social learning, open education, and petty battles with rivals over power and money…
From the monthly archives:
It happens every year. Once again I find myself at a loss when trying to make sense of the just-completed Northern Voice. I am not capable of pulling together a comprehensive summary, so allow me to toss out a few thoughts that I had, and some memories I will treasure.
WordCamp Education felt a bit like [...]
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Now… this is what I call kick-ass blogging.
Spontaneous Connections, originally uploaded by cogdogblog.
I’m finishing off a short paper, but before I submit it I feel I need to incorporate some additional real-world examples that demonstrate how the power of openness combined with network effects can result in surprising and serendipitous outcomes. Readers of this blog will recognise some of the examples I [...]
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More Canada, originally uploaded by elmada.
So, obviously I am somewhat relieved to see that Canada’s unfashionable and stodgy regulatory culture has meant a relatively healthy banking sector, at least for now… Though our heavy dependence on exports to the USA ties our economic fortunes to our southern neighbour anyway…
But I was thrown by this bit [...]
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So it hasn’t all been vinyl shopping, martinis and carne asada parties for me lately, and I indulged in some existential self-pity on my Twitter account this morning. Which prompted The Reverend to point me to some word from a writer I revere, Stephen Crane:
A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The [...]
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Maybe you, like me, have been inspired by D’Arcy Norman to try to take a picture a day. And maybe you, like me, have been inspired by D’Arcy to ride your bike more often.
And maybe you, like me, have missed days in the 365 Days photo challenge; and maybe you, like me, wimp out on [...]
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So today OLT had its monthly departmental meeting, and as part of it engaged in a World Cafe dialogue on what our “values” as a unit might be… I’ll be honest, the sounds of something like this usually brings out the McNulty in me, but I had a good time. It helped that the session [...]
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I more or less stumbled onto this fascinating short film directed by Stanley Kubrick’s daughter Vivian.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4745727919325920852
It’s not a terribly original sentiment to consider Kubrick as a favorite filmmaker, but he is a figure I hold in almost singular esteem. I’ve read a couple of books recently about how he put his films together, both of [...]
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Umeda sky building escalator, originally uploaded by quaisi.
I posted some months back on OLT’s efforts to develop a forum-type view of comment activity across a blog, an attempt to address complaints from some students that tracking discussion across many posts on an active course blog was complicated and confusing.
Since then, the team led by Novak [...]
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In-Flux