Tag: facebook

On changing my opinions

Mar 4, 2022

in Learning, Reading, Social media

censorship, facebook, information, Lex Fridman, Mark Zuckerberg, news, opinion, podcast, social media

I wouldn’t usually listen to an interview with Mark Zuckerberg but three things changed my mind: This particular interview was recommended by someone who’s opinion I value. Lex Fridman is an excellent interviewer and I generally enjoy the conversations he has with guests. I’ve recently come to question the narratives presented by mainstream media. The…
Weekly digest (03-07 May 2021)

May 7, 2021

in Digest, Publication, Research

facebook, flashcards, Instagram, journal, learning, Memory, open access, openphysio, publishing

This is an experiment that I’m going to try for a while. Sometimes I come across articles that I think are interesting and would like to share – with a short comment – but which don’t warrant a full post. I’m going to try and aggregate these into a weekly digest that I’ll publish on…
Comment: Facebook says it’s going to make it harder to access anti-vax misinformation

Mar 12, 2019

in AI, Ethics, Note

algorithmic determinism, facebook, immunisation, machine learning, recommendations, vaccination

Facebook won’t go as far as banning pages that spread anti-vaccine messages…[but] would make them harder to find. It will do this by reducing their ranking and not including them as recommendations or predictions in search. Firth. N. (2019). Facebook says it’s going to make it harder to access anti-vax misinformation. MIT Technology Review. Of…
PHT402 Ethics course: Developing an online professional identity

Aug 23, 2013

in Ethics, pht402, Social media, Technology

blogging, clinical education, ethics course, facebook, Online identity, pht402, professional identity, professional presence, social media, twitter

This post was written for the participants of the #pht402 Professional Ethics course. For many of our participants working online has been a new and interesting experience but for most it will probably won’t progress much more than that. This post is intended to highlight how the blogs that have been created as part of…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-26

Mar 26, 2012

in Digest

danah boyd, elsevier, facebook, Google Docs, induction, learning strategies, mit, neurons, teaching and learning, workshop

MIT discovers the location of memories: Individual neurons http://t.co/vMilLKCI via @zite # For once, Facebook does the right thing. https://t.co/Z0FndbSi http://t.co/5F01Wbbs # Do Students Know Enough Smart Learning Strategies? http://t.co/cLgo7LOf via @zite # Spell checking powered by the web http://t.co/pOOyTqhO. Noticed this improvement in Google Docs, cool to have it explained # Just got back…
AMEE conference (day 3)

Aug 31, 2011

in Conference

AMEE, AMEE11, collaborative learning, confidentiality, facebook, informal learning, knowledge, knowledge interaction, knowledge transfer, Online identity, professional identity, social interaction, social networks, youtube

Today was the final day of AMEE 2011. Here are the notes I took. The influence of social networks on students’ learning J Hommes Collaborative learning is supposed to facilitate interaction and it’s impact on student learning Difficult to quantify the role of informal learning Informal social interaction: behaviour is the result of interactions and…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-15

Aug 15, 2011

in Digest

cheating, crap detection, curation, curation tools, facebook, friending students, indian educational social network, levitation, note sharing, professional development

RT @kylepace: How Can Web 2.0 Curation Tools Be Used in the Classroom? http://t.co/jRd0oWr from @audreywatters # End of the screen age? http://t.co/YHs3KjF. No more screens when tech becomes more integrated into our lives # Why the current professional development model is broken http://t.co/NiCoV2Y. Researchers don’t necessarily make good teachers # The Public, Playing a…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-25

Jul 25, 2011

in Digest

blogging, digital citizenship, facebook, feedback, flipboard, history boys, ipad, ken robinson, marshal mcluhan, medical smartphone apps, papers, paywall, peer review, research, social media policy

