Tag: youtube

Link: YouTube begins verifying videos by UK doctors…

Sep 14, 2023

in Note

degree, Google, higher education, microsoft, university, verification, youtube

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/youtube-bbc-britons-more-brits-b2407715.html “YouTube added a new seal of approval to accounts run by licensed doctors, nurses, psychologists, and other health practitioners or organisations who have passed stringent verification checks to fight misinformation.” At what point will “Verified by YouTube” (or Google, or Microsoft) be more valuable than getting your degree from a prestigious university? And then,…
Weekly digest (29 May-04 Jun 2023)

Jun 4, 2023

in AI, Digest

Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, citation, Google, GPT, image generation, imitation learning, language, Meta, Photoshop, reinforcement learning, translation, videos, youtube

I’ve been camping in Wales for most of the past week, so haven’t had much time for reading, writing, and posting (which is why most of the posts in the stream have been quotes from my Readwise library). Apologies for the lack of diversity. Normal programming will hopefully resume soon. It makes no sense to…
My new project: Thinking in public

Jun 21, 2021

in Learning

channel, learning, personal information management, personal knowledge management, personal learning environment, pim, PKM, ple, video, youtube

What would a serious approach to knowledge work and academic productivity look like? How do knowledge workers manage information as part of a framework for turning it into something valuable? These are the kinds of questions I’m trying to explore with this new project.
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 2010-08-30

Aug 30, 2010

in Digest

feedback, human rights, nrf funding, oer, students, The Sci-Fi Guide, twitter, uct, uwc physio, workshop, writing, youtube

Students’ Messages to Teachers. It’s important to connect with students on a personal level http://bit.ly/9Cv46i # Feedback: Negative, Positive or Both? http://bit.ly/cPFOwk # How Do You Measure the Effectiveness of Professional Development? First wait for the cycle to complete http://bit.ly/a1saPO # OER at UCT: From Project to Portfolio http://bit.ly/b54hQ3 # The Sci-Fi Guide to Dissertation…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-19

Jul 19, 2010

in Digest

android, ascap, blooms taxonomy, cognician, copyleft, copyright, creative commons, Distance Learning, extended web, george siemens, Google, Google Docs, google scholar, http, Larry Ferlazzo, larry lessig, mp, open learning, phd, research, rita kop, RT, social learning, social media, stories, topsy, twitter, uwc physio, web 3.0, Web Developer Intern, youtube

RT @tucksoon: RT @john_larkin: This link is courtesy of the tireless Larry Ferlazzo: Useful Bloom’s Taxonomy “Pie” Chart http://j.mp/cx2Yn7 # RT @NancyWhite: “If eating sustains life biologically, storytelling sustains it culturally; a story gives a person a 2nd, 4th, 5th life.” # Reading Rita Kop Thesis May10 on Scribd http://scr.bi/9iTDxa #readcast # @cristinacost re. Google…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-21

Jun 21, 2010

in Digest

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 «…
Notes on podcast from Stephen Downes

Jun 18, 2010

in Education, Learning, Teaching

access to services, Amazon, artificial intelligence, e-learning, educational services, ims, learning objects, oauth, Online identity, open web, openid, personal learning environment, ple, podcast, primitive recommender algorithms, random access, scorm, stephen downes, teaching and learning, youtube

I thought I’d make some notes while listening to this podcast interview from Stephen Downes., where he talks about personal learning environments, problems with e-learning and open vs. closed educational content. ———————————— Mentions Plearn as part of the opening discussion and bio. What is a PLE? Compares LMS to PLE. LMS is based around the…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-24

May 24, 2010

in Digest

africa, apa style, blooms taxonomy, College Art Exhibit Celebrates, critical thinking, downes, drawing. solitude, e-portfolios, facebook, latin abbreviations, legitimate peripheral participation, lurking, nancy white, NASA HD, networked learning, podcasting, privacy, productivity, Professor, real-time collaborative word processing, research, saide, sketchpad, sync.in, Tony Bates, twitter, ubuntu, ubuntu unity shell, writing, xkcd, youtube, Zen Habits

Academic Productivity » New paths to “research productivity” http://bit.ly/dBnPYO # Bloom’s Taxonomy. Useful illustration with additional information that may assist with implementation http://bit.ly/cAFYwr # The Cronk of Higher Education » College Art Exhibit Celebrates 30 Years of Boredom in Academia (humour) http://bit.ly/cBufLp # APA Style Blog: It’s All Latin to Me: Latin Abbreviations in Scholarly…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-01

