They say that time flies when you are having fun, and obviously I have been having way too much fun completing this PhD, because next week I present my final seminar. It is almost over. Writing my thesis has been a fairly singular activity, and this blog has been my window out into the world […]
Open Networked Learning: Challenges and Opportunities
The next iteration of the online course Open Networked Learning is beginning next week. As a past participant, co-facilitator and presenter, I have been involved in different ways with this wonderful open learning opportunity for academics teaching in higher education since 2016. During this time, the landscape of open networked learning has continued to change […]
The online Book Club – A connected learning experience?
The online book club is a fairly new concept to me, and one that I have been exploring through a variety of channels. My first exposure to an online book club was early this year, when I came across the book club that is run by Bryan Alexander. Bryan is a futurist, researcher, writer, speaker, […]
Password like its 1999
So yesterday it was revealed that over a thousand government employees in Western Australia are using Password123, and More than 12,000 accounts had passwords with variations of the date and season, such as October17 or Summer17; 6,827 had “123” somewhere in the password; and over 5,000 had different versions of the word “password”. It is […]
Visualise your Thesis – Stretching my Brain in a Different Direction
Earlier this year, my stepdaughter underwent open heart surgery. The procedure went smoothly (thank goodness!) and she recovered well, however during this time, I was a little scattered, and found it difficult to fit in concentrated blocks of time writing my thesis. Even when I did have an hour or two to spare, my brain […]
Designing a connected future – A keynote for the UQ Cyberschool Seminar
On Friday 20 July I had the pleasure of presenting the keynote for the UQ Cyberschool Seminar, which is an annual professional learning event for educators, with a particular focus for teacher librarians. I have included my presentation below, and also have put together some resources to support the ideas that I discussed. Many of the […]
Exploring the pedagogical potential of PLNs – Keynote presentation for LTU
This post is a summary of the presentation which I gave as the keynote for the Lulea University of Technology Higher Education Conference. The pedagogical potential of PLNs from Kay Oddone Below is a summary of my presentation, including the feedback received by the participants during the session, when we broke to process the information. […]
Personal Learning Networks and Pedagogy – what’s the connection?
A few weeks ago now, I was honoured to visit the University Pedagogy Centre at Lulea University of Technology, in Northern Sweden. During the week I spent working with Oskar Gedda, Malin Larsson Lindback and their team, we discussed the role of PLNs in the professional learning lives of teaching staff, and of the students […]
Networked Learning Conference presentation: Transforming professional learning through Personal Learning Networks
It has been a long held ambition to attend and participate in the biennial Networked Learning conference. Modelling the open, networked learning practices they research, the conference publishes the papers on their website, and I have used many of them in my thesis research. This year the conference is being held in Zagreb, Croatia, and […]
Digital Content Curation as a Pedagogical Approach
I was fortunate to be able to share my thoughts on how digital content curation may be implemented as a powerful pedagogical approach in the latest issue of SCIS Connections. In my article, which you can go directly to by following this link, you can read all about how to embed content curation into teaching, […]