Watched “The history boys” (http://ht.ly/5LUce) last night at Theatre on the Bay (http://ht.ly/5LUdg). Was excellent # Don’t tell teachers how to act on Facebook, says union | Education | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/rth3x5 # Harry Potter Special: Evaluating Hogwarts Teachers http://ow.ly/1uRLRD # Killing Peer Review http://ow.ly/1uRLEF # Changing Education Paradigms http://ow.ly/1uRLpR. Presentation by Ken Robinson # Marshall…
Posted to Diigo 07/24/2011

Jul 24, 2011

in Digest

facebook, social network

Don’t tell teachers how to act on Facebook, says union | Education | guardian.co.uk “conduct their relationships with pupils professionally and appropriately both in school and out of school” and base their relationship with pupils on trust and respect. contempt for the views of the profession” and pointed out that fewer than 1% of registered…
Using social networks to develop reflective discourse in the context of clinical education

Mar 10, 2011

in Assignments, Conference, Education, Ethics, Health, PhD, Physiotherapy, Research, Social media, Technology

clinical reasoning, ethical reasoning, facebook, health professional education, healthcare professional students, medical education, online discussions, poster, reflection, reflective discussion, research, saahe, safri, social network, social networks, teacher

My SAFRI project for 2010 looked at the use of a social network as a platform to develop clinical and ethical reasoning skills through reflective discussion between undergraduate physiotherapy students. Part of the assignment was to prepare a poster for presentation at the SAAHE conference in Potchefstroom later this year, which I’ve included below. I…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-24

Jan 24, 2011

in Digest

activity theory, alpha, blogging, cable card, cognician, concept map, connectivism, Construct Activity Systems, Dave Pollard, decision book, digital habitats, email, facebook, joanne hardman, learning theories, mit, mont fleur, mp, open courseware, RT, Silicon Cape, standing desk, twitter, writing retreat, xkcd, zotero

♻ @samanthaperry #xkcd on airport security stupididty – classic http://xkcd.com/651/ # RT @ivovegter: Sense, at last. Table mountain ‘Cable Card’ for SA citizens. Unlimited rides & skip Q for R490/y http://bit.ly/ewxC8L # Just read “Conversations in the cloud: The use of blogs to support learning in higher education” (http://bit.ly/gJr45r) Thanks @mpaskevi # RT @barrykayton: @michael_rowe…
Authenticity and vulnerability

Jan 14, 2011

in Learning, Students, Teaching

authenticity, brene brown, facebook, presentation, TED, vulnerability

Yesterday I posted a reflection on how I’m coming to realise that the personal and social aspects of myself are always present, even when I’m in professional mode. I discussed this as it related to connecting with students on Facebook and the possible benefits that might have for everyone involved. Coincidentally, I also came across…
Facebook, friends and students

Jan 13, 2011

in Ethics, Research, Students, Teaching

behaviour, facebook, for us all, friends, learning, private social network, saahe, social, social networking project, social networking research project, students, teaching

This is post is the first of what I hope will be several reflections on the softening boundaries between my social and professional lives, and how they influence each other. When I started teaching in the department about 3 years ago, I decided that I wouldn’t accept friend requests on Facebook from any of our…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-13

Dec 13, 2010

in Digest

brain based learning, cellphones, College Students Admit To, dean, educational research, facebook, online comments, ple, research, RT, south africa, teaching and learning, text messaging, Thought Leader, twitter, violence, vygotsky, xwiki

Web 2.0: Reflective and Critical Practices http://ow.ly/1rXGcC. Its not a crusade, its about raising awareness # Research Examines What Motivates People to Comment Online http://ow.ly/1rXG9n. Emotion & negative opinion cause thread deterioration # College Students Admit To “Shocking” Text Messaging Habits in Class http://ow.ly/1rXG96. Ban phones, or integrate them? # Thought Leader » Why are…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-22

Nov 22, 2010

in Digest

facebook, twitter

Is Facebook Evil?? | Virtual Canuck http://bit.ly/d9DS7F #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-27

