The title of my first ever digital artefact on Pinterest
I’ve done it! Today I submitted my ‘digital artefact’ for assessment at the end of my first MOOC – the E-Leaning & Digital Cultures course with Edinburgh University. Continue reading
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Image used to publicise the Elearning & digital culture course
A couple of months ago I had no idea what a MOOC was. Now, I not only know what it means but I’m starting to wonder if this represents the future of education as we know it.
A MOOC is the somewhat ungainly acronym for the equally ungainly term Massive Open Online Course.
They are courses because you learn new stuff, they are available online, they are open because anyone can sign up free of charge and they are massive because they are very, very big.
My first MOOC starts at midnight (GMT). This is hosted by Coursera and provided by Edinburgh University. It’s called Elearning and digital cultures and “will explore how digital cultures and learning cultures connect, and what this means for e-learning theory and practice”. It’s safe to say it is already creating a buzz in cyberspace. Last night I participated in my first Twitter chat (#edcmchat) session in which I and other Moocers excitedly shared our collective hopes and dreams.You only have to Google ‘MOOC’ or consult the Mooc List to see how this thing is taking off big time. Continue reading
You will see that Animal My Soul proudly displays a new widget to link to a recently created Twitter account.
Those who like or follow this blog are cordially invited to follow my tweets too.
If you follow me, I’ll follow you…..deal?
Of course, the concept of ‘following’ is based on the notion that the person in front knows where he or she is going.
I can’t pretend I will lead to to some new found wisdom but perhaps if we all head in the same direction, together we’ll find a path that will help make some sense of this mad world!
Removing the heads of the BBC is a Herculean task akin to fighting the Lernean Hydra.
The events leading up to the resignation of director general George Entwistle show the strengths and weaknesses of the BBC.
The shoddy journalism of the Newsnight team exemplified a woeful lack of quality controls before running with a potentially sensational story.
By all accounts, they relied on the testimony of one man (Steve Messham) without doing the most basic of checks to verify its accuracy. Lord McAlpine, the politician at the heart of the fake scandal was given no opportunity to defend accusations that he was responsible for sexual abuse. Continue reading
Hard to believe the pictures on the BBC of riots in London, and beyond.
The first impressions is that this is not any genuine political protest and for commnentators like Nina Power in The Guardian to give legitimacy to the mindless thugs and opportunists engaged in this action is appalling. It’s good to read that most of the comments to her piece are strongly critical of her position.
Of course, it speaks of deep underlying social problems but divisions between haves and have nots are not new.
What is new is the means of communication between gangs and individuals out for kicks. “Word of mouth” now means Twitter, Facebook and texting which speeds up the escalation of the violence.
There is no logic to these actions as these rioters are essentially destroying the communities they live in.
All deeply sickening and very sad.
Link: Is Technology To Blame (BBC)
