This month I turn 65 and of course had to try out the Howoldbot to confirm it. Much to my amazement, it got my age correct (minus 10 days). Well, […]
Assessing teachers’ digital competencies
I had the pleasure to spend a couple of days with faculty and students at the Centre for Educational Technology at Tallinn University here in Estonia. My host Mart Laanpere, […]
Another attempt at Flexible Provision of...
Our friends from the Open University of the Netherlands (OUNL) have just had published a very interesting article that seems to be a first step towards helping education and training […]
Differences between students using PLE a...
I don’t usually comment on articles in “closed” journals, but making an exception in this case. I hope you can find it in a library data base, or one of the authors uploads […]
24 inches worth
This week I am in the process of moving my office from Athabasca University to home. It was a lot of work sorting, selecting and shifting. Most of the books that […]
Unitarian Chalice Wheel
In this post I “show off” the carving I had commissioned from I Ketut Weda, a local woodcarver in Ubud, Bali. Unitarians are proud to both recognize and acknowledge the many spiritual […]
Is Blogging worth it for the aspiring ac...
After spending most of yesterday catching up on blogs, Facebook posts, twitter and linked in, I began to wonder if it was worth it and how I would I would […]
Why you should do design based research ...
In this post I’ll review and respond to two useful posts by Rebecca Hogue – Why you shouldn’t do Educational Design Research Part 1 and Part 2. First of all I […]
New report on Emotional Presence in onli...
I awoke to a new report this morning Measuring and Understanding Learner Emotions: Evidence and Prospects. The report is the first paper from the Learning Analytics Community Exchange which is a […]
Great Firewall of China
I’m on research and study leave (aka Sabbatical) this year and I see that I have been ignoring my blog as well as a number of other “normal responsibilities”. But […]