See also: Archives
Came across Perrotta et al (2013) in my morning random ramblings through my PLN and was particular struck by this...more...
The following is a summary and some thoughts on the following paper...more...
Thanks to @palbion I'm having a chat this afternoon with Chris Dann from the University of Sunshine Coast about a project he's involved with. Trying to explore and establish if there are some potential synergies there. The following is a summary and some reactions to the paper that "started it all" (Dann and Allen, 2013). The abstract looks like it gives a good summary of the idea...more...
The following is a description of the kludge I put in place to mark the learning journals - see here for a description of initial thinking behind the journal - folk in the EDC3100 course this semester had to complete. It's meant to record what I did, provide some food for further development and offer an opportunity for some initial reflection....more...
It seems to be the day for a backlash against learning analytics or its parent big data. This morning my PLN has filtered to the top Taleb's "Beware the big errors of 'big data'" and Why big data is not truth. Not that surprising to me given that I've argued that learning analytics in Universities has all hallmarks of yet another fad....more...
After seeing a previous post sharing some of his visualisations of the links between blog posts of EDC3100 students, Nick provided some video showing how the links were made over time....more...
It's the last week of semester, EDC3100 ICTs and Pedagogy is drawing to a close and I'm putting together the last bit of activities/resources for the students in the course. Most are focused on the last assignment and in particular a final essay that asks them to evaluate their use of ICTs while on their three week Professional Experience where they were in schools and other locations teaching. Perhaps the most challenging activity I'd like them to engage in is questioning their assumptions around learning, teaching and the application of ICTs. A particularly challenging activity given that much of what passes for the use of ICTs - including much of my own work - in formal education hasn't been very effective at questioning assumptions....more...