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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-16

Michael Rowe — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:22:00 +0000

@alexisangelus hey alexis, sorry meant to DM that link to you #
eLearning / Education Conferences in Southern Africa 2012 http://t.co/HdUwxpDB #
Game AIs http://t.co/nl68kD3Q #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-18

Michael Rowe — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:22:00 +0000

@EranEyal Found it hard to follow the links you were trying to make, presentation by video is hard. My comment was harsh, I apologise #
#eraneyal throws together haphazard ideas in a rambling, incoherent, disconnected rant. WTF #tedxcapetown #
@rachaellowe Is there a difference between “…informed” and “…based”? If so, what do you think it is? #
Instructure Canvas LMS: Go open source, get serious investment capital | ZDNet http://zd.net/dPLNTc #
Instructure Launches To Root Blackboard Out Of Universities http://tcrn.ch/fdpmMU #
Blog U.: Instructure’s Canvas LMS: 7 Cheers & 7 Critiques – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/dJRGkZ #
Instructure Goes Open Source | e-Literate http://bit.ly/dLTK6j #
What Is the Future of Gamification? [Survey] http://ow.ly/1swgqY. U have to read Daemon by Daniel Suarez #
Instructure Aims to Knock Down the Learning Management System Walled Garden http://ow.ly/1swgqt #
ICMJE: Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals http://bit.ly/eduGNm #
Folk Dances 2 Illustrate Sorting Algorithms http://ow.ly/1svaxO. I’ve told students they could use interpretive dance in an assign #
RT @jpbosman: Games and smartphones: the future of education? – #ted talk http://intel.ly/foIHtS #
RT @jpbosman: So cool – the Interactive Agile Learning Design periodic table by Donald Clark from Big Dog little dog: http://goo.gl/GvPMH #
RT @physiopedia: Feasibility of Applying a Simple Method to Quantify Clinical Experience: A Case Report http://goo.gl/fb/Smiy3. Nice work #
Dismantling the Space Shuttle Program http://bit.ly/hdutVT. If you were / are fascinated with space shuttles, you’ll enjoy these #
Just found out my abstract for #ECE11 (http://bit.ly/h40F2z) was accepted. Looking at using social networks to develop clinical practice #
RT @pgsimoes: Looking for Interesting Examples of… Blended Learning http://dlvr.it/NPXWm (@catspyjamasnz) #
Twitter: it’s still about the connections http://feedly.com/k/eh8g8J. Also mentions “visitors & residents” to explain Net Gen #
Taking a Closer Look at Open Peer Review http://ow.ly/1suifh #
Pagination comes to Google Docs http://ow.ly/1suibz. I love Google Docs #
Conceptualising Doctoral Practices http://ow.ly/1sui5P #
Fearsquare: If You Knew the Crime Stats, Would You Still Go There? http://ow.ly/1suhXu #
The Daily Papert http://bit.ly/gIUIbH. Merely improving the current system of education will amount to nothing significant #
Rethinking Education ~ Stephen’s Web http://bit.ly/hoT6Mt. Michael Wesch video on how education needs to change. Interesting #
e-Learning Stuff » Blog Archive » Using Audio more http://bit.ly/f1IMcm. Balanced post on the use of audio / podcasts in education #
We Can’t Teach ‘Critical Thinking’ Until We Learn How to Assess It « Educational Technology and Change Journal http://bit.ly/febKjc #
Using Wikipedia http://bit.ly/eYlasx. My students link to Wikipedia if the article is credible but I have to teach them how to work that out #
Education bubble? http://ow.ly/1st9db. The value of higher education is in its scarcity #
Mendeley Desktop 0.9.9 Released http://ow.ly/1ssNxo #
Taking a Closer Look at Open Peer Review http://ow.ly/1ssNu9 #
Agile eLearning – 27 Great Articles : eLearning Technology http://bit.ly/h0sYw7 #
10 Obvious Truths (about teaching) That We Shouldn’t Be Ignoring http://bit.ly/fqzSbM. May be obvious to some, but is standard for many #
What Technology Wants: Kevin Kelly’s Theory of Evolution for Technology http://bit.ly/f1B2RC #
Studio by Purdue University – Mobile learning and student success http://bit.ly/f8PQT3. Impressive looking site #
What’s in a Name? Researchers Struggle With Terms for New Learning Methods http://ow.ly/1ssnDa #
Ten Obvious Truths That We Shouldn’t Be Ignoring http://ow.ly/1ssnvx #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-28

