking & Breaking Rules in IT Rich Environments
These are my notes taken during the presentation and then tidied up a bit in terms of spelling and sense – so they may well be limit, partial and mistaken! Prof Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve...
View ArticleTheorising Technology in Digital Education
These are my notes taken during the presentation and then tidied up a bit in terms of spelling and sense – so they may well be limit, partial and mistaken! Welcome from Sian Bayne with the drama of the...
View ArticleContext, personalisation and facilitation – new paper to be published
[Update: the paper was published in January and can be found here] In the New Year, a short paper by me is to be included in a special edition of TechTrends to be published in the New Year. The...
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Working & teaching in Second Life
I am currently enjoying my first extended experience of teaching in (and on) Second Life. Here are a few images of the initial orientation sessions and later tutorials in action at two of our teaching...
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eLearning@ Edinburgh
I’m attending the eLearning@Ed 2015 conference and will be attempting to live blog throughout the day. Melissa Highton, Director of Learning Teaching and Web Services here at Edinburgh is starting the...
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Weeknotes 29052015
I would like to develop the habit of daily notes. In part so I don’t loose track of what has been done each day but also to support a return to blogging starting with summarising those daily notes in...
View ArticleWeeknotes 05062015
It has been, in many ways, a fairly quiet week as I was working on: exam boards as its that time of year planning course staffing for next year so my head was buried in spread sheets for a while...
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ReCon, Research in the 21st Century: Data, Analytics and Impact
So here we are at ReCon, Research in the 21st Century: Data, Analytics and Impact at the University of Edinburgh’s Business School. I’ll be taking notes here throughout the day but these will be...
View ArticleWeeknotes 21062015
It has been a more hectic couple of weeks in some ways with more exam boards as its that time of year continuing planning course staffing for next year so my head was buried in spread sheets for a...
View ArticleWeeknotes 26062015
This has been a week of knuckling down at getting stuff done – but I also squeezed in one day off as the last day available before the schools break for summer (schools in Scotland start the holidays...
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Distributed curriculum
This Tweet caught my eye today by triggering a train of thoughts on what a ‘distributed curriculum’ might involve. This idea appears to position the curriculum as an outcome of interacting within...
View ArticleGetting stuff [and writing] done
I’ve recently started using Chris Winfield‘s technique of chunking tasks to 40 pomodoros per week which he describes here. I’m essentially using this technique for “maker” time – as described in this...
View ArticleThe Twitter Experience
For all the structuring effects of the Twitter functional features, the Twitter experience is generally perceived as a private one as only the individual user can see their Twitter feed, as they have...
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IT Futures at Edinburgh
I’m attending the IT Futures conference at Edinburgh today. These notes are not intended to be a comprehensive record of the conference but to highlight points of interest to me and so will be...
View ArticleLine manager role identity as facilitators of learning
Paul Campbell from Scottish Water and I have a new article published: Paul Campbell , Peter Evans , (2016) “Reciprocal benefits, legacy and risk: Applying Ellinger and Bostrom’s model of line manager...
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Digital Badges
Initial sketch for structure of Digital Badges. I’m currently working on an open content course – the learner proposes the learning activities, the evidence they will gather and how they will...
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PhD Abstract: Twitter chat events & the making of a professional domain
Here is the latest draft of a one page abstract of my PhD: Distributed online discussion events in social media are increasingly used as sites for open, informal professional development, knowledge...
View ArticleCreating Living Knowledge: the Connected Communities programme and what it...
These are my notes from a Digital Education Seminar at the University of Edinburgh by Professor Keri Facer on the Connected Communities research programme. As ever with these posts, my record is...
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