Tag: open educational resources

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-17

Oct 17, 2011

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academic dishonesty, blind students, Complexity, copyright, critical thinking, flipboard, hiking, hoerikwaggo, ipad, lions head, oer, open educational resources, papert, powerpoint, presentations, table mountain, tablets, visually impaired students, zite

@Suhaifa it’s an easy walk, easier than lions head, don’t stress 🙂 # Daily Papert http://t.co/vJQhrNh4. We can’t solve the world’s problems with the same thinking that created them # Critical Thinker Explains Skepticism vs. Cynicism http://t.co/Zmxh81m9 via @zite # RT @engadget: MobiUS smartphone ultrasound hits the market two years too late for relevancy http://t.co/DaWRQqXo…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-13

Jun 13, 2011

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africa, biomed central, doctoral students, Google Docs, intellectual property, lecture capture, licensing, multimedia, open access, open educational resources, open web, papert, personal learning network, photos, publising, research, social media, wikimedia commons, wikipedia, writing, zotero, zotpress

@mpascoe Thanks for pointing that out, here’s the link http://bit.ly/jcxBNr # Tech-savvy doctoral students increasingly look to open web technologies http://bit.ly/jcxBNr (prev tweet has broken link) # @mpascoe wrt students and lecture capture, study was done by a company selling devices for lecture capture…have to wonder about results # One year on « The Thesis…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-21

Jun 21, 2010

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american internet, Animation, author, backchannel, blooms digital taxonomy, BP, cars writing model, cent, Co-operative, collaborative learning, e-learning, facebook, Fast Company, FIFA, gilly salmon, Google, Google Docs, Google Earth, google search story, Harvard, http, Internet stars, journals, learning management system, lms, meego, mendeley, michael wesch, new media, oer, online world, open educational resources, otter trail, peer review, personal learning environment, player, ple, plearn, presentation, privacy, publication, reading, research, RT, Running stable, sajp, Salford, slideshare, social learning roles, social media, south africa, stephen downes, steve wheeler, swot analysis, tagxedo, twitter, uct, vygotsky poster, wordpress 3.0, world cup, world cup 2010, youtube

RT @dreamingspires: RT @stevesilberman: First time I’ve seen the phrase “the American Internet.” http://bit.ly/anZeIc # RT @barrykayton: Reading Blooms Digital Taxonomy v2.12 on Scribd http://scr.bi/cBGHrj #readcast # From Knowledgable to Knowledge-able: Learning in New Media Environments, by Michael Wesch http://bit.ly/daChh2 # Gilly Salmon’s 5 stage model of e-learning http://bit.ly/c1MKHB # Social Media Explained Visually «…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-15

Feb 15, 2010

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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 2010-02-01

Feb 1, 2010

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adsl, facebook, ipad, oer, open educational resources, privacy, telkom

http://twitpic.com/10nta3 # RT @TechCrunch: iPad v. A Rock http://tcrn.ch/c9s4Pq by @arrington # @lvanblerk thanks for the comment, been looking into @Afrihost and been getting good feedback # Just spent 1 hour on phone with Telkom trying to sort ADSL, then got dropped. Considering moving to Afrihost…suggestions? # e4innovation.com » Blog Archive » New approaches to…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-16

Nov 16, 2009

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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 2009-11-09

Nov 9, 2009

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copyright, creative commons, higher education, irrodl, jim groom, lessig, new literacy, oer, open educational resources, open government, open source science, openness, p2p, personal learning environment, ple, sherpa, twitter

“A domain of one%u2019s own”, Jim Groom discusses online / digital identity – http://j.mp/4jmNmD # Lessig calls for copyright rebellion from academics and scientists http://j.mp/2y4H2D # Times Higher Education – Laws of the academic jungle http://j.mp/3UuYPY # Times Higher Education – ‘There%u2019s no better job’ than a university professor http://j.mp/3UuYPY # Clive Thompson on the…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-02

Nov 2, 2009

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apa, apa style blog, apartheid, downes, ebm, education, evidence based medicine, google wave, laan, learning as a network, learnstreaming, oer, open educational resources, portofino, research, social constructivism, student feedback, technology in education, wiley, writing

Guidelines for writing a mini-dissertation http://bit.ly/21vUTU # After reading this, I won’t ever go to Portofino restaurant in Cape Town, RT if you believe in good customer service http://bit.ly/o3eZD # 25 Predictions for the University of the Future – from @johannescronje http://bit.ly/QJ7mM # Online Learning: More Than Technical Savvy. A look at factors other than…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-31

Aug 31, 2009

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copyright, licensing, open educational resources, tweets, twitter

Online course on educational copyright and licensing, from the Peer 2 Peer University http://bit.ly/j7qiG # Powered by Twitter Tools
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-17

Aug 17, 2009

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africa, bloom, communication power, education, journal, manuel castells, oer, oer africa, open educational resources, publication, publishing, research, taxonomy, technology, tweets, twitter

educational-origami – Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy http://bit.ly/GMLtA # bjoern.brembs.blog: Why do we still publish scientific papers? http://bit.ly/5zv0X # Design and Technology Education: an International Journal http://bit.ly/kGVIV # Open educational resources in Africa http://bit.ly/2OcTm2 # A review of Manuel Castells “trilogy” of the information age http://bit.ly/gusW2 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-03

Aug 3, 2009

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copyright, danah boyd, disney, elsevier, Firefox, google wave, librarian, Library Journal, medical errors, oer, open educational resources, peter tittenberger, posterous, publication, research, silentale, social networks, tweets, twitter, youtube

RT @cshirky: NY Daily News on hospital cover-ups of medical errors: http://bit.ly/KTdHV. Scary… # First Look: Firefox 3.7’s New Design http://bit.ly/mrDKD # Posterous – Do we really need another blogging platform? Maybe… http://bit.ly/Fwdag # First impressions of Google Wave | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com http://bit.ly/33j4d0 # Does anyone know anything about Silentale? It looks…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-22

Jun 22, 2009

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anatomy, death, oer, open educational resources, pedagogy, tweets, twitter, video

Becoming a relational academic http://bit.ly/6IEsA # Academic Earth – The Human Brain and Muscular System, Great video lecture on anatomy (36 lectures available) http://bit.ly/mNMTp # Fascinating lectures on the nature of death, from Open Yale Courses. Plenty of other great content here http://bit.ly/E5w25 # Scholarly Teaching: A Model. Article by Trigwell, Martin, Benjamin and Prosser…
Mozilla Open Education course: seminar 2

Apr 27, 2009

in Education, Open access, Technology

cclearn, facebook, institutional services, internet works, learning management systems, mozilla, MozOpenEdCourse, oer, online identities, Online identity, open access, open education, open education resources, open educational resources, open technology

Open educational resources I missed the second session of the Mozilla Open Education course that was held about two weeks ago because of Internet issues, and only just had the opportunity to listen to the audio. Here are my notes from the session, which featured a panel of experienced users and creators of Open Education…
Mozilla Open Education course – Overview

Apr 2, 2009

in Education, Open access, Technology

cclearn, course, creative commons, education, education portal, Firefox, frank hecker, internet life, Mark Surman, mozilla, Mozilla camp Create, Mozilla Foundation, Mozilla technology, MozOpenEdCourse, oer, open content, open education, open educational resources, open licensing, open technology, p2pu, pedagogy, peer groups, peer to peer university, Peer University, philip schmidt, seminar

We had our first session of the Mozilla Open Education Course earlier this evening and it was pretty interesting. There were a few technical issues with sound but generally it was very well done. Thanks to everyone who made it possible. Here’s a few notes that I took during the session. I know the video…