Don’t whine, compete – David Wiley on what the OER movement/community needs to do to stay in the game versus commercial publishers.
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The 2nd conference of the Master’s Program in eLearning Pedagogy from Universidade Aberta, myMPEL2011, took place last friday, 21 October, in the new facilities at Tagus Park. Organized by Lina Morgado, the master’s coordinator, and a very engaged and resourceful group of students from MPEL4, it proved, once again, a great opportunity for the community [...]
Another great RSA Animate video, this time on a lecture by psychiatrist and writer Iain McGilchrist, who talks about how our ‘divided brain’ has profoundly altered human behaviour, culture and society.
28 min video of @joi @cdibona @jseelybrown @larrylessig @ybenkler @ Media Lab talking about openness. Posted by +Howard Rheingold On Youtube and shared on Twitter
If this is true, it will be a major change in Google's policy regarding Google+. Let us wait and see how they will handle this. Google+ to Support Pseudonyms Google+ will soon support pseudonyms and other forms of identity, says a Google executive. During a conversation at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, SVP [...]
Michael Winslow (the guy who did all those incredible sounds in Police Academy) has a go at Whole Lotta Love. And it is … WOW. From the vocals to the guitar imitation, it’s amazing beat boxing. You have got to see to believe.
Continue reading about Michael Winslow: Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin
More on #dmlbadges by Byd Hunt When Badges Backfire | Bud the Teacher When Badges Backfire. Posted on October 17, 2011 by Bud Hunt. One of several things that worries me about the DML focus on badges is that it's entirely possible that a badge will backfire. Badly. … This was posted on Google+…
Here’s an interview we did with +George Siemens on 30 June, 2011, at the Laboratory of Distance Education and eLearning, Universidade Aberta, Portugal. It’s around 40 minutes long and has, imo, a lot of great stuff on conectivism, change and moocs. There’s no doubt he is one of the best persons you can find to [...]
Martin Weller on Digital Scholarship Writing on the London School of Economics and Political Science blog "Impact of Social Sciences", Martin Weller restates some of his compelling ideas on digital scholarship. Love this paragraph: Similarly, universities are realising that their online reputation is their main brand, that the glossy brochure is not how they attract [...]
Boone Gorges is done with Apple Next time someone asks me (and I get asked that a lot) “Why don’t you have an iPhone” or “Have you bought an iPad yet” and look puzzled when I tell them “I don’t buy Apple” I can point them to this post by Boone Gorges. It’s the perfect [...]