Mar 1, 2010

in Digest

authority, chatroulette, content, credibility, diigo, e-readers, formal learning, higher education, informal learning, medical students, mont fleur, open content, open science, open source, peer review, uct, writing retreat, youtube

Revisiting the Purpose of Higher Education and Courses. Why teaching content isn’t enough http://tinyurl.com/yg7ttj8 # First two weeks of OpenContent at UCT http://tinyurl.com/ygtm9wx # The Open Source Way: Creating and Nurturing Communities of Contributors http://bit.ly/bTDcGp # Why technology is not disrupting the university sector http://tinyurl.com/yhk3boy # @weblearning I like it, thanks for the heads up…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-22

Feb 22, 2010

in Digest

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…
Chromium browser and extensions

Nov 7, 2009

in Technology

chromium, chromium browser, extensions, Firefox, Google, google chrome, linux, the Chromium daily, twitter, ubuntu, youtube

So the Linux build of Chromium (the open source browser than Google Chrome is based on) has been out for a while now and every now and again I’ve been upgrading to the latest developer release just to see how it’s coming along. Lately, the builds have been a lot more stable, font rendering hasn’t…
An anthropological introduction to YouTube

Nov 6, 2009

in Social media

anthropology, michael wesch, social video site, youtube

I recently watched “An anthropological introduction to YouTube“, a 56 minute long insight into some of the amazing stories being told through the social video site. While there are many great ideas, these quotes caught my attention: YouTube is about new forms of expression, new forms of community and new forms of identity It is…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-03

Aug 3, 2009

in Digest

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…
Giving good presentations

Jul 30, 2009

in Social media

design, Dick Hardt, garr reynolds, lawrence lessig, lessig, presentation zen, presentations, Seth Godin, TED, youtube

I gave my first conference presentation in June, 2008 and thought that it was terribly boring. I presented the results of my Masters thesis and since I’m quite new to the whole “being an academic” thing, I did it the same way that everyone else was doing it. In other words, I fired up OpenOffice…
Faculty writing workshop

Jul 10, 2009

in Photography, Research, Social media

abstract, academic writing, communication technology, delicious, digg, facebook, flickr, Houwhoek Inn, journal editor, physiotherapy, publish, research, social software, social software tools, south africa, twitter, wikipedia, youtube

I just got back from an academic writing workshop at the Houwhoek Inn (their site needs some serious work). The point was to go there with an idea of an article you were going to write, spend 3 days writing it and getting feedback from the other participants and to end up with a draft…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-06

Jul 6, 2009

in Digest

education, faimer, funding, Google Docs, phd, research, saahe, safri, textbooks, tweets, twitter, wesch, wikipedia, youtube

Finalising funding proposal for PhD, didn’t realise how much work is involved. Will be terrible if it’s turned down #mrowephd # Excited about SAAHE conference this weekend, will give feedback on blogging presentation and ethics workshop afterwards http://bit.ly/35gl6F # Using Google Docs 2 get proposal feedback from my supervisors. Considered using a closed wiki but…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-24

May 24, 2009

in Digest

anatomy, democracy, frank hecker, mendeley, research, spoken word, tweets, twitter, youtube

#mozopenedcourse Mozilla’s Frank Hecker on Politics 2.0, Open Source, and Participatory Democracy @SpokenWord.org http://bit.ly/oV92C # Overview of Mendeley and the social component that allows real-time evaluation of an article’s impact in the community http://bit.ly/186sJ # @axolote Sounds interesting. The developers seem quite good at listening to user feedback. Submit as a suggestion? in reply to…
Digital course readers

May 23, 2009

in Education, Technology

biomed central, course readers, creative commons, digital, ijahsp, michael wesch, pubmed, semantic web, study materials, wikis, youtube

When I took over the modules I currently teach, I inherited several folders containing the course readers for each subject, which had been “developed” over many years. They consisted mainly of a selection of photocopied or typed pages, loosely related, inconsistently formatted, poorly referenced, often duplicated and impossible to search. When students needed to find…
Did you know?

May 21, 2009

in Education, Technology

did you know, education, internet, video, youtube

I recently came across an updated version of the Did you know 2.0 video that was doing the rounds in 2006/2007. Did you know 3.0 has new statistics (although they’re probably already outdated) and a different visual appeal. If you haven’t seen it and are interested in the role the internet is playing in fundamentally…