Open Badges – A new Open Standard for recognition?
Posted by HeyWayne | Filed under Learning, Teaching
If you have ever been a boy scout or girl guide, you would have been awarded a badge to recognise your achievements in a skill, experience or deed. This would have been sewn proudly on your shirt or blouse for all to see. In formal education, you are awarded certificates that demonstrates your academic or [...]
Tags: accreditation, award, certification, formal learning, Higher Education, informal learning, open badges, recognition
Much Ado About Twitter
Posted by HeyWayne | Filed under Learning, Software, Teaching, Technology, Virtual Spaces
Twitter is an example of a microblogging service, the above video, Twitter in Plain English by the excellent Common Craft, gives a succinct overview of its features and functionality. Other microblogging services like Yammer, Identi.ca and Jaiku have been around too, but have not garnered the high-profile “celebrity status” that their most illustrious competitor has [...]
Tags: Higher Education, learning, microblogging, social media, Social Networking, students, teaching, Twitter, Web 2.0
Digital Networking for Researchers
Posted by HeyWayne | Filed under Digital Literacy, Research, Virtual Spaces
Today, I attended a workshop called “Digital Networking for Researchers” which was facilitated by Dr Darren Ambrose, who divides his time between the Graduate School and teaching for the Department of Media at Canterbury Christ Church University. He ran a short session we will provide some practical information for researchers who want to find out [...]
Tags: Academia, Higher Education, reputation, risk, social media, Social Networking
And so it begins…
Posted by HeyWayne | Filed under Learning
My journey towards doing this Masters degree started in 1999. I had just successfully completed my first degree (which took 6 years to complete as I was undertaking this as a part-time evening student). I was, then, working in the Higher Education sector for a small unit that was exploring ways in which modern technology could [...]
Tags: Aspiration, Concerns, Dearing, Dreyfus, Expectation, Higher Education, IDELautumn07, Learning Society, Lifelong Learning, Potted History