Michael Rowe — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:22:00 +0000

@hotdogcop Tweeted this earlier, pretty funny, but also pretty accurate http://onion.com/h3coIN #
The Changing Landscape of Higher Education (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE http://bit.ly/dFXmaz #
Richard Feynman on the pleasure of finding things out http://bit.ly/gij2ve #
Massive Health Uses Big Data, Mobile Phones to Fight Chronic Disease http://ow.ly/1s4Epd #
The Daily Is Interesting, But Is It the Future of Newspapers? http://ow.ly/1s4En9 #
Gladwell Still Missing the Point About Social Media and Activism http://ow.ly/1s4ElH #
“This Game Sucks”: How to Improve the Gamification of Education (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE http://bit.ly/fMWN4f #
eLearn: Feature Article – The Effects of Twitter in an Online Learning Environment http://bit.ly/gqrqfQ. Students resist adoption of Twitter #
eLearn: Feature Article – Administering a Gross Anatomy Exam Using Mobile Technology http://bit.ly/f74yAj #
Onion Report: Increasing Number Of Educators Found To Be Suffering From Teaching Disabilities http://onion.com/h3coIN. Humour #
Skateboarding Physics Professor At Large — Blog Archive » Building A New Culture Of Teaching And Learning http://bit.ly/hco11U #
Presentation Zen: Nurturing curiosity & inspiring the pursuit of discovery http://bit.ly/h4SJtd. Why don’t we value curiosity in schools? #
@hotdogcop Seems to be this idea that “if you build it, they will come”, but the reality is that no-one knows what to do when they get there #
The Need for Student Social Media Policies (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE http://bit.ly/fhj7F9 #
Evidence of Learning Online: Assessment Beyond The Paper — Campus Technology http://bit.ly/e8iuuQ #
E10 Podcast: Gardner Campbell and Jim Groom Discuss Faculty Attitudes and the Joy of Learning | EDUCAUSE http://bit.ly/fmLBnk #
The Daily Papert. Words and wisdom of Dr. Seymour Papert http://bit.ly/fs947e #
Mendeley Update: OpenURL support, improved article pages, & easier citation entry for OpenOffice http://bit.ly/fyOwcc #
Thought Leader » John Vlismas » Hofmeyr, Bloody Hofmeyr http://bit.ly/eNQumA. Intelligent response to Steve’s rant #
Managing your research the modern way: Research together with colleagues using an activity feed | Mendeley Blog http://bit.ly/e1eQAS #
The Enormous Technological Challenges Facing Education http://bit.ly/eVBik5. Nice summary of the emerging tech in the latest Horizon report #
A WikiLeaks Clone Takes On Higher Education – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/g5WL4W #
@subcide Great, thanks for the update. #Mendeley is one of the tools I use most often and it’s brilliant to see it continually improving #
Thought leader: nothing to correct http://ht.ly/40Xq0. The problem of “corrective rape” in SA, aimed at the LGBTI community. I wasn’t aware #
The ‘myth’ of e-learning http://bit.ly/gXQmUx #
@dgachago17 #Hootsuite (web app) is also pretty good at updating multiple services simultaneously #justsaying #
Not sure which version of #Mendeley added this, but I just found the “Send by email” feature, and it is SOOO welcome #
Acceptable Use Policies in a Web 2.0 & Mobile Era: A Guide for School District ~ Stephen’s Web http://bit.ly/i1MBPZ #
Critical Thinking: More than Words? http://bit.ly/i5rLtO. We talk about critical thinking with our students, but don’t discuss what it means #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-10

Michael Rowe — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 04:22:00 +0000

