Archive for: July 2004

July 22, 2004

Following Jonathan’s link on the Blog of blogs

Filed under: Frippery - 22 Jul 2004

what kind of social software are you?

Take the link to see the kind of social software I am!

July 10, 2004

Different discourses!

Filed under: Reviews - 10 Jul 2004

Professor Russell Bishop gave a fascinating keynote on the theme of how different discourses we use in education are the single most important determinant for the student learning experience. This Blog is my recollection of what he said and …

July 7, 2004

Further PCF reflections

Filed under: Reviews - 07 Jul 2004

The PCF3 conference on open and distance learning experimented with a non-standard conference format. Results were mixed as these were complex issues that were being addressed and the delegates came with a wide range of expectations and experience of …

July 6, 2004

Context context context

Filed under: Reviews - 06 Jul 2004

Importance of context. People from South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana all felt strongly about this issue. namely, that it doesn’t work when course and programmes are ‘transplanted’ from developed countries and nor does it work between developing countries. …

July 5, 2004

Commonwealth divides

Filed under: Reviews - 05 Jul 2004

This week I am at the Third Pan Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning in Dunedin. People from over 40 commonwealth countries. In the workshop I was in today I learned of the continuing predominance and …