Building judgement and capability in complex information environments
Building judgement and capability in complex information environments
In 2018 the term ‘fake news‘ is something we hear every day. Political figures throw it into the conversation everytime they hear something they don’t like, and Facebook and Google fiddle with algorithms to try to convice us that they…
I am sure many of you were, like me, shocked and surprised when the news came through late last year of the liquidation of the New Media Consortium, the non-profit organisation best known for the publication of the international Horizon…
Last week I was really fortunate to participate in a VR roadshow which was showcasing the new VR Technology that QUT Library is investigating for their collection. By connecting the computer to the big screen TV, we were all able…
Late last week I was privileged to participate in the QUT HDR conference for 2017. Having been involved in the organising committee for this conference, it was a satisfying culmination to a lot of work and I was very proud…
Some might say that a symphony orchestra represents a type of magic. Here are a group of (very talented) individuals, each expert players of their own particular instrument. When they play alone, they make beautiful music. However when they join…
I have written a number of times about my learning experiences through Open Networked Learning. ONL is an online course that is run by a consortia of universities mostly based in Sweden and South Africa, which freely offers (mostly) academics the…
Feature image “Electric Neuron” flickr photo by philosophy_rebel shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license It’s not what you think. We will not be sending our children to schools staffed completely by robots anytime soon. While AI’s processing capacity may mean…
Who has a busy life? I know I do. In fact, almost everyone I know does. Juggling family, work, study, all the household chores and trying to squeeze in a life as well – this seems to describe everyone in…
I’ve been aware of the essay entitled The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond for quite a few years now. I first learned about it when I was researching for an assignment about copyright and creative commons, and…
We are living in a world where communication is increasingly visual. Growing up, with one television in the house, I may have spent about one to two hours in front of a screen, but now we not only have one…