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I have been reflecting for a long time now on what is the online voice that is emerging as I navigate open education practices on the web outside my ‘home’ space in ‘DS106’. What has been lovely about...
View ArticleA human OER
The dream behind the Web is of a common information space in which we communicate by sharing information. Its universality is essential: the fact that a hypertext link can point to anything, be it...
View ArticleThe expert linchpin
I have been on many back channel conversations of late that have led me to reflect on Bateson’s idea that only ‘a difference which makes a difference’ is information. It makes me smile to think that...
View ArticlePrinciples of the Rhizome – just a graphic
All images licensed CC BY. Sources: Neuron network Unity in diversity Multiple path map Infinite mirror selves I am helping Frances and Jenny with their next research paper on a Rhizomatic Learning...
View ArticleOpenness in education – plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
In my new look blog, I have also worked on blog categories to help reframe my involvement in open online education. I put the blog on hold for a while as I reflected on my own motivations and my...
View Article410 Gone
The presence of absence. How do we get to choose to leave online life and leave behind a clean screen if not a clean slate? Jenny Mackness has been writing about absence as an essential element of...
View ArticleCreating an ethical commons
[originally published on another site in July 2015] My response to Viv’s plea for an ethical commons and a 6th R of Open – Responsibly! I am having to add another book to my already large pile! I love...
View ArticleDo situational factors trump ethics in open education?
Open education tends to put much emphasis on digital literacy (or literacies) development as a way to benefit from internet use. Some authors boldly state that: “Digital literacy skills are essential...
View ArticleThe contemplative construction of reality
I have been focused on how the situation affects our behaviour beyond our intentions and dispositions as I continue to widen my understanding of using the web for education. In my teaching I have been...
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