Grant is an IncSub client and is doing some really interesting stuff with blogs and teaching and learning, especially in revisiting blogs next semester:

“with a class blog (participation voluntary, but as an alternative to a reflective essay), topics based around the students own research interests. The emphasis also shifts to reading and then writing.”

Of particular interest to quite a few of us will be his use of the LDAP plugin for WordPress…

Here’s the blog & here’s the feed… enjoy :o)

Seb has been busy, he’s transcribed the Sydney Blogwalk notes!

“The topic of this Salon was The impact of blogs and RSS on ‘what we do’ [and what ‘we will be doing’].

We categorized the issues and questions of all participants in the following way:

Insularity / Scale / Retrieval now / Future retrievals / Relationship to power structures / Weblog as learning tool / Self and other / Effect on how we think / Physical community / Participatory media / What comes next?” [Seblogging]

Here are all the notes in detail. Good work boyo :o)

Just for you Ton: Blogwalk

Grab title of your choice, grab one on Lindon’s Creative Commons licensed images, fill it in… instant satisfaction:

Hey, I’m posting everywhere today :O)

Over at Blogsavvy you will find a Blogtalk Downunder inspired argument for why you should get rid of the comments function on your blog!

Subscribe to the Blogsavvy RSS Feed to get tomorrows counter instalment.

I’ve written a quick review of Blojsom as a student blogging tools over at IncSub, including an opportunity to have a play around at the backend yourself!

Would love to hear other peoples comments / thoughts.

Next time we will definitely have (at least) two backup projectors!

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Hmmm… somebody’s working Blogger rather nicely with this nasty online education spamblog (rel=”nofollow” used).

What do you reckon we should do with this kind of thing? I guess there’s equal potential with WPMU, any ideas?

Y’know, a kind soul slipped me a complimentary ‘Qantas club’ pass the other day and so in I rolled (a picture of scruff in a sea of suits), grabbed my tea and sat down in a leather couch with a view & whipped out my laptop.

And there certainly was wireless there… Telstra $givemeyourcreditcard wireless… glad I don’t travel business or I’d be feeling ripped off ;o)

We’re a long way behind, I can tell ya!

Marg is worried about workplace reform in Australian higher education… as am I. We have a good enterprise bargaining system in place and while it could always be improved, introducing Australian Workplace Agreements is not the way to go.

Unfortunately there’s very little we can do with the Howard (conservative) gov taking shortly control of the senate.

“The methodology I see here is that of divide-and-conquer. Pit individuals against each other and their attention is diverted from bigger more meaningful things, to smaller detail, the kind that keeps you from engaging in more ‘real’ things I suppose. Individualisation and economic rationalisation go hand-in-hand. Both remove self from the context in which we live. It disconnects us from the heart of our communities and from each other. In this, we become desensitised to the plight of others, focusing inward on our own situations – like wearing blinkers.” [FLED]

As I wrote the last post it popped into my mind that I wished I could write about some more good news. Which now I can :o) Get well soon Anne, great to know you’re OK.