Sep 27, 2010

in Digest

alt2010, ALT2010 Learning Technologist, America, apgar, assessment, blended learning in clinical education, connective learning, diigo, facebook, Gardner Campbell, Gardner Writes, Google, Jonathan Kozol, mendeley, RT, slideshare, social web, teaching and learning, technology enhanced learning, tweets, twitter, world university rankings, zotero

@cristinacost: Times HigherEd reports on winning ALT2010 Learning Technologist of The Year http://ht.ly/2ICPV. Congrats. Again 🙂 # @amcunningham I use Diigo, but only 2 track my own reading with the highlight feature (it posts content I read to my blog). U did respond 🙂 in reply to amcunningham # @amcunningham I’m in the process of…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-20

Sep 20, 2010

in Digest

africa, african education, alpha, android, blended learning, clinical education, cool site, Distance Learning, dropbox, facebook, george siemens, Google, irrodl, learning management system, learning styles, lms, networked learning, oer, Online Research, open data, open research, open teaching, personal learning environment, phd, ple, plenk2010, presentation, research, RT, slideshare, snapp, social networks, south africa, student network visualisation tool, The Chronicle, The Complete Android Guide, thuthuka funding, trailmeme, twitter, visible thinking, wcpt congress

RT @Glinner: The secret. Is the incorrect use of. Puntuation. RT @KrystalSim International Talk Like Christopher Walken Day…brilliant 🙂 # RT @davecormier: #PLENK2010 post http://bit.ly/c6M0Em PLEs – disaggregate power, not people # RT @paullowe: The Cognitive Surplus of a conference revisited – more reflections on #del10 http://ow.ly/2Grlz #altc2010 # RT @NancyWhite: Very cool site about…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-23

Aug 23, 2010

in Digest

academic integrity, africa, CEO, cheating, cognician, conversation tool, facebook, inception, ipad, kmail, language, mendeley, online behaviour, online learning, pdf, port Zotero, professional behaviour, rapportive, RT, teaching problems, thunderbird, Tony Bates, twifficiency, twitter, United Kingdom, zotero

Cheating in online learning. Balanced viewpoint from Tony Bates http://bit.ly/adFoXT # Went back 2 Thunderbird after using Kmail for a few years. Really impressed with how it’s developed, I’m actually enjoying managing my email # RT @alastairotter: How the Internet is changing language http://bbc.in/95XmAo # @nlafferty Used 2 use Zotero until I tried Mendeley, which…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-09

Aug 9, 2010

in Digest

academic publication, africa, Agreed RT, AMEE, android eclair, apa style, blog award site, blog to book, BP, Bruce Cohen, China, cite twitter, community of practice, congress, cop, david wiley, discourse analysis, educause review, facebook, freedom of the press, Google, htc, htc hero, http, interim assessment, ipad, Justin M. Bonzo, keynote speakers, learning spaces, Library of Congress, medical education, medium raw, online spaces, open phd, personal online spaces, phd thesis writer, research supervision, rooting android, RT, search, sharing research, social media, south africa, Stuart Stobbs, supervisors, teaching with technology, tech4africa, tedx stellenbosch, the EDUCAUSE Review, Thought Leader, twitter, Wine, write or die

RT @JaneDavis13 Good thinking points RT @gcouros: 10 ways to think about your learning space… « Fantastic http://bit.ly/cdoBZf # Started reading: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook, by A. Bourdain http://amzn.to/bPLxUN # #nowlistening to The Sinner In Me by Depeche Mode from Playing The Angel. http://is.gd/e8ylL…
Thoughts on social networking with 3rd year physio students

Jul 30, 2010

in PhD, Research, Students

facebook, internet access, phd, physiotherapy, reflection, reflective learning, research, safri, social network, social networking, social networks, students

Earlier this week I ran a workshop with our 3rd year physio students, as part of my SAFRI project where I’m looking at how participation in a social network can impact reflective learning practices in a community. Unlike the other workshops I’ve run, I’m going to be running this assignment, which will see the students…