What next? Looking for a new grand adventure!
Although I’ve blogged for many years, I created this space at the beginning of my PhD journey, over 3 years ago. As I re-read my first post to this blog, I am amazed at how quickly the time has passed,…
Building judgement and capability in complex information environments
Building judgement and capability in complex information environments
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Another exciting online learning experience – the Twitter Conference
Experimenting with different online learning opportunities which take advantage of the affordances of openly networked online social technologies underpins my approach to learning and teaching. Just as I encourage participants in the subjects that I teach as part of the…
Out with the old: Using a Twitterchat as a formal learning strategy
This semester I am teaching LCN600 Connected Learning, as part of the Master of Education course at Queensland University of Technology. This course explores online connected and networked learning. Students are first challenged to map and analyse a connected learning…
Copyright, Creativity and Change
Markus Spiske Setting the scene A number of recent events have led to this post. The first was the publication of a terrific blog post by Elizabeth Hutchinson who wrote about Why copyright ‘For educational purposes’ is becoming a real…
Clickbait, consternation and that elusive silver bullet: Falling down the rabbit hole
Feature image: Image by Computerizer from Pixabay Growing up, my parents demanded that my sister and I were quiet from 6pm until around 6.15pm every evening. This 15 minutes was when ‘the news’ – specifically ‘the headlines’ were on the…
Update: Creating and managing a lifestream as an Early Career Academic
I began this year with the plan to create a lifestream blog – something that curated observations, discoveries, articles, images, music – in fact any digital artefact – that I encountered or spent time thinking about as I started my…
From Twitter
My first tweet into the brave unknown of lifestreaming – want to know more? Read my blog post … #ecalifestream #experimental #learningbydoingfrom via IFTTT
Welcome to 2019!
I initiated this blog at the beginning of 2016, as I began my doctoral research journey. It feels like I have only blinked, and now I am writing the first post of 2019, having spent my allotted three years researching,…
Connected Learning: Resources for educators
To support the webinar I recently presented with Eduwebinar, I have curated a small collection of resources for educators wishing to learn more about Connected Learning. This collection focuses on the Connected Learning Framework presented by Mimi Ito and colleagues,…
Updated! #StudentsNeedSchoolLibraries
The research is undeniable. EVERY school needs a well resourced school library AND a qualified teacher-librarian! Go to more info. This post was originally shared in April 2017, highlighting the research which demonstrates the essential role of school libraries…