@RachaelLowe I’m hoping to present at WCPT, & uni will only fund if that happens, so holding thumbs. B great to meet somehow #
@rachaellowe Pity. I’m also trying to get to 2 conferences Manchester & Southampton, from 6-14 July. Maybe we can meet sometime then? #
RT @wesleylynch: RT @Realmdigital: 20 movies to geek out to this year http://bit.ly/gofu0v #
RT @wesleylynch: RT @sbestbier: “Behold, Android 3.0: Secret Weapon of Multiple Tablet PCs” http://bit.ly/eoRaXb <- It looks quite slick #
Basic Instructions – Basic Instructions – How to Pick a Baby Name http://bit.ly/gEx4Tg #
Uploaded abstract for presentation at #ECE conference: Using social networks to develop practice knowledge http://ht.ly/3zinN #
Uploaded another abstract for the #AMEE conference: The use of a wiki to facilitate collaborative learning http://ht.ly/3zgnM #
@chapalmer I hate that if students underperform, we blame teachers. But if anything good happens, politicians are first to take credit #
@realmdigital Would love to have come round, but have something else on at the same time #
@realmdigital Sadly, not but looking forward to following #geekretreat on the Twitter. Enjoy the next few days #
e-Learning Stuff » Blog Archive » Are you stealing stuff? http://bit.ly/emE5fs. Clear guidelines for teachers wanting to use digital sources #
a musing space; a performance in progress: Beyond avoidance http://bit.ly/guTMOa. Cute post that many postgrads will identify with #
Happy birthday @hfordsa. Hope #geekretreat is awesome this year #
@RachaelLowe working on it. 1 abstract done, will do another tomorrow. Hope its enough. U going to be there? #
Just logged into #Scribd for the first time in months and all of the documents I uploaded last year are gone. Anyone else have this problem? #
Uploaded abstract for presentation at AMEE conference later this year – “Blended Learning in Clinical Education” http://scr.bi/eg2PnJ #
RT @cristinacost: Scholarly Communication: A Journey from Print to Web : http://bit.ly/g1Ihns #
RT @BlancheMaynard: Nonacademic skills key to success. Among those, emotional stability and perseverance: http://bit.ly/hxZRlE #
@cristinacost @BlancheMaynard: Just finished “Emotional intelligence”, very strong case made for the role of emotional stability in learning #
Thanks @crispian_jago for the updated version of the Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense http://bit.ly/guYfML #
Listening to Elbow – One Day Like This http://t.co/MR6hEYG via @youtube #
Listening to Elbow – Grounds For Divorce http://t.co/tlf7U2E via @youtube #
First Monday. Koltay – New media and literacies: Amateurs vs. professionals http://bit.ly/gHsfSR #
First Monday. Reilly – Teaching Wikipedia as a mirrored technology http://bit.ly/f33asI #
@hfordsa Would love to pop in to say hi. Been busy but getting back into things. Prizegiving details? #
RT @wesleylynch: More on ebooks – http://ow.ly/3xkqi #
@theobnoxiousowl Then it’s fun and educational #
The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English http://bit.ly/dSCX80. I like this… #
RT @cristinacost: now reading: Learning,Teaching, and Scholarship in a Digital Age http://bit.ly/gF5Zpb #
RT @malinkaiva: Education as a platform: http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/09/education-as-a-platform.html #Web20 #elearning #
xkcd: Science. Because it works http://bit.ly/ftqskK #
1st day back at work. I hope 2011 will suck less than the last few months of 2010 did. I think I’ll try out the whole “new beginnings” thing #

Attendance of e-learning colloquium

Michael Rowe — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:52:58 +0000

I attended the first few presentations of an e-learning colloquium on campus last Tuesday. Here are a few short notes I took during the short time I was there.

Begin a section of work with a short test to evaluate pre-intervention knowledge. The questions should be aligned with important content from the module. This will identify for students the areas that they need to focus on during the module. Following up with the same short test after the intervention allows you to evaluate immediately following the lesson / module whether or not students understood the main concepts.

Make sure that this isn’t seen by students as “busy work” i.e. something we want them to do that’s meaningless.

Sometimes “e-learning” seems to be be about moving content online. Even if it is interactive content, does it change behaviour, or do students use the same learning techniques they would use with offline content? I think that often “e-learning” for many teachers means using a computer and the internet to do the same thing they’ve always done i.e. there’s no change in practice.

Less than half of dentistry students accessed the e-learning site that staff spent ages creating. 4th year students would go if it was useful for exams, to get notes, curiosity. 5th year students see opportunity for advanced learning. Big disconnect between 4th and 5th year students in terms of how they see / perceive the service.

Students wanted to see more clinical cases on the e-learning site. Dentistry uses OSCEs (maybe we should contact them to discuss our implementation next year). Students also wanted mock tests with memos (seems like a good idea, but most participants thought that this was paramount to giving students the tests and answers)

Suggestions to ban access to social networks, as it slows down the servers. Evidence of a lack of understanding on the part of academics as to the value of incorporating a social component to the teaching and learning process?

Including new teaching techniques requires a change in student mindset. This needs to start in 1st year.