Tag: mobile learning

I enjoyed reading (December)

Dec 31, 2012

in Note

arming teachers, Carl Sagan, critical thinking, educational reform, mobile devices, mobile learning, open education, science, scientific thinking, shooting, social media, stephen downes, www

I’m going to try something new on this blog. At the end of every month I’ll write a short post highlighting the things I particularly enjoyed reading. I found that simply pushing them into a Twitter or Google+ feed would tend to obfuscate them among all of the other things that I wanted to point…
AMEE conference (day 2)

Aug 31, 2011

in Conference, Learning, Teaching

accreditation, AMEE, AMEE11, anatomy course, athol kent, clinical competencies, collaboration, competence, dental students, distance education, Distance Learning, encyclopaedia, fictional city, gaming in education, global medical education, global medicine, globalisation, interanationalisation, international medical education, language, learning resources, lexicon, life-long education, life-long learning, mobile devices, mobile learning, portfolios, professional culture, reflective journals, self-directed learning, virtual city, virtual clinical encounter

These are the notes I took on the second day of AMEE. One of the things I noticed is that in most of the presentations the speakers talk about “doctors”, and that little is said about “health professionals”. There seem to be few people here who understand that effective healthcare can only be delivered by…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-27

Jun 27, 2011

in Digest

abstract, academic publishing, faimer, google books, Ian Barbour, mendeley, mobile learning, Online identity, open access, p2pu, papert, professional identity, publication, research, saahe 2011, safri, writing

If you’re going to be at #saahe2011 give me a shout if you’d like to meet # About to begin 3rd day of #safri session Jo’burg. Going well so far, intense but enjoyable. Looking forward to #saahe2011 on Thu # The theory of shared matter (Wired UK) http://ow.ly/1u4yza. The rise of Mendeley and social research…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-06

Jun 6, 2011

in Digest

apa style, collaboration, digital literacy, discovery health, mcluhan, mobile learning, mobile phones, openphysio, papert, personal learning environments, physiopedia, ple, policies, policy, research, scholarly communication, tablets, work life balance, writing

5 Myths About Collaboration http://ow.ly/1ttN1Z # Agile learning: How ‘making do’ can evolve into ‘making good’ http://ow.ly/1tpUmg # Acceptable Use Policies in Web 2.0 & Mobile Era http://ow.ly/1tpUiP # The personalisation of a learning environment: student-led connections online and offline http://ow.ly/1tpUgD # Future of Scholarly Communications Roundtable http://ow.ly/1tpUbw # Twitter Releases One-Click Subscription Button http://ow.ly/1tpTRm…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-18

Apr 18, 2011

in Digest

audio, blended learning, canvas, critical thinking, daniel suarez, Donald Clark, e-learning, games, gaming, Google, Google Docs, Inside Higher Ed, instructure, kevin kelly, lms, mendeley, michael wesch, mobile learning, net generation, physiopedia, presentation, publication, Purdue University, research, RT, smartphones, social networks, tedxcapetown, twitter, We Can, wesch, wikipedia

@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…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-16

Aug 16, 2010

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africa, assessment, cellular telephone, data portability, e-books, juxio, loneliness, mobile learning, morals, Pepsi, personal learning, plagiarism, prezi, RT, skyrove, social networking, speaker, tedxstellenbosch, terry pratchett, twitter, unseen academicals

Pepsi spill causes sticky mess in science blogging ecosystem http://bit.ly/8XiQ3N # Just started reading “Unseen academicals”. I love Terry Pratchett # Plagiarism Is Not a Big Moral Deal. I teach professional ethics in practice, and I agree with this http://bit.ly/b37kfw # Mobile Phone Learning on the Move in Africa. http://bit.ly/aVpdV3 # Juxio – combine image…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-03

May 3, 2010

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africa, african virtual school, Duke It, facebook, Internet Studies, literacy, mobile learning, mobile phones, powerpoint, prvacy, rural communities, south africa, twitter, US military, World Bank, World Bank Blog, writing

m4Lit Project, exploring the use of mobile phones to promote literacy in South Africa http://bit.ly/aluIZS # Mobile Phones and Literacy in Rural Communities | A World Bank Blog on ICT use in Education http://bit.ly/cIakYu # The African Virtual School, offering maths, english and ICT courses to learners across Africa http://bit.ly/9aP7ln # @sbestbier Powerpoint as used…
Posted to Diigo 05/02/2010

May 3, 2010

in Note

access, digital divide, ict in education, learning technology, lecture capture, lectures, literacies, mobile learning, podcasts, worst practices

1020. Mobil Learning « Tomorrow’s Professor Blog You can’t force students to pay attention if they don’t want to. And even if you forbid all electronic gadgets, students will still daydream, whisper, and pass notes. You can’t force students to pay attention if they don’t want to. If you permit mobile devices, establish rules of…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-15

Feb 15, 2010

in Digest

accreditation, android, backchannel, buddypress, cape town, clifton, community of practice, copyright, crap detection, curriculum, degree, educational reform, engagement, free content, freedom, george siemens, goats, higher education, howard rheingold, iphone, jisc, learning technology, lessig, managing information, microblogging, microecop, mobile learning, network, nexus one, ocw, oer, open courseware consortium, open educational resources, p2pu, pbl, peer to peer university, personal learning environments, ple, pop quizz, presentations, problem based learning, twitter, university of the western cape, uwc, web 3.0, wordpress mu

@ryantracey Agreed. The process, rather than the certificate, should be emphasised # RT @wesleylynch: Video comparing iphone and nexus – http://ow.ly/17iBb. Can’t imagine how the iPhone will survive, Android is already better # RT @psychemedia: Are Higher Degrees a waste of time for most people? http://bit.ly/buKpOW. IT professionals are hardly “most people” # University finds…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-16

Nov 16, 2009

in Digest

biomimicry, cellphones in health, lapdesk, micro-investment, mobile health, mobile learning, oer, open educational resources, steve barnett, TED, tedx, tedxjb, tedxjhb

Just finished at #tedxjohannesburg, now the real work begins, researching and integrating great ideas into teaching practice # Malan Joubert (http://ow.ly/Cu5I) on changing health in SA with mobile tech, important ideas with real practical solutions #tedxjohannesburg # Claire Janisch on biomimicry (http://ow.ly/CtXr) at #tedxjohannesburg, beautiful ideas, she is going to change the world # PRof…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-05

Oct 5, 2009

in Digest

innovators, learning network, mendeley, mind mapping, mobile learning, second life, stephen downes, this week in google

@lucretiafraga Cape Town. Will have a look through what I have and let you know in reply to lucretiafraga # RT @mendeley_com Mendeley Desktop v0.9.4 released | Mendeley Blog http://bit.ly/erfPV # Half an Hour: Facts versus skills. Comments from Stephen Downes, linked to from CCK09 http://bit.ly/4lQsF # How Do Innovators Think? Has some interesting ideas…