Emergency Rations #EdTechRations – Wearables
I was recently delighted to be asked by David Hopkins to contribute a vinnette for his latest book ‘Emergency Rations #EdTechRations’. The book: book is a collection of 40 world […]
Oddment
Getting Inspired by IWMW (see you at #iwmw16)
This is a repost of a guest post I wrote for the Institutional Web Management Workshop (IWMW) event. Original post is here and thanks to Brian Kelly for edits. The […]
Open isn’t free: What are the costs (hidden economies)
Updated with ‘the Web’s Hidden Economies’ At OER16 we explored letting some of our presenters present virtually. This raises interesting questions about cost. Whilst virtual participants won’t eat your food […]
Knowing learning: Some educational neuroscience linkage
At OEB 2015 there was a great plenary presentation from Lia Commissar from the Wellcome Trust on Educational Neuroscience. Today I came across a number of related news and resources in this area that others might find useful
Looking at creativity and culture in computer science to inspire better education
Heavily influenced by Alan Kay and computer science history from the 1960s to 1970s I look at how this could be applied to the challenges and opportunities of education today
Is learning technology fit for purpose?
Is learning technology fit for purpose? In my opinion generally yes … but are the education systems they support equally optimized? Today’s education is focused on administration of learning and as such learning technology inevitably has the similar focus.
Forking #blimage and sharing a bit of #vidage that has influenced my thoughts around education (#blideo)
Missed a trick and as Alex Bellars points out should have called it #blideo @timbuckteeth @mhawksey #blideo, no? — Alex Bellars (@bellaale) July 29, 2015 David Hopkins recently challenged me […]
Drawing squircles in Lau for WatchMaker (using WatchMaker functions)
I recently made a WatchMaker Android Wear watch face based on the ‘squircle’. This post covers the maths behind squircles and getting (x,y) co-ordinates for any given polar angle. Finally I reveal the secrets of functions in WatchMaker Lau script.
Becoming a watch maker
Find out how I got on creating a watch face for Android Wear only using my mobile phone.
Sitrep: Goodbye Cetis, hello ALT and the Open University
In this post I say farewell to Cetis and highlight some projects I’m now working on