Posted on April 30, 2007, 12:50 am, by stephenp, under
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The diagram below (inspired by Richard Millwood) is intended as a rhetorical device to help in the planning phase of creating some form of multimedia presentation based on three dimensions, audience, narrative, and control.
In terms of audience and narrative, the key question is that of author intent.
Is the work for the creators own personal gratification [...]
Posted on April 21, 2007, 8:59 pm, by stephenp, under
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A sign in Vanuatu that conveys visually what this business is about. The explanatory words are there, but not essential to gaining an understanding:^)
Posted on April 18, 2007, 11:14 pm, by stephenp, under
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A simple blogging tool with posts via the website, text messages, and desktop apps that aggregates posts of groups of friends and broadcasts onto web pages, via RSS feed, and phone texts.
Not sure if the flash badge will show in a post, but hopefully this is my twitter… You will need to open the [...]
Posted on April 13, 2007, 2:50 am, by stephenp, under
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The following is my interpretation gleaned from an audio recording of a conference at MIT attended by Stephen Downes to explain some of his thinking (apologies for any misrepresentation) about how the www could develop.
The challenge
The ability to access a resource (person, document, learning object, software etc…) can be used as a measure of how [...]
Posted on April 10, 2007, 3:24 am, by stephenp, under
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Randy Garrison, University of Calgary, offers this draft Online Community of Inquiry Review: Social, Cognitive, and Teaching Presence Issues (2006).
The research tool (below) developed by Garrison, Anderson and Archer (2000) is put forward as a framework that has “provided significant insights and methodological solutions for studying online learning”.
Those with experience of participating [...]
Posted on April 8, 2007, 9:43 pm, by stephenp, under
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Not quite the budget airline travel frenzy over Europe, but anyone in NZ who wants to join the ‘got some time, but don’t know where to go jet-set’ may find some cheap seats here. For example, Christchurch to Wanaka (Wed 25th April) return (Sun 29th April) $98 return. Not bad for an [...]