It’s been nothing short of inspiring to see the heroic efforts of learning technologists all over the country to help their colleagues move their teaching online over the last week. Special shout out to my colleagues in LTW who have calmly and patiently trained over six hundred academic staff to use our core tools and […]
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At the end of February I was honoured to be invited to present the closing keynote at the Wikimedia in Education Summit at the Disruptive Media Learning Lab at Coventry University. This is the transcript of my talk. Introduction Although I’m originally an archaeologist by background, I’ve worked in the domain of learning technology for over twenty […]
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I’ve already written an overview and some thoughts on the ALTC keynotes, this post is an additional reflection on some of my personal highlights of the conference. I was involved in three sessions this year; Wikipedia belongs in education with Wikimedia UK CEO Lucy Crompton-Reid and UoE Wikimedian in Residence Ewan McAndrew, Influential voices – […]
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Last week the ALT Conference took place in the magnificent McEwan Hall at the University of Edinburgh. Chaired by Melissa Highton, Keith Smyth and Louise Jones, the conference was a huge success, thanks in no small part to the ALT Team, and a large number of volunteers from across the ALT community. As Martin Weller […]
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Not content with liveblogging the ALTC keynotes, gasta sessions and AGM, I’m also going to be taking part in two presentations and one panel. Yikes! So if you’re interested in learning why Wikimedia belongs in education, how to develop an academic blogging service based on trust and openness, and supporting creative engagement through open education, […]
Read moreAs part of the University of Edinburgh’s Academic Blogging Service, I’ve been teaching a workshop on Blogging to Build your Professional Profile. This workshop has run once a month since September last year and I’ve also presented tailored versions of it to various groups around the University, most recently to student interns who are working […]
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Ok, confession time; I’m useless at playing games. Any kind of games – card games, board games, computer games, strategy games, discovery games, competitive games, for some reason they just don’t hold my attention. I’m not sure why that is, I just don’t seem to have that “hook” that engages people with game play. Although […]
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Like many colleagues, I was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Marion Kelt earlier this week. Marion was Research and Open Access Librarian at Glasgow Caledonian University Library, but more than that, she was a weel kent, well respected and well liked member of the open education community. Marion was nothing if not […]
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Anyone who has ever worked in developing or implementing metadata specifications will know that they’re not exactly a bundle of laughs, so metadata jokes are a rare and precious thing (cf Winston Jingo and Patrice Roux-the-Day.) So when I came across this image in 2016, I had to retweet it for the poor souls who […]
Read moreThis PressED Conference talk by @lornacampbell and @emcandre explored how @EdinburghUni’s Wikimedian in Residence and Academic Blogging Service have used WordPress SPLOTs to develop sustainable open licensed digital skills development resources on enga…
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