No, Mr University, I expect you to die
via GIPHY George Siemens tweeted a link to this report the other day from HolonIQ, about Online Program Managers (OPMs), Online Program Enablers (OPEs), MOOC-as-an-OPM which they’re collectively...
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Still messy after all these years – DS106 radio anniversary
Jim Groom has announced that he was scheduling a 24 hour marathon to celebrate 10.6 years of DS106 radio: #ds106 #ds106radio I just put together a makeshift Google Doc with brief overview of the 106th...
View ArticleProctorio sponsor OEB, so it’s a no from me
via GIPHY Online Educa in Berlin is one of the biggest ed tech conference in Europe. I’ve been a couple of times and was going to attend this year, mainly for the gluhwein. But I see on their website...
View ArticleWriting a book pt 5 – finding your voice
via GIPHY Part of the ongoing, not particularly useful series of advice on writing an academic book. Getting the ‘voice’ or tone right in an academic book is often not as difficult as it is for other...
View ArticleJuly review – Summer workin’
via GIPHY Highlight: The month started with a week’s holiday, exploring local beaches. And since then I’ve been enjoying summer work mode. Now that my daughter is grown, I don’t have to take holidays...
View ArticleWhy returning to the lecture only model is a bad idea
via GIPHY What follows is an extract from my forthcoming book, Metaphors of Ed Tech. I’ve published it here in response to some truly awful reporting and political posturing recently which is again...
View ArticleThe OU as your new favourite open textbook provider
via GIPHY TL;DR – the Open University has an excellent range of free ebooks on Amazon or from the OU which you should check out. What’s in a label? To absolutely no-one’s surprise, the answer is,...
View ArticleEducation & the pandemic reflections from smart people
via GIPHY Now that we enter phase 19.3 of the pandemic, and higher ed is sort of, maybe, going back to campus based, hyflex, blended, online learning there have been a number of thoughtful pieces from...
View ArticleAugust review – ticking it off
Highlight: I completed the final revisions of my book, developed an online course (for someone else), worked on the action plan for the Open Programme following our recent review, worked on GO-GN...
View ArticleAin’t no such thing as a vanity course
via GIPHY Many of you will have seen the furore that arose when the Principal of the University of the Highlands and Islands (an institution I’ve got a lot of admiration for) said that “the days of...
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