Tag: p2pu

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 2010-06-28

Jun 28, 2010

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android, bafana bafana, blind watchmaker, cent, chrome extensions, collaborative keynote, creative commons, daemon, daniel suarez, diaspora, digital cop, digital storytelling, distributed social network, e-portfolios, engaging students, eric mazur, Flora Sandes, formspring.me, Google, Google Docs, google moderator, google scholar, hootsuite, human rights, ICT, Jake Shimabukuro, Knysna, linux, lms, lurkers, medical educaiton, ocr, oer, online learning, Online Learning May Slightly Hurt Student Performance, open knowledge, optical character recognition, p2pu, plagiarism, reading, reflective blogging, reflective tool, richard dawkins, RT, scribd, social networking project looks, social networks, twitter, webicina, wikis, world cup

The SA Fallacy: Open Knowledge Foundation Gets It Wrong | iterating toward openness http://ht.ly/23xnD # Reading “The blind watchmaker”, Dawkins does for evolution what Sagan did for physics # Summary of Eric Mazur’s presentation on using technology to engage students http://ht.ly/23oMz # The darn drop outs and lurkers. Suggestions to address the issue ay P2PU…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-22

Feb 22, 2010

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cet, chromium, clinical wisdom, cognician, curriculum alignment, diigo, educause review, ethics, facebook, filesharing, Google, Google Docs, isp1, journals, kde, kjots, kubuntu, lessig, lucid, medical education, michael wesch, mobile, ocw, oer, open education, p2pu, pedagogy, peer to peer learning, physiopedia, ple, race, research, saahe 2010, safri, siemens, social networks, teaching, technology enhanced teaching, uct, web apps, wikipedia, xkcd, youtube

Google and Wikipedia — Separated at Birth? http://tinyurl.com/yzxj3az # @patrickkayton I liked the cartoon look 🙂 # YouTube – Students Helping Students. A video by Michael Wesch http://bit.ly/cE7aDL # I know it’s ridiculously early, but I’m already looking forward to SAAHE ’10 at Wits in July this year http://bit.ly/9CGOA6 # @Sallykenyon12 Not on it at…
Opencourseware Consortium panel discussion at UWC

Feb 18, 2010

in Conference, Education, Open access

Andy Lane, Archbishop, Chancellor, derek keats, Desmond Tutu, ethics, internet superstars, lecturer, Neil Butcher, OCW Consortium, oer, oer africa, open university, Opencourseware Consortium, p2pu, peer 2 peer university, Peer University, philip schmidt, south africa, United Kingdom, Vice-Chancellor, Wits University

Last Friday I was fortunate enough to attend 2 panel discussions on the use of OER in higher education. It was a bit of an occasion as one of the panels included a few board members of the Opencourseware Consortium (on a side note, UWC is a member of the OCW Consortium). This post is…
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…
Thoughts on Geekretreat 2010

Jan 18, 2010

in Open access, Scholarship, Social media, Technology

cognician, community, education, geek, geekretreat, p2pu, peer to peer university, social media, stanford valley, technology

I got back yesterday from Geekretreat in Stanford Valley (beautiful, by the way) and these are some of my thoughts after reflecting on the experience. The theme of this year’s retreat was (broadly) the role of the internet in South African education, which is what motivated me to apply for a scholarship. I have to…
Mozilla Open Education project blueprint

May 8, 2009

in Physiotherapy, Social media, Technology

cclearn, ccLearn and the Peer, collaboration, mozilla, MozOpenEdCourse, online seminars, open education, open licensing, open technology, p2pu, Peer to peer, peer to peer university, Peer University, physiotherapy, textbooks

If you’ve been following my recent posts, you’ll have realised that I’m participating in the Mozilla Open Education course, jointly hosted by the Mozilla foundation, ccLearn and the Peer to Peer University. The course has involved participating in online seminars over the past 6 weeks with the objective of creating a project blueprint that takes…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-05

Apr 5, 2009

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cclearn, mozilla, MozOpenEdCourse, open education, p2pu, pedagogy, peer to peer university, physiopedia, physiospot, tweets, twitter, wikis

@sharingnicely for what it’s worth, my vote goes to #mozopened in reply to sharingnicely # @reflectivelrnr Sometimes, they find you 🙂 in reply to reflectivelrnr # Just went through Alltop Twitterati (http://bit.ly/CoiAC). Are the people with the most to say the least interesting to follow? # Very excited to be participating in Mozilla 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…
Mozilla Open Education Course

Mar 30, 2009

in Education, Open access, Technology

cclearn, creative commons, educators, mozilla, MozOpenEdCourse, online seminars, open education, open pedagogy, open technology, p2pu, Peer to peer, peer to peer university, twitter

I’m excited to be participating in an open education course that’s been organised by Mozilla, ccLearn and the Peer to peer university (P2PU). The course aims to provide educators with some foundational awareness of Creative Commons licensing, the educational aspect of the Mozilla foundation and the P2PU. There are three broad areas that will be…