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When reading we need a perspective of what has been and what is coming up.
Before you get stuck, a couple of definitions: Parafoveal = dependent on parts of the retina external to the fovea. The fovea is a small rodless area of the retina that affords acute vision. SACCADE...
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To teach is to nurture and the best metaphor for the mind is to see it as a...
Fig. 1. My own vision of education as nurturing – like growing plants in a garden ‘Her metaphor for the brain is that of a garden, that’s full of the most interesting, different things that have to...
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Why skiing is my metphor for life and learning
Fig.1. Skiing over Le Retort, Val Claret, Tignes, 2nd May 1990 On the last day, on the last run of my first week’s skiing I broke my leg rather badly. I was 13. I was in hospital for a week. In a...
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‘If you’re not lost and confused in a MOOC you are probably doing something...
Photo credit: Robin Good ‘MOOCs indicate that we are seeing a complexification of wishes and needs’ – so we need a multispectrum view of what universities do in society. George Siemens, (18:51 25th...
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University Of California Approves Major Open Access Policy To Make Research Free
mymindbursts:Over 125 million people want a university education – current global provision struggles to cater for 5 milllion – making the source content free doesn’t create an educational package – it...
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How a MOOC will spot the genius. He or she is riding a bike in a favela in...
What has changed in learning each time a transformative tool or technology has come along from a) written language b) papyrus c) codex d) printing and e) the Internet? A neuroscientist will say that...
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Notes on inclusion in open learning
INCLUSION Inclusion/Case Study : John, an engineering Postgrad PhD student with Cerebral Palsy. Inclusion/Multimedia Demo: Xerte. Inclusion/Workshop: Creative Problem Solving: YouTube Loads of ideas in...
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Mobile learning at the Museum of London: QR codes and NFCs
Fig.1. YouTube video for the Museum of London‘s NFC initiative in 2011 Having picked through links that came to a dead end in a fascinating paper on the variety of technologies and tactics being used...
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How to use Quick Response Codes in teaching about the First World War
Leveraging mobile technologies and Web 2.0 tools to engage those with an interest in the centenary of the First World War in the stories of the people of the era using strategically placed Quick...
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Deaf in one ear
From E-Learning V Fig.1. Perforated Eardrum – before and after surgery This has lasted a week. It’s barely been bad enough to send me to my bed, but the drops and painkillers have knocked me out while...
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