One of the best photos I’ve seen for a while :o)
Author Archives: James
Blackboard Weblog
I’m probably the last person to post about this but hey, Blackboard has a weblog. Now… what we need is Greg Ritter as Scoble! Seriously though, good on ya BB, there are comments, a feed, some reassuringly honest writing (god, please never never go back to those press releases… pleeeeeeeease), some sneaks into new products …
Check out me logo :o)
What can I say, check out the new logo courtesy of Anthony of The Useful Arts… fantastic design!
The Augmented Social Network & Smallness
Finally got round to having a re-scan through all 63 pages of The Augmented Social Network over my salami & feta foccacia (’tis not all barbies down here :o) and had rather a lot of ‘bings’ (moire than your average lunchful). For example, the assertion that ‘the software and systems we choose for our communications …
The Participatory Education Revolution
Here’s an interesting bit of a presentation from Educause entitled The Participatory Education Revolution (abstract). Kinda like that cluetrain for education meme that Scott Adams was playing with a bit ago. “Education is a conversation. A conversation between teacher and student. A conversation amongst students, educators and industry. A conversation with the communities in which …
Folk Conceptions
Been reading a bit and hearing a lot about Wagner of late… I know that the folksonomy thing has died down a bit now but this seems pretty relevant to the semilattice thing as well :o) “Folk conceptions of the social order are frequently more complex and sophisticated than the matrices by which members of …
Weblog as a research notebook
Lilia has three wonderful posts on weblogs as individual research tools. They are: (1) reading ‘Life online’ and del.icio.us as bookmarking history (2) types of notes (3) my own experiences
PR Hits, misses & close calls
Fantastic new PR blog: PR Hits, misses & close calls Nice tagline too :o) “An educational Blog for my students. It’s my view of public relations hits, misses and close calls. Encouraged by my students; inspired by my colleagues; shocked by the world. Let’s just call this a nexus of drivel.” Ross is an absolute …
Any LAMS?
Hmmm… just got, via email, an invitation to “a cocktail reception to celebrate the worldwide launch of the revolutionary new e-learning system – LAMS.” It goes on to say that “LAMS is being released as a freely available open source software.” Which is all good as it currently isn’t… so has anyone used this, does …
IncSub Logo Competition
3 more days to go in the IncSub logo competition… get yer entries in :o)