http://www.netcrit.net Researcher, Educator and Net Critic Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:50:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.netcrit.net/writing/open-technologies-and-social-media/ http://www.netcrit.net/writing/open-technologies-and-social-media/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 12:46:26 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=953 Technologies and Social Media as Enablers of Collaborative Learning Stephen Quinton and Matthew Allen to be published in Collaborative Learning 2.0: Open Educational Resources (eds Alexandra Okada, Teresa Connolly and Peter Scott; IGI Publishing, 2012) see http://books.kmi.open.ac.uk/cl2oer/ for more details of this volume Abstract While many educational institutions throughout the world have introduced online learning [...]]]> http://www.netcrit.net/writing/open-technologies-and-social-media/feed/ 0 http://www.netcrit.net/writing/innovative-ed-online/ http://www.netcrit.net/writing/innovative-ed-online/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:42:09 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=913 In 2009 I ran a series of workshops as the first main component of my ALTC Fellowship to group brainstorm and analyse ideas about online learning and web 2.0 technologies.  During these workshops, so many good ideas were raised that I felt compelled to write up a report distilling the wisdom of more than 200 [...]]]> http://www.netcrit.net/writing/innovative-ed-online/feed/ 0 http://www.netcrit.net/events/beyond-the-edgeless-university/ http://www.netcrit.net/events/beyond-the-edgeless-university/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:41:23 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=896 An extended introduction to the workshop I will be running soon on the Edgeless University, focusing on the question: what exactly should a modern comprehensive university do that will unleash the creativity of students and staff and maximise the potential of distributed, edgeless learning while, at the same time, also making the most of the physical spaces which will remain critical markers of 'a university'?. In other words, how can we utilise digital technologies and networks to fashion 'new' edges -- temporary boundaries, if you like -- that assist us in making education a collaborative, collective experience?]]> http://www.netcrit.net/events/beyond-the-edgeless-university/feed/ 0 http://www.netcrit.net/ideas/examples-of-authentic-learning-in-internet-communications-iii-net204/ http://www.netcrit.net/ideas/examples-of-authentic-learning-in-internet-communications-iii-net204/#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:08:31 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=890 See also other posts including the first one, on Web Communications 101, which explains more of the context. Internet Communities and Social Networks 204 (basic unit description) One of the most authentic learning experiences we try to offer students in the BA (Internet Communications) is the network conference, the focal point and driving force for [...]]]> http://www.netcrit.net/ideas/examples-of-authentic-learning-in-internet-communications-iii-net204/feed/ 0 http://www.netcrit.net/events/portfolios-digital-and-reflection/ http://www.netcrit.net/events/portfolios-digital-and-reflection/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:06:53 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=884 Listening to Michael Dyson, from Monash talking about portfolios in teacher education: great presentation. Dyson says: Education of educators is first of all premised on turning them into people who practice self-development. gives example of very first unit. [So, care of the self is central, and making students include themselves as subjects in the learning [...]]]> http://www.netcrit.net/events/portfolios-digital-and-reflection/feed/ 0 http://www.netcrit.net/ideas/authenticlearning-example-web206/ http://www.netcrit.net/ideas/authenticlearning-example-web206/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 03:38:52 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=877 See also other posts including the first one, on Web Communications 101, which explains more of the context. Web Publishing 206 (basic unit description) Students doing the BA (Internet Communications) learn, in WEB101, to create a web presence that acts as the primary locus of their online identity, with links to other services and applications. [...]]]> http://www.netcrit.net/ideas/authenticlearning-example-web206/feed/ 1 http://www.netcrit.net/ideas/authenticlearning-example-web101/ http://www.netcrit.net/ideas/authenticlearning-example-web101/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:53:55 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=870 The first of several posts, each relating to a different unit of study at Curtin Introduction Over the past two years, students in Internet Studies, Curtin University studying the BA (Internet Communications) and related courses have been doing a lot of authentic assessment involving online activities. These assignments are  authentic in that they are ‘true’ [...]]]> http://www.netcrit.net/ideas/authenticlearning-example-web101/feed/ 1 http://www.netcrit.net/events/authenticlearning/ http://www.netcrit.net/events/authenticlearning/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:03:37 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=865 On Thursday 2 December, I am presenting at the National Curriculum Innovation and Quality Forum on the subject, “Risks and opportunities in authentic learning via the Internet”. The basic brief for this keynote presentation is to: summarise approaches to authentic learning in the BA (Internet Communications) at Curtin University; identify the key benefits in using [...]]]> http://www.netcrit.net/events/authenticlearning/feed/ 0 http://www.netcrit.net/events/blogshop/ http://www.netcrit.net/events/blogshop/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:36:38 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=858 Overview of my new Web 2.0 tools/ learning workshop involving co-presence and collaborative blogging.]]> http://www.netcrit.net/events/blogshop/feed/ 0 http://www.netcrit.net/ideas/surveys-of-students-perceptions-of-teaching-a-cautionary-tale/ http://www.netcrit.net/ideas/surveys-of-students-perceptions-of-teaching-a-cautionary-tale/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:14:06 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=757 A brief analysis of differences in the way three groups of students responded to a unit of study in Internet Studies @ Curtin University, using Curtin's mandatory Evaluate student survey tool. What the analysis shows is that, at least to some extent, surveys like this reveal more about the nature of the students and their responses to our styles of teaching (for better or worse) than the actual 'quality' of what we do.]]> http://www.netcrit.net/ideas/surveys-of-students-perceptions-of-teaching-a-cautionary-tale/feed/ 1