Week 23 – A2: Making Sense of Complexity

reading: Conole – Stepping over the edge (second part) a) Make notes on some of the key terms you use on a regular basis to describe your use of technology. Collaboration Motivation (students and own) Communication Interaction Socialisation (hmm, these terms seem to be focusing much more on the participatory methapor rather than the acquisitional […]

Week 23: A1

hmm…other terms… knowledge repositories ( as in web 1.0) artificial intelligence semantic web search engines learning objects learning design mapping tools Social networking blogging / micro blogging OER

Week 23 – A3: thinking about your learning

Think about your own learning – the resources and tools you use, where and when it takes place 1. What is your experience of being a learner? I have been learning formally( and informally) without any long break from primary schooling to date. In formal learning different contexts, environments, peer students and teachers have given […]

Week 21 & 22 – A3c: Becta report

BECTA is the UK Government agency promoting technology in education. Report This report is Becta’s update on the implementation of the UK government’s ICT strategy for education. Ministerial foreward ‘at least £10 billion has been invested since 1999. Many schools, colleges, universities and training providers are using technology in innovative ways to raise standards and […]

Week 21 & 22 – A3b NSF cyberlearning report

Report available: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08204/nsf08204.pdf Following are some main points extracted from this report; Report’s scope work spans the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and the social, behavioral, and economic sciences as they intersect with education and the learning sciences. The arts and humanities are outside the scope of this report. Focus of report is […]

Week 21 & 22 – A3a – Horizon report

The Horizon 2009 report, provides a snapshot of which technologies will probably, in the near future, have an impact on society. 1 year or less Mobiles Cloud computing 2 / 3 years Geo-everything The personal web 4 / 5 years Semantic aware applications Smart objects Mobiles – Verstaile tool …New interfaces, the ability to run […]

PLEs ?

It’s been almost three years since I was promised that a VLE should be deployed ‘soon’ for all Maltese schools. It seems that different constraints have put this project behind schedule. In all this time I saw the need that school website had to change from a repository of information into something more dynamic, involving […]

Weeks 21 and 22 – A1

Reading by Conole – Stepping over the edge: the implications of new technologies for education. Reflect on your own experience and how technologies have changed the way you do things and how you work. What changes have occurred in your own institution over the last decade in terms of the use of technologies? In my […]

Week 19 – A2: MAODE students and mobile devices

In the interview accounts, it emerged that the travelling environment had an impact on the mobile device usage. Not so relevant for my context. Living in a free wireless city is a utopian dream. I can relate this to my school’s experience in having a wifi coverage. Thus any school LAN resources or on the […]

Week 18

So many interesting activities but so little time…had to skim through some of the activities, hopefully I’ll manage to get back to them in the coming weeks.